Galerie Bao

19/06/2026

Last days in Basel! (until 21 June 2026)

Trương Công Tùng’s In The Temporary Forms… It Dies Here and Is Born There… remains on view in Parcours, curated by Stefanie Hessler.

Kiang Malingue (HK / NYC) in collaboration with Galerie Bao (Paris)


📍Du Pont, Hotel Merian, Grelfengasse 2, Basel

Opening hours:
Monday-Wednesday, June 15-17, 2026, 10am-8pm
Thursday-Sunday, June 18-21, 2026, 10am-7pm

📸Andrea Rossetti

14/06/2026

In the Parcours sector of Art Basel Basel, curated by Stefanie Hessler, Kiang Malingue and Galerie Bao present Trương Công Tùng's In The Temporary Forms....It Dies Here and Is Born There…

Trương Công Tùng composes a threshold rather than a setting, unfolds as a field of transformations where organic matter and technological fragments circulate without fixity. The garden he proposes is unstable, crossed by multiple durations. Soil, cocoons, humidity, and electrical signals share a common movement.

Rooted in reflections on ecosystems and technological interventions in Vietnam, the work suggests a body in continuous mutation. The gaze moves without stable orientation, attentive to transitions. Here, each element enters an open cycle where disappearance and emergence coexist.





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📍Du Pont, Hotel Merian, Grelfengasse 2, Basel

Opening hours:
Monday-Wednesday, June 15-17, 2026, 10am-8pm
Thursday-Sunday, June 18-21, 2026, 10am-7pm

13/06/2026

Năm nay, đề cử hạng mục Vinh danh Nghệ sĩ Nổi bật | Finest Artists của Hanoi Grapevine's Finest có đến hai nghệ sĩ đang và sắp hợp tác với Galerie Bao

HẰNG HẰNG
⭐️ Năm sinh | Year of birth: 1995
💫 Lĩnh vực hoạt động | Field: Nghệ thuật thị giác, trình diễn, thiết kế sân khấu | Visual, performance, scenography

Và

NGUYỄN THỦY TIÊN
⭐️ Năm sinh | Year of birth: 1993
🧩 Lĩnh vực hoạt động | Field: Nghệ thuật thị giác | Visual arts

🔗 BÌNH CHỌN NGAY: https://forms.gle/pNB73Xyh8mDEmwe97
⏰ Hạn bình chọn: 23:59, 13/06/2026.
🔴 Tổng quan về Hanoi Grapevine's Finest 2025-2026: https://bit.ly/HanoiGrapevineFinest25-26

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HANOI GRAPEVINE’s FINEST là sự kiện thường niên nhằm vinh danh các hoạt động nghệ thuật đương đại tại Việt Nam, được tổ chức bởi Hanoi Grapevine, lựa chọn bởi Hội đồng khán giả tâm huyết (Passionate Audience Council - PAC) và cộng đồng khán giả. Sự kiện tôn vinh những cá nhân, tổ chức, những dự án, hoạt động nghệ thuật sáng tạo và những nghệ sĩ từ 35 tuổi trở xuống có ảnh hưởng tới cộng đồng hoặc nghệ sĩ mới có thực hành nổi bật; từ đó góp phần khuyến khích phát triển nghệ thuật sáng tạo, đẩy mạnh truyền thông và lan tỏa sức mạnh văn hóa nghệ thuật tới cộng đồng rộng rãi và sâu sắc hơn nữa.

09/06/2026

Richie Nath sur l'Humanité
par Antoine Portoles

“Après avoir présenté ses créations à Londres, Berlin, New York, Sydney ou encore Singapour, Richie Nath a inauguré sa première exposition en solo, intitulée «Une huître sans perle», à la galerie Bao, un lieu d’expression de l’art contem porain d’Asie du Sud-Est dans le 11e arrondissement de Paris.

« Que vaut une huître sans perle ? Que vaut-elle quand je n’ai pas l’impression de pouvoir créer quelque chose de beau ? s’interroge -t-il. La perle, c’est la valeur et… je suis plein de sable, mais je ne peux pas en créer. Pourquoi ne puis-je pas simplement exister une fois et créer une perle ?»...„

L’artiste, en exil à Paris depuis le coup d’État de la junte militaire en 2021, expose ses œuvres jusqu’au 17 juin à la galerie Bao, dans le 11e arrondissement. Ses œuvres

06/06/2026

[Acquisition Announcement]

We are proud to share that Trương Công Tùng "The Disoriented Garden… A Breath of Dream…" has officially entered the collection of MUSEION (Bolzano, Italy).

The work’s journey began with the 2023 Southeast Asian Video Production Grant from the Han Nefkens Foundation, who later offered the video component to the museum. Following the exhibition, the MUSEION made a forward-thinking decision to acquire the installation as an inseparable whole, embracing its layered and evolving nature.

Rooted in Đắk Lắk, Trương Công Tùng’s practice unfolds as an ecology of memory and material, with objects gathered over years, shifting across contexts and now finding resonance within a new landscape in South Tyrol.






