September 18 – November 9, 2025
In collaboration with Art Vietnam Gallery in Hanoi, we present Vietnam: Tradition Upended. This exhibition features nine interdisciplinary artists who work in a variety of mediums and styles. These artists all take time-honored traditions and materials and rework them in a modern context, acknowledging the past while simultaneously breaking away. With 2025 marking exactly half a century since the end of the Vietnam War, and 30 years since the normalization of relations between Vietnam and the U.S., this is an opportune time to acquaint ourselves with the art and culture of a country that has undergone extraordinary change; a country with one of the most interesting and vibrant art scenes in Southeast Asia.
Curators: Debra Fram and Barbara Richards, Flinn Gallery; Suzanne Lecht, Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi
Antonius-Tin Bui
Nguyen Cam
Vo Tran Chau
Ha Tri Hieu
Dinh Thi Tham Poong
Vu Kim Thu
Le Thuy
Le Thua Tien
Pham Van Tuan
Thursday, September 18, 6 – 8pm, Flinn Gallery
Opening Reception
Saturday, September 20, 2pm, Flinn Gallery
Artist Talk with Antonius-Tin Bui and Vu Kim Thu
Friday, September 26, 5 – 6:45pm, Flinn Gallery
Art Lounge: Extended gallery hours prior to the Friends Friday Film The Scent of Green Papaya
Friday, September 26, 7pm, Berkley Theater
Friends Friday Film: The Scent of Green Papaya
Saturday, September 27, 2pm, Flinn Gallery
Gallery Walkthrough with Co-Curator Suzanne Lecht, Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui, 2017
Vietnam: A New History by Christopher E. Goscha, 2016
Mekong Diaries, Viet Cong Drawings and Stories, 1964 – 1975 by Sherry Buchanan, 2008
Such a Lovely Little War: Saigon, 1961 – 1963 by Marcelino Truong, 2016
The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse: A Memory of Vietnam by Vinh Nguyen, 2025
Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals, 1962 – 66 by Thích Nhát Hanh, 1999
Nothing is Impossible: America’s Reconciliation with Vietnam by Ted Osius, 2022
