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Ryuichi SAKAMOTO + Shiro TAKATANI, water state 1, 2013／©2024 KAB Inc.／Photo: Ryuichi MARUO
Ryuichi Sakamoto︱seeing sound, hearing time: Unlocking the Boundaries of Perception Through Sound, Space, and Image
Curated by Japanese curator Sachiko NAMBA, Ryuichi Sakamoto︱seeing sound, hearing time examines the extensive, diverse interdisciplinary artistic practices of Ryuichi SAKAMOTO (1952–2023) since 2000. The exhibition explores his integration of sound, moving images, digital technologies, and the physical environment, opening a new realm for contemporary perceptual experience. It also highlights Sakamoto’s interdisciplinary collaborations with artists such as Shiro TAKATANI, Daito MANABE, Carsten NICOLAI, Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL, and Zakkubalan.
SAKAMOTO’s career centered on exploring how music can transcend auditory experience to become a tangible, spatially perceptible art form. The exhibition focuses on his work that blends natural and technological media like water, fog, meteorological data, and electromagnetic waves, showcasing his consistent exploration of the borders of human perception and the idea of “Installation Music.” Expanding from sound into visual and spatial realms, his practice blurs the boundaries between music and visual culture. It invites visitors to engage their senses with an exhibition space shaped by sound and imagery, prompting them to reconsider how we listen to and perceive the world.
To ensure the best viewing experience, admission requires an online reservation, and a limited number of standby tickets are issued on-site. The first round of reservations opens at 10:00 a.m. on October 15 for visits from October 31 to November 29. For comprehensive ticketing rules and visitor guidelines, please visit TFAM’s official website.
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＊This event is free of charge. For more information and ticketing policies, please visit the museum website.
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Wang Yahui: Voyager
2026/09/12-2027/01/03 Galleries 2A, 2B
The retrospective Wang Yahui: Voyager, co-curated by TFAM curators Yi-ting LEI and Hsuan-chun LIN, traces the artist’s creative journey from 2002 to 2022. The exhibition is organized around four viewing pathways—“Personal Room and Objects,” “Nature and the World,” “Time/Space and Universe,” and “Paintingness and Image/Space.” Through WANG’s unique poetics of imagery, it guides visitors on a spatiotemporal voyage as seen through the eyes of a traveler.
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After the Taipei Art Awards - Chen Zhao-Hua Solo Exhibition
2026/09/25 - 2026/12/20 Galleries E, F
This solo exhibition showcases new works by CHEN Zhao-Hua, the Grand Prize winner of the 2023 Taipei Art Awards. It explores his life circumstances and creative reflections following the award, offering a rare look into an artist’s inner world. Through visual, spatial, and sonic media, the works convey his most candid inner voice and pose a central question at the exhibition’s end: In the struggle to balance reality and ideals, what truly sustains an artist’s practice?
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I Spy Love，發現愛
2026/10/03-2027/02/21 Children's Art Education Center
Curated by TFAM’s SHIUNG San, I Spy Love draws on the late-19th-century British children’s guessing game “I spy with my little eye...” to re-explore different forms and expressions of love. Showcasing works by four artists—CHEN Yen-Yi, CHEN Yan-Cheng, KUO I-Chen, and LO Hui-Yu—the exhibition invites viewers to observe the invisible and intangible, yet ever-present, essence of love as they view and experience the works.
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SCREEN MELANCHOLY: LI YI-FAN
2026/5/9-2026/11/22 Palazzo delle Prigioni in Venice
Organized by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Screen Melancholy: LI Yi-Fan represents Taiwan as a Collateral Event at the 61st International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, in 2026. Featuring artist LI Yi-Fan and curated by Raphael FONSECA, the exhibition transforms the historic Palazzo delle Prigioni—a former prison—into a theatrical stage for digital puppets that tell the story of an “eyeball” journeying home.
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TFAM Net.Open: Vanishing Acts
2025/9/19-2026/12/31 Online Exhibition
Launched in 2024, the "TFAM Net.Open" initiative focuses on the convergence of digital technology and art, promoting the diverse exchange of creative methods and technologies while reaching a wider audience through a project-based platform. The online exhibition Vanishing Acts is curated by Mexican curator Doreen A. RIOS to explore the trend and phenomenon of digital and internet age while reflecting on its weight, traces, absence, and fragility.
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WATCH
SCREEN MELANCHOLY: LI YI-FAN | Opening Performance Highlights
TFAM Publication
" Entanglements: The Rhythm of Being" Exhibition Catalogue
The catalogue for Entanglements: The Rhythm of Being offers a comprehensive record of works by eleven artists and art collectives. From the human and the non-human to senses and space-time, and to mutualistic symbiosis, it broadens ideas about sharing, mutual aid, and coexistence. Beginning with the geological “critical zone” and the quantum physics concept of “entanglement,” the exhibition reflects on the continually evolving relationships among humans, animals, land, microorganisms, technology, and the environment.
The catalogue’s design and binding reflect the exhibition’s spatial layout and the artworks’ forms, featuring an exposed lay-flat binding, unique gatefolds, and removable pages that extend the visual experience of the artworks. Selected poetic excerpts from the artworks are also made into flipbooks, making reading an experience of participation. More than a simple documentation of the exhibition, this catalogue serves as a continuously evolving record of the exhibition’s perceptual experience.
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