A dialog of two cultures in Moscow (A review of Vietnam art exhibitions in Moscow in July 2025)

This article provides a detailed overview of art exhibitions that opened in Moscow in the summer of 2025: "Teacher - Student: Melodies of the Path" at the Museum and Exhibition Complex of the Russian Academy of Arts and "A Look Through the Radiance. Lacquer Painting of Vietnam" at the State Museum of Oriental Art. The author discusses both the official exhibition support and the historical and artistic features of the works on display, tracing the powerful influence of Soviet art on the formation of the Vietnamese school of painting. In particular, the embodiment of socialist realism in the DRV in the second half of the 20th century is explored.