Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM)
TFAM is Taiwan's first and most important contemporary art museum — a white modernist building in Taipei's Expo Park that has been the centre of Taiwanese contemporary art since 1983. The museum represents Taiwan at the Venice Biennale and hosts the Taipei Biennial (one of the most important contemporary art events in Asia), and the collection traces Taiwanese art from the Japanese colonial period through martial law to the explosion of creative freedom that followed democratisation.
The building itself — a grid of white concrete and glass designed by Kao Er-Pan — is a strong example of late modernist museum architecture, and the open floor plans provide flexible gallery spaces for the large-scale installations that dominate the exhibition programme. The surrounding Expo Park (the former site of the 2010 Taipei International Flora Exposition) adds green space and outdoor sculpture.
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TFAM opened in 1983 as Taiwan's first contemporary art museum
The museum represents Taiwan at the Venice Biennale
The Taipei Biennial is one of Asia's most important art events
The building was designed by Kao Er-Pan
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No. 181, Section 3, Zhongshan N Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei
