To celebrate the 40th anniversary, the TFAM will launch an online database and thematic artist webpages born from several years of endeavor, to share the fruitful results with the public. At the same time, in order to respond to the museum’s expansion which is towards new types of cross-domain or hybrid art creation in the future, a networking project will be commenced. Last but not least, the TFAM is co-organizing an international conference with the Chinese Association of Museums (CAM) to brainstorm and envision the museum’s next stage.
Since the inauguration, the TFAM has accumulated an extensive array of valuable literature and archives. The museum has established the “TFAM Exhibition Archive 1983-1994”, and has digitized archives related to the exhibitions, research, and education outreach programs realized in the museum’s first decade, during which a total of 665 exhibitions were presented. The database will visualize the TFAM’s journey from the initial period of exploring its operation and management to gradually establishing itself as “a modern and contemporary art museum.
The “TFAM 40 Conference: New Vision and New Mission of Arts Museum” will take place from October 4 to 6, 2023. Regarding the challenges and opportunities faced by contemporary art museums, the conference will discuss three major topics, including “Art Museums and the Public: The Challenges of Low Birth Rates and Ageing Populations,” “Art Museums and Local Area Renewal,” and “Art Museums and City Images.”
TFAM Exhibition Archive 1983-1994
The museum has digitized archives related to the exhibitions, research, and education outreach programs realized in the museum’s first decade, during which a total of 665 exhibitions were presented. The database will visualize the TFAM’s journey from the initial period of exploring its operation and management to gradually establishing itself as “a modern and contemporary art museum.
Special Collection: Ho Te-Lai
The thematic webpages – “Special Collection: Ho Te-Lai” comprises a collection of more than a hundred of artworks donated by the artist’s family, Ho Teng-Ching, together with calligraphies, sketch drawings, and prints that have rarely been shown in public, as well as the artist’s notes and letters, all of which have been digitized and interpreted. The dedicated webpages will enable the public to read deeply and comprehensively the resonance formed by the unique artist’s life journey, his standpoints on life and death, and artistic creation, offering more diversified perspectives in the research of Taiwanese art history.
TFAM 40 Conference: New Vision and New Mission of Arts Museum
The Conference will take place from October 4 to 6, 2023. Regarding the challenges and opportunities faced by contemporary art museums, the conference will discuss three major topics, including “Art Museums and the Public: The Challenges of Low Birth Rates and Ageing Populations,” “Art Museums and Local Area Renewal,” and “Art Museums and City Images.”
online exhibition platform
"TFAM NET.OPEN" is an online exhibition platform for cross-type artworks, accompanied by irregular virtual and physical public events, to respond to the contemporary technological society's imagination beyond the physical space. With "Net and networking" as the core concept, this project not only covers various creative fields to cope with the ever-changing and evolving network ecology, but also deepens the co-creation between the museum and other curators and art institutions around the world.