Luong Xuan Nhi – Boi Tran Garden

PostArt, Auction, Christie's, Exhibition, Interview, Storiesby Dinh Thuc Doan Tran

From Lacquer to Light: A French Collector’s Journey Begins with Boi Tran

French collector Melchior Dejouany once called discovering pictorial lacquer “one of the most beautiful revelations” of his life. That revelation began with a painting by Boi Tran, luminous, quiet, and unforgettable, seen at Christie’s Hong Kong in 2012. In her layered technique, he found something deeper: feeling, stillness, soul. Her work opened not just a door into Vietnamese art, but into a story, one that continues across generations, bound by vision, tenderness, and the quiet power of beauty that travels and connects across oceans.

PostArt, Auction, Christie's, Exhibition, Storiesby Dinh Thuc Doan Tran

Christie’s Paris | The Phoenix Glue and the Broken Silk Thread: Important Vietnamese Artworks from the Melchior Dejouany Collection

The Melchior Dejouany Collection showcases the brilliance of Vietnamese masters: Nguyen Gia Tri’s layered lacquer dreams, Le Pho’s elegant silks, and Vu Cao Dam’s poetic forms. And yet, it began with a single painting by Boi Tran, a quiet work of lacquer that spoke not of grandeur, but of grace. It was her voice, contemporary, contemplative, deeply human, that first drew him in. Among legends, her presence is not loud; it is luminous.

PostArt, History, Storiesby Dinh Thuc Doan Tran

Mai Van Hien, 1998, Or A Letter At The Crossroads Of Generations And The Formation Of A Private Art Centre

Mai Van Hien, a key figure of modern Vietnamese art, addressed a handwritten letter in 1998 to Boi Tran Art Gallery on the occasion of its opening. Modest in tone, he offered his wishes while referring to himself with humility. Today, within Boi Tran Garden, the letter stands as an early recognition of a space that would come to connect generations of Vietnamese artists.

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