▲Until March 15
Ancient Pottery of the Paiwan Tribe in Taiwan (祖靈的居所—台灣排灣族古陶壺特展) shows how ceramics are closely associated
with the legends of the Paiwan tribe’s origins, and how pottery
helps to perpetuate the tribe’s
social hierarchy.
▲National Museum of Natural Science (國立自然科學博物館), 1, Kuanchien Rd, Taichung City (台中市館前路1號). Open daily from 9am to 5pm, closed on Mondays
▲Until May 17
The God of Earth in Taiwan (台灣土地公特展) explains the origins of the Earth God (土地公) and why it continues to play an important role in folk worship throughout the country.
▲National Museum of Natural Science (國立自然科學博物館), 1, Kuanchien Rd, Taichung City (台中市館前路1號). Open daily from 9am to 5pm, closed on Mondays
▲Until May 31
Skies of Northern Tibet
(藏北的天空) is a solo exhibition of 13 of Chiu Hsien-te’s (邱顯德) watercolors. The exhibit shows the continuing evolution of the artist’s style with the sky now occupying a greater proportion of the painting’s surface than ever before. Stylistically, the paintings possess a freer, more lyrical expressiveness and a tremendous richness of layering and tonal shifts in color.
▲99 Degrees Art Center (99 藝術中心) 5F, 259, Dunhua S Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市敦化南路一段259號5F). Open daily from 11am to 6pm, closed on Mondays
▲Until Feb. 28
Art on Balcony (露台開賣) presents 100 works by 40 emerging and established contemporary artists working in a variety of different mediums including painting, sculpture, photography and printmaking.
▲Project Fulfill Art Space (就在藝術空間), 2, Alley 45, Ln 147, Xinyi Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市信義路三段147巷45弄2號). To arrange a viewing
▲call (02) 2325-0023
▲Until March 8
The National Palace Museum does a superb job of explaining the history and importance of Chinese ink painting with its exhibit The Art and Aesthetics of From: Selections from the History of Chinese Painting (造型與美感—中國繪畫的發展). Beginning with the Six Dynasties period and moving up to the Qing Dynasty, the show represents a selection of works from the museum’s collection arranged chronologically to provide an overview of some of the major traditions and movements in Chinese painting.
▲National Palace Museum (國立故宮博物院), 221, Zhishan Rd Sec 2, Shilin Dist, Taipei City (台北市士林區至善路二段221號)
▲Until March 25
Madden Reality: Post-Taipei Art Group (叛離異象:後台北畫派) features 72 works by eight of Taiwan’s most well-respected contemporary artists ranging from sculpture to painting.
▲Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM), 181, Zhongshan N Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市中山北路三段181號)
▲Open daily from 9:30am to 5:30pm, closed on Mondays. Tel: (02) 2595-7656
▲Until April 5
RSS