As an institution concerned with the preservation of cultural artifacts and with social education, a museum has a long-term, innate worth and a function as a hallmark of culture. The International Council of Museums has identified three missions for a museum: Educate, Entertain and Enrich (the 3Es). As an institution, ...read more
Founding of the National Palace MuseumThe collection of cultural artifacts held by the National Palace Museum is composed of an enormous treasure trove of objects inherited from the previous Sung, Yüan, Ming and Ch'ing dynasties. When the Republic of China was first founded, these imperial treasures had rema ...read more
Opened in February 2010, Taipei Contemporary Art Center (TCAC) is an independent initiative founded by a group of artists, curators, scholars and cultural activists. TCAC is a platform for the art community to express itself, to interact among themselves and to exchange with international art worlds; a discursive s ...read more
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In 1976, followed the central government’s policy of enhancing cultural construction, Taipei City Government decided to build a high-standard museum in the city. The construction was inaugurated in October of 1980, when Mr. Lee Teng-Hui was the Mayor. It was completed in January of 1983. In the same year, Ms. Mar ...read more
Established in early 2007, Taiwan Contemporary Art Link(TCAL) is an association constituted by four galleries – Aki Gallery, Dynasty Art Gallery, Galerie Grand Siècle (the three original members in 2007), and Der-Horng Art Gallery (the newly admitted member in 2008), all featuring young and promising Taiwa ...read more
After the 1980s, the mingling between modern photography and contemporary art brought photography onto the international art stage. The high level of recognition for photography caused galleries and collectors to compete in terms of their photo collections. Responding to this trend, the Paris Photo was established in 1 ...read more
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YOUNG ART TAIPEI (YAT) Contemporary Hotel Art Fair is the very first and the most distinctive contemporary art fair in Asia that focuses on young artists under the age of 45. YAT launched right after the financial crisis in 2009, and became the very first contemporary hotel art fair in Taiwan. It aims clearly to recru ...read more
