2017-08-11
ISSUE #222
Upcoming
Mexico | Aug. 10 - Sept. 10
Japan | Aug. 19 - 20
US | Aug. 29 - Oct. 12
Ongoing
A collaborative exhibition featuring contemporary art by ten Taiwanese artists and three Mississippi artists is running at the Arts Center of Mississippi in Jackson.
Bookplates embodying cultural and artistic elements as well as the social phenomena of Taiwan and Japan are currently on view at the Taiwan Cultural Center in Tokyo.
Artwork by 15 pioneering abstract artists born from the diaspora following the Chinese Civil War is being showcased at Musée d'Ixelles à Bruxelles.
'The Moving Garden,' a contemporary installation of live flowers by Taiwanese-American artist Lee Mingwei, is in full blossom at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum.
A whimsical collection featuring steel-plated, enamel-baked sculptures by Taiwanese artist Hung Yi is currently on public display on the streets of Washington, D.C.
Page Tsou, a Taiwanese illustrator lauded by Bologna Children's Book Fair, is holding his first solo exhibition 'Hide-and-Seek' at Madrid-based Museo ABC.
Ministry Updates
Culture Minister Cheng Li-chiun embarked on a three-day visit to Japan from Aug. 1 to 3, where she met with officials from the East Japan Railway Company, Warehouse Terrada, Mori Art Museum, and the National Art Center, Tokyo.
Nominees of the 28th Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts and Music were applauded for their achievements and contributions to Taiwan's music heritage at the 'Applaud the Nominees!' event held at the Xiqu Center of Taiwan on Aug. 5.
The Taipei-based National Museum of History is holding an exhibition featuring the latest 35 ink paintings by Lee Shien-wen, founder of Lion Art Monthly, titled 'Dreaming Back to Nature.'
Cultural Features
Lee Shien-wen is an entrepreneur-turned-artist who has persisted in his pursuit of the arts and the promotion of art education in Taiwan. His Lion Art Monthly was Taiwan's first long-running magazine that was dedicated to art.
Hsu Mao-song is a senior comic artist who has created around 200 works within half a century. For his lifelong dedication to Taiwan's original comics, Hsu will be honored with the 8th Golden Comic Special Contribution Award in September.
