Tag: The Conquest of the West

Christie's: The Tuan Pham Collection or The Conquest of the West, Hong Kong, 29 November 2019 To resist, to build, to share. These are strong words Tuan Pham lived by since he left his native Vietnam and arrived on the American soil in 1975 – the journey of a lifetime. An amazing amount of courage ...

Dr Tuan Pham, the San Diego-based collector who assembled a collection of Vietnamese art in order to reconnect with his homeland. For the American-Vietnamese collector Dr Tuan Pham, collecting Vietnamese art has been an educational and emotional adventure. ‘Vietnamese art is really about history and culture,’ he explains. ‘It tells you a story that you ...