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For artists, getting back works intact from exhibitions a lottery
By Kieu Anh   December 11, 2020 | 07:46 pm GMT+7
Artists sending their works to exhibitions have to run the gauntlet of vandals, unprofessional handling by organizers and even thieves.
Occasional damage is an inherent risk artists are reconciled to when sending their works to art galleries and exhibitions.
But recent occurrences at the Vietnam Fine Art Exhibition have been beyond the pale.
On November 30, artist Le Thanh Binh, who was informed that his works had been vandalized, rushed to the gallery to discover that some 10 of his pieces were badly damaged. Frames were broken, paintings were scratched or, worse still, pierced right through the center, some had blobs of white paint on them, and one sculpture was destroyed. ....

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