Each year about this time, KVT picks a mask from his collection to be the image representing him for the year.

This is how he will appear to us this year.

Below are his previous faces.

Hooray, hooray! The first exhibition of art I caught and that opened to the public in 2012 is a real whopper (in the remarkable sense not the fast food abomination usage) and I hope that it’s a promise of stuff to come.

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Don’t forget these events to watch for this weekend:

Lunar New Years Parties 22 – 26 Jan 2012 The Rooftop Bar & Restaurant Come and join The Rooftop with our special Lunar New Year’s parties. Savor our Special Spring menu from Jan 22nd to Jan 26th. Especially on 22nd, from 9pm till late welcome Lunar New Year with our Lunar New Year parties with the versus between DJ BNuts and DJ Anna.

Exhibition of Book Illustrations Exhibition: 12 – 31 Jan 2012 Viet Art Centre Come to the illustration exhibition in the book “The Vietnamese Material Life” of the art researcher Phan Cam Thuong.

Space and the Fragments of Space Exhibition: 14 Dec 2011 – 23 Jan 2012 L’Espace Don’t miss the exhibition of Vu Kim Thu and Nguyen Oanh Phi Phi which focus on spaces and the reconstruction of the space that they both have travelled.

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Opening: Wed 01 Feb, 6 pm
Exhibition: 02 – 28 Feb 2012
L’Espace

From L’Espace:

You are invited to the exhibition “One Corner of France” of artist Le Nguyen Duy Phuong. French portraits have come to Vietnam “the way I see my country in their experience”. The feelings are expressed towards the beauty of lights, the reflection of loneliness and the silents.

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Fri 17 Feb 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace

From L’Espace:
You are invited to the film screening titled “Madamoiselle” of director Stéphane Brizé at L’Espace. The film received the César Award in 2010 for Stéphane Brizé, Florence Vignon. The Ouest Francenewspaper stated that “This film is a deep and subtle melody of love.”
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"Stillness of memory" and "Sonata to Dawn" of Vu Thu Hien

20 – 23 Jan 2012
Art Palm Beach

A number of Vietnamese artists will be represented at the 15th Art Palm Beach, being held this year from January 20th-23rd, 2012.

Raquelle Azran writes:

Here’s a preview of the artists and artwork I will be exhibiting.

See some artworks below:

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Tue 07 Feb 2012, 8 pm
HCMC Conservatory of Music

From IDECAF:
You are invited to a piano recital with Marie Vermeulin.Student ofJacqueline Dussol, and then Marie-Paule Siruguet at Music Academy of Boulogne, she was the full time student from 2001 to 2004 at Lyon Music Academy under the guidance of Hortense Cartier-Bresson and Edson Elias.
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Hanoi: Fri 03 Feb 2012, 7.30 pm
Youth Theatre

HCMC: Sun 05 Feb 2012, 8 pm
Ben Thanh Theatre

From Japan Foundation:

The Japan Foundation in Vietnam, in cooperation with YAMAHA and Consulate General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh City, share the delight of hosting a jazz concert by “unit asia” on Friday 3 and Sunday 5 February in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City respectively.

Formed by 5 top Asian musicians from Japan, Thailand and Malaysia, “unit asia” has been actively performing both in and outside Japan, to create new type of music, exchanging musical ideas with local musicians in each country.

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22 – 26 Jan 2012
The Rooftop Bar & Restaurant

From The Rooftop Bar & Restaurant:

Come and join The Rooftop with our special Lunar New Year’s parties. Savor our Special Spring menu from Jan 22^nd to Jan 26^th. We’ll stay opening throughout the entire Lunar New Year’s holidays from 5.00 pm until late.

Especially on 22^nd, from 9pm till late welcome Lunar New Year with our Lunar New Year parties with the versus between DJ BNuts and DJ Anna.

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