There's an old saying: “Hoạ hổ hoạ bì nan hoạ cốt; Tri nhân tri diện bất tri tâm.” It roughly means "When drawing a tiger, only the skin and fur can be drawn, but it is difficult to draw its bones; It is easy to recognise someone's appearance, but difficult to understand his heart."

VOV.VN - Anatasiia Kuusk, a Ukrainian painter who loves Vietnam, has designed a collection of paintings portraying the tiger to celebrate the Year of the Tiger in Vietnam in 2022.

VOV.VN - A painter from Hanoi is making a collection of 2022 tiger-shaped sculptures from jackfruit wood and lacquer laminated laterite to celebrate 2022 – the Year of the Tiger in the Vietnamese Culture.

An exhibition by Vietnamese-French painter Vincent Monluc is underway in Ho Chi Minh City, featuring art paintings depicting Vietnamese nature, people and daily life.

VOV.VN - Two paintings produced by Vietnamese artists have been sold for US$1 million and US$1.2 million, respectively, at an auction held recently in Hong Kong (China).

VOV.VN - Kid painter Pho Van Anh, alias Xeo Chu, has decided to donate nearly VND3 billion raised from selling his artworks through an online auction to the ongoing fight against COVID-19 in Ho Chi Minh City.

More than 30 artworks of Vietnamese painter Mai Trung Thu are showcased at Lyon station in Paris, France.

A portrait, titled La Joconde (Mona Lisa), by late painter Mai Trung Thu (1906-1980) will be available for bidding on May 24 as part of the Christie’s Hong Kong Spring Auctions.

Hanoi is always an endless inspiration for art, including contemporary painters who describe the beauty of the city in their paintings in different ways.

Japanese collector Itoh Toyokichi donated a collection of 238 paintings by famous Vietnamese painters to the central city of Da Nang.