CULTURE & ART
CULTURE & ART Taiwan has a very diverse cultural scene, with art venues ranging from international-caliber concert halls and theaters, where internationally-acclaimed stars regularly perform, to make-shift stages on temple plazas where you can witness Taiwanese opera. Among Taiwan’s museums are the world-famous National Palace Museum as well as many museums specializing in different art forms and aspects of Taiwanese culture. Here is a brief selection of upcoming happenings. For more infomation, please visit the websites of the listed venues. National Taiwan Museum
Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Special Exhibition on Recordings over the Last 100 Years in the ROC
Shinoyama Kishin Shinorama Tokyo
百年鏗鏘•聲音紀事 巡迴特展 December 11 ~ March 13
東京廣角 篠山紀信攝影展 October 16 ~ January 2
It's been 82 years since Radio Taiwan International (RTI) began broadcasting, in 1928. While RTI's mission has changed over the years, the station remains a reliable source of information allowing listeners all over the world to learn more about the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan. As the ROC will be celebrating its centenary next year, the radio station has launched an exhibition featuring recordings and pictures that best represent its history and culture. The recordings are grouped under seven categories: talks with important figures, the calls of street vendors, folk arts and festivals, traditional industries, travel, the humanities, and the music of the times.
National Palace Museum
The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece 大英國博物館珍藏展—古希臘人體之美 October 15 ~ Februar y 7 This exhibition features treasures from the British Museum’s rich Greek and Roman collection. It offers a visually engaging and thought-provoking exploration of the human condition as seen through ancient Greek eyes. Over two millennia, the Greeks experimented with representing the human body in works that range from prehistoric abstract simplicity to the full-blown realism of the age of Alexander the Great.By exploring ideas of representation, the exhibition invites visitors to engage with artworks that have shaped the way that we think about and look at ourselves.The exhibition also features one of the highlights of the British Museum’s collection, which has never been on loan before this tour: Discobolus, the celebrated representation of a discus thrower.
4 November • December 2010
Travel in Taiwan
One of the leading photographers in Japan, Shinoyama Kishin is best known for his portrait photographs, ranging from celebrities to models posing in the nude. In Japan he’s remembered for taking scandalous nude pictures of actress Rie Miyazawa, and he made headlines last year when he was briefly arrested for photographing naked models in public places. This exhibition presents 70 of his works, including photographs of Japanese stars, Kabuki theater, sumo wrestlers, traditional ceremonies, and natural scenery.
TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall
Luna Sea 20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot Taipei Concert 月之海 – 20週年重新啟動世 界巡迴 – 台北公演 December 18 One of the most successful Japanese rock bands of the 1990s, Luna Sea has announced its return to the stage after a 10-year hiatus. During a short world tour this November and December, which includes concerts in Germany, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and Tokyo, they will also make a stop in Taipei to perform at the Nangang Exhibition Hall.
National Museum of Prehistory
Sons of the Sun 太陽之子 October 22 ~ March 31 The people of the Paiwan Tribe, most living in the southern reaches of the Central Mountain Range and the coastal plains of southeastern Taiwan, regard themselves as children born of the sun. This exhibition gives you insight into the fascinating mythological origins of this tribe, their age-old traditions and practices, and their art and handicrafts.