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2026-03-13
ISSUE #745
Ongoing
Taiwanese film director Singing Chen’s virtual reality work “The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up” has been selected for the Immersive Pavilion of the Luxembourg City Film Festival. 
With support from the Ministry of Culture, “Blur,” an immersive mixed reality theater experience by Riverbed Theatre, is being presented at the PHI Centre in Montreal, Canada, through Mar. 29.
The Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art in Budapest is presenting the exhibition “Before the Storm: Taiwan on the Frontier of Past and Future” through Mar. 29, 2026.
Ministry Updates
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The Taiwan Academy in Los Angeles, in collaboration with the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA), has announced Grace Ting as the recipient of the 2026 “Literature from Taiwan” Emerging Translator Mentorship Program. 
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The Ministry of Culture is presenting the exhibition “Runners on Base: Powerful Hits from Taiwan’s Baseball Comics” at the Preparatory Office of the National Taiwan Museum of Comics and its satellite venue at the Taipei Dome, open through July 26.
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The Mongolian and Tibetan Cultural Center (MTCC) launched the exhibition “Endless Flow – Tsherin Sherpa’s Himalayan Contemporary Art” on Jan. 31. The exhibition showcases works that blend traditional Tibetan culture with contemporary elements.
Cultural Features
In 2010, after earning a master’s degree in musical scoring, Lu returned to Taiwan from the U.K. In the early stages of his career, he mostly worked on scores for short films and advertisements, with occasional opportunities in theater, pop music, and art installations.
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Located in Yilan County, Lìzé Puppet Art Colony is Taiwan’s first art space dedicated to contemporary puppetry as its core discipline. Since its founding in 2014, the Colony has transformed traditional agricultural architecture into a multifaceted hub for artistic creation, exhibitions, education, and international exchange. 
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