Ministry of Culture-Newsletter

MoblieMenu

Search

Advanced Search

Keywords

FooterLink

TopLink

Language

About Us
Who We Are
Our Principal Officers
Our Organization
Subordinate Agencies
Affiliated Institutions
Administrative Corporation
Overseas Offices
What We Do
Governing Philosophy

The Arts

Cultural Heritage
Overview
Potential World Heritage Sites in Taiwan
Heritage Restoration
Museums

Humanities
Overview
National Memories
White Terror Dossiers
Development of National Languages Act

Literature & Publishing

Creative Industries

Community Empowerment
Community Empowerment
Local Cultural Museums | Overview
Living Arts Centers
Taiwan Culture Base

Film, Audiovisual & Pop Music

Cultural Exchanges
Overview
Exchanges with Southeast Asia
Taiwan Cultural Festival in Hong Kong
Taiwan-France Cultural Award

Digital Infrastructure & Governance
Digital Infrastructure
The Spheres of Culture Project
Annual Policy Objectives and Strategies

Mongolian & Tibetan Cultural Center

Equal Cultural Rights
What's New
Latest News
Taiwan Exhibitions
Videos
Resource Center
Taiwan Culture Portal
Related Links
Cultural Awards
Laws & Regulations
Directory
Three Iconic Colors of Taiwan
Cultural Features
Global Outreach

:::

2026-08-14

ISSUE #767

Upcoming

Belgium | Aug. 13 - Sept. 3

Edward Yang retrospective film festival to run in Brussels

+read more

U.S. | Aug. 14 -16

Taiwan’s Flying Group Theatre featured in NYC

+read more

France | Sept. 4-28

Taiwanese artists selected for France illustration residency

+read more

Ongoing

Taiwan artists in Toronto > Until Aug. 16

With support from the Taipei Cultural Center in New York, Taiwanese artist Ping-Hsiang Wang and choreographer Chou Kuan Jou will appear at the SummerWorks Performance Festival in Toronto, Canada, which runs from Aug. 6 to 16.

+read more

Mailantia Dance Company in New York > Until Aug. 16

Battery Dance Festival, the longest-running free public dance festival in New York City, will take place at Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park from Aug. 10 to 16. Now in its 45th edition, the festival will feature Taiwan’s Mailantia Dance Company.

+read more

Taiwan art in L.A. > Until Aug. 17

The Taiwan Academy of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles, in partnership with Louisa Coffee USA, is hosting the joint exhibition “The Great Mother’s Dream: Metamorphosis as Power and Wisdom” from May 12 to Aug. 17.

+read more

Ministry Updates

MOC reveals 17th Golden Comic Awards finalists

The Ministry of Culture (MOC) announced the finalists for the 17th Golden Comic Awards (GCA) on Aug. 10, along with this year’s Special Contribution Award recipient, Richard Metson.

The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA) hosted the final presentation of the Villa Formose residency program on Aug. 8, featuring French curator Danilo Lovisi. Lovisi is participating in the program in Taiwan from July 13 to Aug. 13.

The National Railway Museum (NRM) opened the exhibition “Rebirth: The Blue Train on Stage” on Aug. 8. It features a stage adaptation of writer Tuan Tsai-hua’s eponymous short story, “The Human Touch,” presented by the Greenray Theater Company.

+read more

Cultural Features

Natural Lacquer Preserver | Hsu Yu-fu

Hsu Yu-fu is an iconic figure in the natural lacquer industry of Puli Township, Nantou County. He is now the oldest practitioner who has steadfastly dedicated his life to the craft. He entered the field as a teenager and inherited the family legacy, persevering through both the industry’s decline and the devastation of the 1999 Jiji earthquake.

+read more

Penghu Bookstore

Located in Duxingshi Village Cultural Park, Penghu Bookstore is an independent bookstore opened in 2022 in Magong City of Penghu, one of Taiwan’s outlying islands. The bookstore is housed in what was once a military dependents’ village, which had gradually been abandoned over time.

+read more

If you would like to stop receiving weekly notifications from Taiwan's Ministry of Culture, click here to unsubscribe.