▲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 Tuesdays to Sundays from 9:30am to 5:30pm; closes at 8:30pm on Saturdays. Tel: (02) 2595-7656. On the Net: www.tfam.museum
▲Until Aug. 8
An air gun, hard disk and radio are among the objects used to create installations in TranSonic — Sounding Objects (超響—發聲體). The exhibit brings together seven contemporary Taiwanese artists who explore the concept of sound as a medium of creation and the many ways it can affect the listener.
▲Galerie Grand Siecle (新苑藝術), 17, Alley 51, Ln 12, Bade Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市八德路三段12巷51弄17號). Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 1pm to 6pm. Tel: (02) 2578-5630
▲Until Aug. 9
Cheng Shen-chih (鄭森池) retraces the lives of Chinese laborers living in the gold mining towns of California during the mid-19th century and documents his impressions through photographs in Walking the Grade (覓金山鴻爪). Cheng spent three years wandering through abandoned towns and traveling along railway tracks to gain a sense of the grueling life these miners lived and the places where they worked.
▲Taipei National University of Arts — Guandu Museum of Arts (台北藝術大學關渡美術館), 1 Xueyuan Rd, Taipei City (台北市學園路1號). Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 5pm. Call: (02) 2896-1000. On the Net: kdmofa.tnua.edu.tw
▲Until Sept. 20
Used as a primer for teaching children the Chinese language as well as subjects such as nature, society, history and ethics, the Thousand Character Classic is an ancient and important cultural document. The Thousand Character Classic in Chinese Calligraphy (千字文書法展) provides several authentic examples of the text dating as far back as the Sui Dynasty, rendered in different styles of calligraphy.
▲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 Tuesdays to Sundays from 9am to 5pm; closes at 8:30pm on Saturdays. Tel: (02) 2881-2021. On the Net:
www.npm.gov.tw
▲Until Sept. 25
Futurism (飆未來) displays 143 Italian paintings, sculptures, clothing and poetry inspired by the Futurists, a movement of Italian artists that celebrated technology, youth
and speed.
▲National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall (國立台灣民主紀念館), 21 Zhongshan S Rd, Taipei (台北市中山南路21號). Open daily from 9am to 6pm. Tel: (02) 2308-7111 X2350
▲Until Oct. 11
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