Tag: <span>Philippe Damas</span>

PostArt, Auction, Christie's, Exhibition, Storiesby Boi Tran Garden

Inside the Philippe Damas Collection and a Historic Christie’s Hong Kong Auction: A Quest for Eternity

Boi Tran Garden reflects on a defining moment for Vietnamese modern art, following an intimate encounter with collector Philippe Damas and Francis Belin on the eve of Christie’s Hong Kong auction A Quest for Eternity. The landmark sale achieved historic results, setting multiple world records and affirming the growing international recognition of Vietnamese modernism. More than an auction, A Quest for Eternity stands as a testament to scholarship, vision, and the enduring cultural legacy of Vietnam’s artists on the global stage.

PostCuisine, Culture, Interview, Stories, Traditionby Dinh Thuc Doan Tran

Anthony Bourdain at Boi Tran Garden | CNN Parts Unknown: Vivacious in Vietnam

There are places where history is told, and others where it is quietly kept. Hue belongs to the latter. When Anthony Bourdain came to film for his show Parts Unknown aired on CNN, what emerged was not a story of food, but of memory made tangible. At Boi Tran Garden, a meal unfolds alongside architecture, ritual and the residue of time. Flavours do not seek intensity, but balance; gestures do not display, but endure. In such a place, taste becomes a language through which the past continues to live.