Hanoi artist incorporates snapshots of pandemic life into lacquer painting
Tran Lam Binh showcases his brand of lacquer painting with hectic, brash blocks of colors
Dishwater soap used in cleaning of ‘national treasure’ artwork in Vietnam
An amateur lacquer artist was entrusted with cleaning the famed painting, only to destroy it with dishwasher soap
Vietnam’s ‘national treasure’ painting severely damaged after cleaning
The painting by Nguyen Gia Tri is considered the epitome of lacquer arts in Vietnam