Focus Taiwan
Date: 10/22/2020
By: Chung Ching-wen and Matthew Mazzetta

Taipei, Oct. 22 (CNA) 2020 Art Taipei, one of the largest art fairs of its kind in Asia, will get underway on Friday with a total of 77 gallery collections and standalone exhibitions on display.

Guests including Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌), Vice President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) and Culture Minister Lee Yung-te (李永得) attended the show's opening ceremony Thursday at the Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1.

Taiwan Art Gallery Association (TAGA), the event organizer, said this year's show will include displays from 53 domestic galleries and 12 international galleries, as well as eight exhibitions of work by up-and-coming Taiwanese talents and four exhibitions showcasing Indigenous artists.

Eleven galleries will be attending for the first time, it added.    [FULL  STORY]