In this episode of Dispatch, host Arlette Quyn-Anh Tran speaks with gallerist Quynh Pham. If there were no lockdown in Saigon, this interview may have taken place in her office at Galerie Quynh. Galerie Quynh is currently hosting a duo show with our previous guest, Tuan Andrew Nguyen and his collaborator Wowy. The gallery is also anticipating the upcoming Dogma Art prize exhibition, initiated by another previous guest at Dispatch, Dominic Scriven. 

Quynh Pham acts as an important knot in the crisscross of the local art scene, she is one of the key figures shaping the contemporary art scene in Saigon today. Arlette sits down with her virtually to talk about Pham’s vision for art, from the very beginning of her arrival in the mid-1990s until now. The two discuss topics like the shift and mix of the art ecosystem and the meaning of time in the collection of art. 

Quynh Pham is Owner and Director of Galerie Quynh, she has spent two decades promoting contemporary art practice in Vietnam through exhibitions, publications, talks, lectures, and collaborations with local and international cultural organizations.