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Songshan Culture & Creative Park is one of Taipei’s largest creative arts spaces. his location has transformed through history since 1937 as the “Taiwan Sōtokufu Tobacco Monopoly Bureau” during the Japanese colonial time, and after restoration, it was taken over by the Taiwan Monopoly Bureau and renamed the “Taiwanese Provincial Tobacco and Alcohol Monopoly Bureau Songshan Plant”. Its architectural style…

Four floors of gallery and performance space, plus living quarters for a resident artist inside an old residential building. Works by upcoming local and overseas artists are featured on the ground and 1st floors. There’s also a cafe (closed every Wednesday). The back part of the top floor is Taichung’s best-kept secret – Ludi music dive which only opens at night and…

The Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts was originally a Neiweipi wetland filled with irrigation ponds (Pitang in Chinese). After southern Taiwan’s first public fine art museum was founded in 1994, it became southern Taiwan’s most important modern art and culture hub. The “Kids’ Art Museum”, which emphasized child art education and active learning, was opened in 2005. It provides children…

LUCfest is a showcase festival combines music forum that foothold in Taiwan, and aims to connect with Asia to further the global music industry. LUCfest has become a new option for people to take holidays and travels in Tainan, enjoying the music and the atmosphere of the ancient city, Tainan. From 11/30/2018(Fri) to 12/2/2018 (Sun), LUCfest will present a 3 days’…

The Taipei Story House is just behind the Fine Arts Museum. This house was built in 1914 by a tea trader said to have been inspired by a building he saw at the 1900 Paris Expo. Today it’s a space for Taipei nostalgia and history, and past exhibitions (they change every three months) have included topics such as Chinese sweets, toys,…

Very bright, very modern, and often fun and very experimental art is showcased here. The long red-brick building dates back to the 1920s. It started life as an elementary school and then became Taipei City Hall before its current incarnation as the city’s modern art museum. Well worth a visit. Bags must be checked in. Travel Info Museum of Contemporary…

Constructed in the 1980s, this airy, four-storey box of marble, glass and concrete showcases contemporary art, with a particular focus on Taiwanese artists. Exhibits include pieces by Taiwanese painters and sculptors from the Japanese period through to the present.And also have a lot of expos from international artists or institutions.Check the website(Taipei Fine Arts Museum) to see what’s currently showing.…

AIR Taipei offers 2 bases for international artists to develop and realize their projects in Taipei, they are Taipei Artist Villiage(TAV) and Treasure Hill Artist Village(THAV).These two are in different places in Taipei. This yellow building that looks like a multistorey carpark is home to a small gallery, a garden, and a cafe. It runs an artist residency program and…