The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA) has launched the exhibition “Arts as Imprints of the Times – Permanent Collection of the NTMoFA (時代印記─國美典藏常設展),” showcasing the development of Taiwan’s fine arts since the 18th century, based on the museum’s nearly 20,000-piece collection accumulated over more than three decades.
Running through December 2026, the exhibition presents a wide range of works across three phases, co-curated by Huang Tung-fu (黃冬富), Hsueh Yen-ling (薛燕玲), Lin Chen-ching (林振莖), Tsai Chao-yi (蔡昭儀), and Feng Sheng-hsuan (馮勝宣).
The exhibition spans artworks from five periods: paintings and calligraphy from the Ming and Qing Dynasties; realist and modernist works from the period of Japanese rule; transformational pieces shaped by international culture and politics in the postwar era; works exploring Taiwanese identity and freedom of expressions from the 1980s onward; and, in the new millennium, the reconstruction of Taiwanese culture amid globalization and digitization.
“Arts as Imprints of the Times” portrays Taiwan’s visual culture over three centuries through the lens of fine art history and aesthetic research. By crafting curatorial narratives, NTMoFA seeks to transform scholarly research into public knowledge, deepening society’s appreciation and understanding of Taiwan’s fine art legacy.