Galerie Bao

21/08/2026

[ZOOM IN] Trọng Gia Nguyễn, Vietnamese Soup Cans/ Bún Mắm from the series Perpetual Paintings, SketchUp file, output as a unique artist’s version in the form of double-sided archival prints on Hahnemühle h**p paper, 42 x 29.7 cm.
Other dimensions available upon request.
Courtesy of Galerie Bao.

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In 2021 a flood in New York destroyed a significant portion of Trọng Gia Nguyễn’s artworks and archives, a material loss that inspired Perpetual Paintings, a series that exists initially as SketchUp files stored publicly on Google’s 3D Warehouse. These digital “paintings,” ranging across many forms (including photography and sculpture), can be downloaded and produced as needed, scrutinizing ideas of supply and demand, rarity, and ownership. Trọng regularly updates the files, thereby challenging the notion of a singular, definitive artwork,

In Vietnamese Soups, a subset of Perpetual Paintings, Trọng reimagines Warhol’s iconic soup cans as Vietnamese varieties. Unlike the flatness of silkscreen prints, the VR files reveal each object in full 360 degrees. On their reverse sides, viewers encounter “poetic recipes” written by the artist, blending propaganda with subversion and dark humor. For this series, Trọng prints one scene from the front and one from the back of a can, framing them together as a two-sided work. All files remain freely downloadable, reinforcing reproducibility as a central principle.
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Exhibition Paroles, on view until 22 August 2026 at Galerie Bao 49 avenue Parmentier 75011 Paris.

21/08/2026

[ZOOM IN] Camila Rodríguez Triana,
Tierra del vientre (Belly Earth), 2023, white clay, copper wire, 110 x 110 x 50 cm.

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Disposés en cercle, six vases d’argile évoquent les lagunes sacrées du territoire ancestral mhuysqa. Deux serpents de cuivre tressé s’y déploient, traçant une géographie invisible de liens et de circulation. Les lagunes sont comprises comme les matrices de la Terre-Mère, des lieux où la semence du soleil rencontre celle portée par l’eau, donnant naissance à la vie.

En se frayant un chemin entre les vases, les serpents entrelacés suggèrent les énergies vitales qui traversent le territoire. Leur parcours sinueux évoque le rituel mhuysqa de la « course de la Terre », un cheminement à travers les sites sacrés qui ramène symboliquement à l’origine. Dans cette conception cyclique du temps, chaque retour porte les enseignements recueillis en chemin. L’origine devient alors un lieu de renouveau, où la transformation prépare le commencement d’un nouveau cycle.
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En exposition à la Galerie Bao, 49 avenue Parmentier, Paris 11, jusqu'au 22 août 2026.

14/08/2026

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[ZOOM IN] Hằng Hằng, Theatre of The Untranslatable, 2025-đang tiếp diễn, in cyanotype trên giấy, 32x24cm (mỗi tấm).

Trong chuyến thăm Biblioteca da Ajuda ở Lisbon vào năm 2024, Hằng Hằng bắt gặp những bản thảo và thư từ được cho là của Cha Francisco de Pina, nhà truyền giáo Dòng Tên người Bồ Đào Nha thế kỷ XVII, người giữ vai trò quan trọng trong việc hình thành hệ thống ghi âm tiếng Việt bằng mẫu tự Latin.

Thông qua kỹ thuật in cyanotype, cô tái tạo và đồng thời làm biến đổi những dấu vết lưu trữ này. Sự bảo tồn trở thành một quá trình chuyển hoá, mở ra những suy tư về truyền dẫn, ký ức, và ranh giới mong manh giữa lịch sử và cách lịch sử được diễn giải.

Dựa trên A Method to Study Tonkinese của Pina, đặc biệt là nỗ lực ghi lại thanh điệu tiếng Việt bằng một thang âm nhạc, Hằng Hằng tiếp tục đẩy quá trình dịch chuyển ấy về phía trừu tượng. Ngôn ngữ trở thành nhịp điệu, âm thanh, và sau cùng, là ánh sáng.

