17 January 2020

With the Year of the Pig drawing to a close and the Year of the Rat right around the corner, we studied Dong Ho woodcut paintings– traditional images from Vietnamese celebrations of the Lunar New Year.

9 February 2018

The Tet season is a good time to learn about folk paintings that have for over nine centuries decorated the homes of Vietnamese families celebrating the arrival of spring. Before pulling out the brushes and paint palettes, we looked into the graphic charm of these images, with their simple edges, often humorous and brightly coloured to reflect an optimism for the Lunar New Year.