▲1F, 218 Changchun Rd, Taipei City (台北市長春路218號1樓). Call (02) 2508-0304 or visit www.cosmo.com.tw for more information
▲8pm to 11pm every Wednesday
▲Free admission
Exhibition
Taipei 2008 Mammoth Exhibition (長毛象特展). This large-scale exhibition of more than 140 displays about the extinct animal includes two well-preserved remains of mammoths on loan from the Mammoth Museum in Yakutsk, the capital city of the Sakha Republic. One is a 40-year-old male, named Yukagir, and the other is a one-year-old female, named Oymiakon, which were unearthed four years ago and date back to 30,000 years ago.
▲National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall (台灣民主紀念館), 21 Zhongshan S Rd, Taipei City (台北市中山南路21號). Open Mondays through Sundays from 10am to 6pm. Call (02) 2343-1146 for more information
▲Until Nov. 4
Gwangju Museum of Art in Korea Exchange Program — Si Young Jin and Tae Yun Kong Solo Exhibitions (韓國光州美術館交換計畫—晉始瑩、孔泰硯雙個展). Two Wheels by Si Young Jin mixes old and new images of Taipei. Tae Yun Kong’s Tie’s section features installation pieces made from trash.
▲Taipei Artist Village (台北國際藝術村), 7 Beiping E Rd, Taipei City (台北市北平東路7號). Open Mondays through Sundays from 10am to 7:30pm. Call (02) 3393-7377 for more information
▲Until Sept. 28
This is Not a Fairytale — Contemporary Thai Art Exhibition (這不是童話—泰國當代藝術群展). Put together by veteran Bangkok curator Ark Fongsmut, this exhibition features video art, sculpture, photography and installation works by seven contemporary artists from Thailand known for their sharp observations and critiques of their country’s present-day society.
▲Soka Art Center Taipei (台北索卡藝術中心), 2F, 57, Dunhua S Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市敦化南路一段57號2樓). Open Tuesdays through Sundays from 11am to 9pm. Call (02) 2570-0390 for more information
▲Until Sept. 28
Flowering — Chen Chien-ron Solo Exhibition (顫顫花開—陳建蓉個展). It took Chen three years to complete the Flowering series, in which the well-known “peony” paintings by Hsu His (徐熙), who lived during China’s Five Dynasties period, are deconstructed and reconstructed using contemporary visual vocabularies and cultural contexts.
▲Pacific Cultural Foundation (太平洋文化基金會藝術中心), B1, 38, Chongching S Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市重慶南路三段38號B1). Open Mondays through Saturdays from 10am to 5pm. Call (02) 2337-7155 for more information
▲Until Sept. 27
Liu Han-wen Solo Exhibition (嬉色遊彩—劉漢文個展). Liu, an interior designer, makes bold visual innovations in his watercolor paintings by juxtaposing realistic and virtual spaces, giving his works a playful feel by adding fairytale-like metaphors and symbols.
▲Cathay United Art Center (國泰世華藝術中心), 7F, 236 Dunhua N Rd, Taipei City (台北市敦化北路236號7樓). Open Mondays through Saturdays from 10am to 6pm. Call (02) 2717-0988 for more information
▲Until Sept. 27
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