11/08/2026

[ON VIEW] Paroles
3 July - 24 August 2026
Artists: Camila Rodríguez Triana, Hằng Hằng, Huỳnh Công Nhớ, Trọng Gia Nguyễn
Galerie Bao - 49 avenue Parmentier 75011 Paris
Summer hours: by appointment only
[email protected]

28/07/2026

🏖️ Un été de rencontres avec nos artistes à travers le monde

☀️ A summer of encounters with our artists across the world

🇫🇷 Paris • Paroles (group show)
🇫🇷 Arles • Phan Quang
🇻🇳 Hanoi • Trương Công Tùng
🇯🇵 Fukuoka • Hằng Hằng

Details in each photo

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20/07/2026

Phan Quang on CNN International , by Jacqui Palumbo

"Lê Thị Xuân and Yoshiharu Shimizu (whose Vietnamese name is Nguyễn Văn Đức) had two sons and one daughter... When photographer Phan Quang took this portrait of the siblings in 2014, the family spanned four generations – including a great-grandchild seated on the woman’s lap. The image belongs to a larger multiyear series, “Re/cover,” which Phan embarked on to tell these families’ stories and completed a decade ago. In each of the portraits, his subjects are draped by the white veil, both a symbol of matrimony and silence. Part of the work is exhibiting at the Rencontres d'Arles photo festival in France this summer and fall."

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Galerie Bao is delighted to announce the opening of The Best Possible Way to Tell the Truth…, curated by Nadine Hounkpatin, at the Rencontres d’Arles 2026, as part of the Prix Découverte Louis Roederer.

📍 Espace Monoprix, Arles
📅 6 July – 4 October 2026

learn more: https://cnn.it/4537kBQ

For years, Phan Quang set out to photograph families of Japanese soldiers and Vietnamese women who married during the Japanese occupation but faced separation after WWII. https://cnn.it/4537kBQ

06/07/2026

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RENCONTRES D'ARLES OPENING TODAY💐

Galerie Bao is delighted to announce the opening of The Best Possible Way to Tell the Truth…, curated by Nadine Hounkpatin, at the Rencontres d’Arles 2026, as part of the Prix Découverte Louis Roederer.

We are proud to present Phan Quang’s acclaimed photographic series Re/cover (2013–2016), alongside works by Jordan Beal, Souleymane Bachir Diaw, Amira Lamti, Mallory Lowe Mpoka, Magali Paulin, and Charlotte Yonga.

Rooted in extensive research, Re/cover explores a little-known chapter of Vietnamese history: the lives of women who formed families with Japanese soldiers during and after the Second World War. Through a visual language that moves between documentary and staged photography, Phan Quang brings visibility to stories that have long remained absent from official narratives, while reflecting on memory, identity, and the lasting traces of history.

More than a decade after its creation, the series continues to resonate as a powerful reflection on photography’s capacity to preserve, recover, and reimagine lived histories.

Our warmest congratulations to all the finalists and participating organizations.

📍 Espace Monoprix, Arles
📅 6 July – 4 October 2026
Guided tour: 🕒 10 July, 15:00–16:30
In the presence of the artists and curator.

28/06/2026

[ZOOM IN] Huỳnh Công Nhớ, Censurer un film, 2023, acrylique sur toile, 146x86cm.
Huỳnh Công Nhớ

Dans « Censurer un film », Huỳnh Công Nhớ peint une réunion à huis clos : un groupe de figures de pouvoir discutant de ce qui peut être vu, dit, ou effacé.

Créée après la censure au Vietnam de son long métrage « Le garçon qui vendait des glaces » (Thằng bé bán kem), l’œuvre apparaît floue, presque voilée. Comme si l’image gardait la trace d’un silence imposé.

Mais, d’une manière ou d’une autre, l’artiste continue de parler.

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Né à Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, en 1991, Huỳnh Công Nhớ est un artiste autodidacte associé à l’art brut. Son parcours commence par le cinéma, notamment au sein du programme Autumn Meeting sous le mentorat du cinéaste Trần Anh Hùng. En 2022, il se tourne vers la peinture, où son imaginaire intuitif transforme les images cinématographiques en compositions fixes, à la fois naïves, sincères et incisives.

À découvrir dans l’exposition Paroles à la Galerie Bao, du 3 juillet au 29 août 2026.



[ZOOM IN] Huỳnh Công Nhớ, Censoring a Film, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 146x86cm.
Huỳnh Công Nhớ

In "Censoring a Film," Huỳnh Công Nhớ paints a closed-door meeting: a group of figures in power discussing what can be seen, said, or erased.
Created after the censorship in Vietnam of his feature film "The Boy Selling Ice Cream" (Thằng bé bán kem), the work appears blurry, almost veiled. As if the image bears the trace of an imposed silence.

Yet, in one way or another, the artist continues to speak.

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Born in Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, in 1991, Huỳnh Công Nhớ is a self-taught artist associated with raw art. His journey began in cinema, particularly within the Autumn Meeting program under the mentorship of filmmaker Trần Anh Hùng. In 2022, he turned to painting, where his intuitive imagination transforms cinematic images into still compositions that are both naive, sincere, and incisive.

To be discovered in the exhibition "Paroles" at Galerie Bao, from July 3 to August 29, 2026.

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