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Hearing that Field Hospital No. 5 (District 5, Ho Chi Minh City) was lacking more than 20 specialized beds for treating Covid-19 patients, art researcher Ly Doi and his colleague Le Quang Dong Quan stood up to bid on Facebook, raising funds to buy resuscitation beds.
It is known that a bed at the field hospital currently costs about 21-22 million VND. The group plans to mobilize donations of paintings and auction them to raise about 90-100 million VND, enough for about 4-5 intensive care beds.
After only 24 hours of requesting paintings, the group received nearly 100 works, and after filtering out suitable works, they were able to narrow down to nearly 70. This was a surprising number, because initially the group only dared to "expect 20 works, which was already very lucky".
The painting "Hanoi in Autumn" by the late painter Nguyen Quoc Thai.
Up to now, there are more than 90 paintings donated by more than 80 artists and collectors being auctioned. Participating in the contribution are works by famous, professional and amateur artists, art collectors and collectors. The auctioned works include paintings by famous artists such as: Luu Cong Nhan, Nguyen Quoc Thai, Le Trieu Dien, Thanh Chuong, Pham An Hai, Dinh Quan, Bui Tien Tuan...
The three auctions raised about 1 billion VND, which was used to purchase 20 intensive care beds (total 380 million VND), 2 ventilators (360 million VND), 10 wheelchairs (35.5 million VND). These medical equipment have been and are being handed over to Field Hospital No. 5.
The paintings were auctioned to raise funds to buy medical equipment.
Talking about his unique work of… asking for paintings to sell and buy beds to send to field hospitals, researcher Ly Doi wrote on his personal page: “In charity events like this, artists and collectors know that whenever they see my face, they will be asked for paintings. I keep asking, I feel so embarrassed. Now the situation is urgent, everyone is having difficulties, so I don’t dare to send private messages, but for the first time I am asking publicly. If any of you or friends are willing, please send a picture of the painting, or comment on the picture below. I only dare to bother this once, with the hope of being able to contribute about 4-5 beds.”
Collector Hieu Nguyen donated the lacquer painting "Nhi Kieu" by artist Dinh Quan.
With the aim of selling the paintings early to quickly buy medical equipment, the price of the paintings is lower than their real value. "The low price in this situation is understandable, it will be easier for us to sell and we will cooperate faster" - said artist Bui Tien Tuan.
Today, August 23, there is a special auction of paintings by the family of the late painter Nguyen Quoc Thai, painter Nguyen Quoc Thang, and Ngo Binh Nhi. Over the past 10 years, the family has donated many works through charity auctions. This time, the family donated 7 works.
