2013/02/10 10:00:25. Taipei, Feb. 10 (CNA) For Taiwanese artist Vincent J.F. Huang, artistic creations are more than just inanimate objects displayed at museums or galleries. They are viable tools for taking on serious issues such as global warming ... full story
Hsu Wei-hui's (徐薇蕙) sculptures and installations invite the viewer to question, to challenge and to re-examine gender roles and how ideals of beauty operate to create standards of female perfection. In The Counteroffensives (粉紅逆襲), a must-see ... full story
Over the past seven years, South Korean painter Choi Young Wook has consistently adopted the moon jar — a porcelain vessel in use during Korea's late Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) — as the principal subject of his paintings, of which 22 are currently on ... full story
This October, the Taipei Palace Museum will hold a large-scale exhibition themed Emperor Qianlong's Artistic Taste, which will focus on the emperor's life and how he nurtured his superb aesthetic values. That's just one of the projects recently ... full story
In Taiwan, most people think that only intellectuals take part in art activities and that it is not worth spending money to see art shows that are not easily understood, said Chi Meng-chun, a teacher at Daping Elementary School in New Taipei. Taiwan ... full story
6 (CNA) The Taipei Fine Arts Museum will launch a series of exhibitions, books and ticket packages this year to celebrate its 30th anniversary, the museum said recently. The museum announced that from January to December, it will host exhibitions ... full story
Not willing to see old buildings fade away, an artist in Greater Tainan is preserving the memory of local neighborhoods with watercolor paintings, especially of the abandoned employee housing of Taiwan Alkali Industrial Corp's Anshun branch plant.full story
A cartoon character cleans his rifle in Taiwanese-Japanese artist Ryou Mimura's new comic book, Quick March, which presents a humorous view of military service. Photo courtesy of Kadokawa Media (Taiwan) Co. The shared experience of compulsory ... full story
A photograph taken by Miru Kim, that shows her in the nude with a camel in the deserts of Mongolia in April last year, is to form part of an exhibition at Kaohsiung's Pier 2 Arts Center starting next month. Photo courtesy of Miru Kim. Have you ever ... full story
The art pieces show a fascination with the symbolism of skull images in the West, but at the same time, reflect distinctive elements of Taiwanese traditional art such as Hakka flower prints. "Creating graffiti work is amazing as you have to devote all ... full story
