Aki Gallery (也趣藝廊)
Year established: 2002
Exhibited artists: Lee Chen-dao (李承道),Wu Yih-han (吳逸寒), Kuo Chih-hung (郭志宏) and Lo Chan-peng (羅展鵬)
Photo: Aki Gallery
Art info: Specializes in Japanese, German and Taiwanese contemporary painting and sculpture
Asia Art Center (亞洲藝術中心)
Year established: 1982
Exhibited artists: Li Chen (李真), Liao Yu-an (廖堉安), Gao Xingjian (高行健) and Xu Bing (徐冰)
Art info: Founding members of Art Taipei, the gallery shows contemporary Taiwanese and Chinese art with a focus on painting and sculpture. Was the first gallery to exhibit the work of Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian
Chi-Wen Gallery
Year established: 2004
Art info: Contemporary avant-garde photography and video art
Eslite Gallery (誠品畫廊)
Year established: 1989
Exhibited artists: Jeng Jun-dian (鄭君殿), Yeh Tzu-chi (葉子奇), Su Wong-shen (蘇旺伸), Lin Yen-wei (林彥瑋) and Kuo Chwen (郭淳)
Art info: First to exhibit contemporary art in Taiwan, and continues to lead with a roster of both established and emerging Asian artists, with a focus on artists of Chinese descent.
Galerie Grand Siecle
Year established: 1990
Exhibited artists: Yao Jui-chang (姚瑞中 ), Kuo I-chen (郭奕臣 ) and Chen Wen-chi (陳文祺)
Art info: Chinese modern and contemporary art with a focus on Taiwanese new media art
Jia Art Gallery (家畫廊)
Year established: 1990
Exhibited artists: Chang Tzu-lung (張子隆), Huang Zan-lun (黃贊倫) and Gregory Barsamian
Art info: Specializes in contemporary Chinese and Taiwanese painting and sculpture
Liang Gallery (尊彩藝術中心)
Year established: 1993
Exhibited artists: Jam Wu (吳耿禎) Hsu Wei-hui (徐薇蕙) and Mia Liu (劉文瑄)
Art info: Contemporary Taiwanese art with a focus on installation and new media
Mind Set Art Center (安卓藝術)
Year established: 2010
Exhibited artists: Jhong Jiang-ze (鍾江澤) and Shieh Juin (謝鴻均 )
Art info: Contemporary Taiwanese art
Lin & Lin Gallery
(大未來林舍畫廊)
Year established: 1992
Exhibited artists: Kuo Wei-kuo(郭維國), Lu Hsien-ming (陸先銘), Liu Shih-tung (劉時棟), Lai Chiu-chen (賴九岑)
Art info: Modern and contemporary Chinese and Taiwanese art
Project Fulfill Art Space
(就在藝術空間 )
Year established: 2008
Exhibited artists: Jenny Chen (陳張莉) and Sean Wang (王璽安)
Art info: Contemporary art
Tina Keng Gallery (耿畫廊)
Year established: 2009
Exhibited artists: Yang Mao-lin (楊茂林), Chen Chun-hao (陳浚豪), Tu Wei-cheng (涂維政)
Art info: Modern and contemporary Chinese and Taiwanese art
Sept.16 to Sept. 22 The “anti-communist train” with then-president Chiang Kai-shek’s (蔣介石) face plastered on the engine puffed along the “sugar railway” (糖業鐵路) in May 1955, drawing enthusiastic crowds at 103 stops covering nearly 1,200km. An estimated 1.58 million spectators were treated to propaganda films, plays and received free sugar products. By this time, the state-run Taiwan Sugar Corporation (台糖, Taisugar) had managed to connect the previously separate east-west lines established by Japanese-era sugar factories, allowing the anti-communist train to travel easily from Taichung to Pingtung’s Donggang Township (東港). Last Sunday’s feature (Taiwan in Time: The sugar express) covered the inauguration of the
The corruption cases surrounding former Taipei Mayor and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) head Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) are just one item in the endless cycle of noise and fuss obscuring Taiwan’s deep and urgent structural and social problems. Even the case itself, as James Baron observed in an excellent piece at the Diplomat last week, is only one manifestation of the greater problem of deep-rooted corruption in land development. Last week the government announced a program to permit 25,000 foreign university students, primarily from the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia, to work in Taiwan after graduation for 2-4 years. That number is a
In a stark demonstration of how award-winning breakthroughs can come from the most unlikely directions, researchers have won an Ig Nobel prize for discovering that mammals can breathe through their anuses. After a series of tests on mice, rats and pigs, Japanese scientists found the animals absorb oxygen delivered through the rectum, work that underpins a clinical trial to see whether the procedure can treat respiratory failure. The team is among 10 recognized in this year’s Ig Nobel awards (see below for more), the irreverent accolades given for achievements that “first make people laugh, and then make them think.” They are not
This Qing Dynasty trail takes hikers from renowned hot springs in the East Rift Valley, up to the top of the Coastal Mountain Range, and down to the Pacific Short vacations to eastern Taiwan often require choosing between the Rift Valley with its pineapple fields, rice paddies and broader range of amenities, or the less populated coastal route for its ocean scenery. For those who can’t decide, why not try both? The Antong Traversing Trail (安通越嶺道) provides just such an opportunity. Built 149 years ago, the trail linked up these two formerly isolated parts of the island by crossing over the Coastal Mountain Range. After decades of serving as a convenient path for local Amis, Han settlers, missionaries and smugglers, the trail fell into disuse once modern roadways were built