The Kaohsiung City Government is seeking to permanently display Taiwan-inspired painting Hazy Humid Day by Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara at the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) has said.
Nara, who is known for his distinctive and unsettling portraits of children, held solo exhibitions in Taipei, Kaohsiung and Tainan last year, for which he created Hazy Humid Day.
After the last of the solo exhibitions closed in February, Nara said in a General Association of Chinese Culture statement that he would be delighted if the painting could remain in Taiwan.
Nara later wrote on Twitter that he is seeking
/ Staff writer, with CNAThe Kaohsiung City Government is seeking to permanently display Taiwan-inspired painting Hazy Humid Day by Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara at the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai （陳其邁） has said.
An array of performances was held yesterday in front of the Presidential Office building in Taipei to mark the Republic of China’s (ROC) National Day, including the largest-ever ROC national flag flyby with two 18m wide and 12m long flags, each carried by a CH-47 Chinook helicopter.
National flags used in past Double Ten National Day flybys measured 12m by 8m, the military said.
A total of 48 military aircraft of 12 types took part in flights over the capital.
They included AH-64E, AH-1W and UH-60M helicopters, as well as F-16Vs, Mirage-2000s and domestically made Indigenous Defense Fighters, the military said.
On the ground,
COLOR AND TRADITION: A marching band, a parade, dance troupes and Olympians were featured this year, plus a show of military strengthBy Yang Chun-hui and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA