The Diner’s (樂子) new branch on Dunhua Road hosts The Diner Jam, an open mic session every Thursday.
▲ 6, Ln 103, Dunhua S Rd Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市敦化南路二段103巷6號), just off Anhe Road (安和路), in the lane adjacent to Carnegie’s. Call (02) 2700-1680 or visit www.thediner.com.tw for more information
▲ 9:30pm to midnight every Thursday
▲ Free admission
Exhibition
Oversized Hanging and Hand Scrolls (巨幅名畫). The National Palace Museum has selected seven famed large works of Chinese brush painting from the Sung and Qing dynasties for its latest exhibition. The ensemble includes Tung Chi-chang’s (董其昌, 1555 to 1636) Shady Trees in a Summer Landscape and Giuseppe Castiglione’s (1688 to 1766) The Imperial Rites of Sericulture.
▲ National Palace Museum (國立故宮博物院), 221, Zhishan Rd Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市至善路二段221號). Open Mondays to Sundays from 9am to 5pm; Saturdays until 8:30pm. Call (02) 2881-2021
▲ Until Sept. 25
Totem and Taboo: Solo Exhibition by J.C. Kuo (圖騰與禁忌:郭振昌個展). A celebrated member of the first generation of contemporary artists of post-World War II Taiwan, Kuo is known for his visually and emotionally expressive style that reflects the hybridity of Taiwanese culture. The exhibition features works by Kuo from the 1990s onwards, when the artist explored the blending of folk beliefs, traditional Chinese myths and Eastern and Western religions in Taiwanese society.
▲ Taipei Fine Arts Museum (台北市立美術館), 181, Zhongshan N Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市中山北路三段181號). Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 9:30am to 5:30pm; Saturdays until 8:30pm. Call (02) 2595-7656
▲ Until Sept. 21
Beyond 20 Degrees Celsius — Exhibition of Room Temperature Luminescence From Taiwan’s Contemporary Imaging Art
(非20度C — 台灣當代藝術的常溫影像). The exhibition brings together works by 14 local artists to explore the fusion of photography, conceptual and installation art in the 1990s.
▲ National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (國立台灣美術館), 2, Wuchuan W Rd Sec 1, Taichung City (台中市五權西路一段2號). Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 9am to 5pm. Call (04) 2372-3552
▲ Until July 27
Who’s Dongguri? (誰是Dongguri?)
Dongguri is a character created by South Korean artist Kwon Ki-soo. It appears in many of the artist’s works made in various media, including painting, sculpture and video art. Warm, innocent and childlike, Dongguri is a simple creature that lives in never-never land and doesn’t like to ponder philosophical questions.
▲ Metaphysical Art Gallery (形而上畫廊), 7F, 219, Dunhua S Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市敦化南路一段219號7樓)
Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 11am to 6:30pm. Call (02) 2771-3236
▲ Until Aug. 5
You to Be — Chen Song-jei Solo
Exhibition (你在 — 陳松志個展) features four of Chen’s newest works that utilize glass and mirrors to use the “viewer” as a framework.
▲ Museum of Contemporary Art (台北當代藝術館), 39 Changan W Rd, Taipei City (台北市長安西路39號). Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 10am to 6pm. Call (02) 2552-3720
▲ Until Aug. 24
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