A gallery showcasing local artists' creativity and the beauty of Taiwan was inaugurated Aug. 26 at landmark Taipei 101, the tallest and largest green building in the world. Situated on the ground floor, 330-square-meter Gallery 101 is expected to ...full story
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--18th Street Arts Center is pleased to present a solo exhibition of Taipei, Taiwan based artist TSAI Shih-Hung. Presented in conjunction with a three-month residency supported by the Ministry of Culture Taiwan and ...full story
Democratic Progressive Party Taipei City councilors were furious yesterday at the Taipei 228 Memorial Museum because a painting of great historic significance by Taiwanese artist Lan Yin-ting (藍蔭鼎) was hidden in an archive and folded in half. Taipei ...full story
Woman and Home: In the Name of Asian Female Artists (女人-家: 以亞洲女性藝術之名) opens with a period piece of an upper-class Taiwanese woman. Orchid (香蘭), which dates to 1968, is a late-in-life work by Hsinchu native and pioneering female artist ...full story
The Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation is to stage a protest this week to demand a formal apology and compensation from Japan for having driven thousands of women — known as “comfort women” — into sexual slavery before and during World War II.full story
With an array of fascinating instruments, the New Taipei City Art Group has been producing a mixture of hauntingly-beautiful sounds and lively traditional tunes. Each member is an award-winning musician in Taiwan and they have come together to give ...full story
Over the past few months, Jeon has been doing his own residency within the Treasure Hill Artist Village (寶藏巖國際藝術村). This is a small pocket of foliage in Taipei, a former squatter community that has become a cultural preserve. Walk 12 minutes ...full story
For Taipei is where the Barbie doll was born. That blonde bombshell may have been conceived in the US, but it's here in the Taiwanese capital is where Mattel decided to bring her to life in 1967. While these days she may be made in China, for 20 years ...full story
Taipei, July 20 (CNA) A Taiwanese investigative documentary, "Unveil the Truth II:State Apparatus", won the NT$ 1 million (US$33, 294) Grand Prize at the 2014 Taipei Film Awards on Saturday. ... The film also received the award for Best Art Design.and more »full story
A US academic and a photographer who came to Taiwan in 2012 to carry out a project seeking to empower local Aboriginal children through art have seen the results of their efforts manifested in an exhibition of work by Atayal children that opened in ...full story