Like many cities blazing the capitalist path in developing nations, Saigon lacks an established cultural apparatus. However, of all the museums in Saigon, the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum might be the one most worth seeing, even if the quality of its collection and exhibition is inconsistent.
Predictably, war paintings and lacquer work are [...]
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HCMC Fine Arts Museum
Posted in Culture, Ho Chi Minh City, Museums, Vietnam, tagged Culture, Ho Chi Minh City, Random, Saigon, Travel, Vietnam, Vietnam Articles on June 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Reading Geoff Dyer at the MET
Posted in Books, Culture, Museums, New York City, Photography on February 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It turns out the Walker Evans Archive at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art is named thusly for a reason. If it were on exhibit, it would be called the Walker Evans Exhibit.
I visited the MET after finishing The Ongoing Moment, Geoff Dyer’s not-quite-comprehensive survey of photography. Dyer writes considerably on Evans, and I [...]
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