Hue, March 25 -- An exhibition showcasing paintings by King Ham Nghi, created during his years in exile, opened at Kien Trung Palace in the central city of Hue on March 24. With the theme 'Troi, Non, Nuoc | Allusive Panorama' (Sky, Mountain, Water | Allusive Panorama), the exhibition - the largest one to show the King's paintings in Vietnam - presented 21 pieces gathered from 10 private collections, which have been repatriated, appraised, preserved and restored by leading experts. They have been co-curated by art researcher Ace Le and Amandine Dabat, who is the fifth-generation descendant of Ham Nghi, an emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty who reigned for only one year before being captured and exiled to Algeria in 1886 because of his oppositio...