Monet’s Garden presents the paintings of Claude Monet, a key figure from the French impressionism school. The exhibit will display landscape paintings and compositions of flowers created at his home in Giverny, northern France.
■ Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM — 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), tel: (02) 2595-7656. The Claude Monet exhibit is open Mondays and Tuesdays from 9am to 6pm and Wednesdays to Sundays from 9am to 10pm. Regular exhibit hours are Mondays to Sundays from 9am to 10pm. Admission: NT$270. Other exhibitions are free
■ Starts Saturday. Until May 5
Photo Courtesy of TFAM
Remarkable Taiwanese Artists Group Show (台灣中生代傑出藝術家聯展) is a three-person show by ink painters Chiu Hsien-te (邱顯德), Jan Chin-shui (詹金水) and Wu Ting-hsien (吳丁賢). The exhibit reveals the “remarkable” ability of contemporary landscape ink-wash painters to work within a long tradition while updating its aesthetics.
■ 99 Degrees Art Center (99度藝術中心), 5F, 259, Dunhua S Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市敦化南路一段259號5樓), tel: (02) 2700-3099. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 11am to 6:30pm
■ Opening reception on Saturday at 3pm. Until March 27
Photo Courtesy of 99 Degrees Art Center
Mapping the Moment (那個時間的風格) is a group show by three emerging artists: Huang Chia-ning’s (黃嘉寧) photos depict everyday details at close range, Chiu Chien-jen (邱建仁) captures life’s fleeting moments through expressionist-like oil paintings, and Chinese artist Ye Nan (葉楠) employs Chinese ink painting techniques to create serene scenes of wildlife.
■ Lin & Lin Gallery (大未來林舍畫廊), 16 Dongfeng St, Taipei City, (台北市東豐街16號), tel: (02) 2721-8488. Open Tuesdays to Fridays from 10am to 7pm and Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 7pm.
■ Opening reception on Saturday at 3:30pm. Until March 27
Dot. Dot. Dot (游泳適合複三拍) is an exhibit of new sound and light installations by art collective LuxuryLogico (豪華朗機工). A discussion of the work will take place at the gallery on March 19 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm.
■ MOT/Arts, 3F, 22, Fuxing S Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市復興南路一段22號3樓), tel: (02) 2751-8088. Open daily from 11am to 8pm
■ Until April 10
From construction to destruction to reconstruction, Yeh Chu-sheng (葉竹盛) attempts to capture the spiritual with Eco-Spirit Series (心靈環保系列), a series of new abstract and surreal paintings informed by the artist’s Zen Buddhist beliefs.
■ Nou Gallery (新畫廊), 232, Renai Rd Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市仁愛路四段232號), tel: (02) 2700-0239. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 11am to 7pm
■ Until March 20
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