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📸Trương Công Tùng, The Disorientated Garden... a Breath of Dreams, exhibition view, Museion 2024. Produced by Han Nefkens Foundation. Photos: Luca Guadagnini

31/05/2026

📸 Richie Nath, Tropic of Cancer, colored pencil, gouache and watercolour on Canson® Aquarelle paper 60% cotton, 300gsm, 57 x 72 x 2 cm (framed). Courtesy of Galerie Bao.
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(English below)

[FR] Le titre "Tropic of Cancer" est emprunté au roman autobiographique de Henry Miller, dans lequel il raconte sa vie dans le Paris des années 1930. Dans le livre, Miller erre dans la ville, traversant relations, obsessions et rencontres avec des expatriés comme avec des habitants locaux. L’artiste se reconnaît dans ces expériences, y retrouvant des échos de sa propre vie parisienne.
L’attention récurrente du roman portée au corps humain comme lieu à la fois de plaisir et de souffrance reflète la tension entre le spirituel et le matériel. La peinture traduit cette dualité à travers l’image d’un homme-poisson et d’un roi Nāga partageant les petites joies éphémères de l’existence

[EN] The title "Tropic of Cancer" is drawn from Henry Miller’s autobiographical novel, in which he recounts his life in 1930s Paris. In the book, Miller wanders the city, moving through relationships, obsessions, and encounters with both expatriates and locals. The artist relates to these experiences, finding echoes of his own life in Paris.
The novel’s recurring focus on the human body as a site of both pleasure and suffering mirrors the tension between the spiritual and the material. The painting reflects this duality through the image of a merman and a Nāga king, sharing the small, fleeting joys of existence.
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Richie Nath
𝑨𝒏 𝑶𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍
7 May - 16 June 2026
Galerie Bao 49 avenue Parmentier 75011 Paris
Wednesday - Saturday, 11-19h

19/05/2026

Richie Nath, Et in Arcadia Ego, 2026, acrylic on canvas, 70x55cm. Photo and scenography: Tiphaine Babonneau
Courtesy of Galerie Bao

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[FR] Il s’agit d’un autoportrait de l’artiste, représenté portant un masque affichant sa propre expression stoïque. Derrière ce masque se cache une figure en pleurs. Le titre « Et in Arcadia Ego » renvoie à l’idée de la présence de la mort, souvent interprétée comme la mort elle-même disant : « Même en Arcadie, je suis là. » L’Arcadie, à la fois région réelle de la Grèce antique et lieu mythique, symbolise un idéal idyllique, une sorte de proto‑utopie.

L’œuvre agit comme un memento mori, rappelant que même dans les moments de beauté et de sérénité, les souvenirs de tristesse et l’inévitabilité de la mort persistent dans l’esprit du peintre. La pièce s’inspire également du mème internet populaire « Wojak », en particulier de l’image d’une figure en pleurs dissimulée derrière un masque de façade.

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[EN] This is a self-portrait of the artist, depicted wearing a mask bearing his own stoic expression. Beneath this mask lies a hidden, crying figure. The title “Et in Arcadia Ego” alludes to the presence of death, often interpreted as death itself declaring, “Even in Arcadia, I am there.” Arcadia, both a real region in ancient Greece and a mythical ideal, represents an idyllic, proto-utopian landscape.

The work functions as a memento mori, reminding us that even in moments of beauty and contentment, memories of sadness and the inevitability of death linger within the artist’s mind. The piece also draws inspiration from the popular internet “Wojak” meme, specifically the image of a crying figure concealed behind a mask of composure.

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Richie Nath 𝑨𝒏 𝑶𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑨 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍
7 May - 17 June 2026
📍Galerie Bao, 49 avenue Parmentier
75011 Paris
Wednesday - Saturday, 11-19h.

16/05/2026

Walking through Richie Nath’s universe:
intimate, mythic, and unapologetic q***r desire.

💬 Drop your favourite piece in the comments 👇🏻

📍Visit us at Galerie Bao
49 avenue Parmentier Paris 11
Exhibition on view until 17 June 2026
Opening hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 11-19h.

14/05/2026

[HORS LES MURS] Last days

RE:FORM
A glimpse of Abstraction in Vietnam
in collaboration with Galerie Bao
Artists: Đỗ Hoàng Tường, Hà Mạnh Thắng, Nguyễn Tấn Cương, Trương Công Tùng, Phan Thảo Nguyên.

galerie frank elbaz
📍66 rue de Turenne 75003 Paris
Until 23 May 2026
🕥 Tuesday - Saturday, 11-18h
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«How do you recover when history rams into you? Nguyễn Tấn Cương (b.1954) could have chosen a better time and place than being a young graduate of the Saigon School of Fine Arts when the reunification of Vietnam by the communist North invalidated his entire education and censored his inspirations. Thankfully, Cương wasted no time and fifteen years later, was ready to exhibit. His personal creations were an opportunity to revisit his past as an oil cartographer and set decorator. His abstract paintings are not a formal exploration of color and form, but rather the expression of a surveyor conducting an internal assessment. Cương shares a certain earthy familiarity with Tùng, but expresses it through topological precision. Just like the revolutionary theater sets that Cương once designed, his canvases are decors that evoke resilient mental universes. His works are proof that artistic reconstruction is fertile when it takes place ex situ without being ex nihilo.»

- excerpt from the exhibition text by Liem Binh Luong Nguyen