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
May 6 to May 12 Those who follow the Chinese-language news may have noticed the usage of the term zhuge (豬哥, literally ‘pig brother,’ a male pig raised for breeding purposes) in reports concerning the ongoing #Metoo scandal in the entertainment industry. The term’s modern connotations can range from womanizer or lecher to sexual predator, but it once referred to an important rural trade. Until the 1970s, it was a common sight to see a breeder herding a single “zhuge” down a rustic path with a bamboo whip, often traveling large distances over rugged terrain to service local families. Not only
Ahead of incoming president William Lai’s (賴清德) inauguration on May 20 there appear to be signs that he is signaling to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and that the Chinese side is also signaling to the Taiwan side. This raises a lot of questions, including what is the CCP up to, who are they signaling to, what are they signaling, how with the various actors in Taiwan respond and where this could ultimately go. In the last column, published on May 2, we examined the curious case of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) heavyweight Tseng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) — currently vice premier
The last time Mrs Hsieh came to Cihu Park in Taoyuan was almost 50 years ago, on a school trip to the grave of Taiwan’s recently deceased dictator. Busloads of children were brought in to pay their respects to Chiang Kai-shek (蔣中正), known as Generalissimo, who had died at 87, after decades ruling Taiwan under brutal martial law. “There were a lot of buses, and there was a long queue,” Hsieh recalled. “It was a school rule. We had to bow, and then we went home.” Chiang’s body is still there, under guard in a mausoleum at the end of a path
Last week the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) released a set of very strange numbers on Taiwan’s wealth distribution. Duly quoted in the Taipei Times, the report said that “The Gini coefficient for Taiwanese households… was 0.606 at the end of 2021, lower than Australia’s 0.611, the UK’s 0.620, Japan’s 0.678, France’s 0.676 and Germany’s 0.727, the agency said in a report.” The Gini coefficient is a measure of relative inequality, usually of wealth or income, though it can be used to evaluate other forms of inequality. However, for most nations it is a number from .25 to .50