Born in 1963 in Penghu County, Chen left as a teen to live in Taipei and pursued what became a successful career as a fine art photographer. Fengkuei Chair (風櫃椅), a two-part installation, is his careful configuration of a wooden cabinet, a rotating ... full story
More Chinese films are scheduled to be shown when the Sixth Cross-Strait Film Festival opens in Taipei and Greater Kaohsiung, offering blockbuster and art house movies from China. The annual festival, which opens on May 31 in Taipei, is to screen seven ... full story
Publication Date:04/14/2014; Source: Taiwan Today. The color scheme of the Mass Rapid Transit Circular Line in New Taipei City will be a distinctive feature turning the transportation facility into a total work of art, New Taipei City Government said ... full story
A cold, biting Berlin wind is gnawing at every exposed surface of the city and inside the Collegium Hungaricum, a group of Taiwanese artists are huddled in a corner. “So cold,” says a voice from the middle of the pack. Inquisitive gallery-goers are ... full story
Art lovers can bring some inspiration home while helping people in need through fund-raising sales of paintings, calligraphy and other works by hundreds of famous figures, including former president Lee Teng hui, New Taipei Mayor Eric Chu, model Lin ... full story
TAIPEI, Taiwan — To satisfy an interest in Chinese art it seems obviously best to head to Beijing. The Palace Museum, as the Forbidden City home of 24 Ming and Qing dynasty emperors is now known, claims to hold the world's largest collection of ... full story
TAIPEI, Taiwan — To satisfy an interest in Chinese art it seems obviously best to head to Beijing. The Palace Museum, as the Forbidden City home of 24 Ming and Qing dynasty emperors is now known, claims to hold the world's largest collection of ... full story
It may look more like a trading floor than an art show. Hundreds of well-heeled Londoners mill about, checking screens to see the latest trades and buy shares in initial public offerings. But the Banksy paintings and Shepard Fairey print point to a ... full story
The Ministry of Culture yesterday opened the headquarters of an “art bank” in Greater Taichung that is part of its bid to help Taiwanese artists gain exposure. The headquarters will exhibit artwork from artists purchased by the ministry that can be ... full story
Researchers of three institutes of the Academia Sinica — the nation's highest academic body — have in the past few days been collecting the art and documents displayed in the Legislative Yuan's main chamber by student activists, to be preserved as ... full story