Assorted political bigwigs turned out for the VIP opening of Art Taipei on Thursday. With projected foot traffic of 100,000-plus and a 30 percent increase in exhibitor participation, the event which runs until Monday at the Taipei World Trade Center was another opportunity to showcase Taiwan’s COVID-19 success.
But a consciously apolitical tone underscored one of the more prominent exhibitions at this 28th instalment of the annual art fair, as Doctors Without Borders (MSF) sought, in the words of its Taiwan foundation director Ludivine Houdet, to “tell stories of human beings” that are based on “independence, impartiality and neutrality.”
Art Taipei, an annual contemporary art fair in its 28th year, is to open at the Taipei World Trade Center in Xinyi District (信義) on Thursday.
The fair is to bring together more than 4,000 works represented by 124 galleries from Taiwan and abroad, said the Taiwan Art Gallery Association, which organizes the event.
Despite fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, many leading galleries are to participate, the association said.
The number of exhibitors is 30 percent higher than last year, it said.
Held in October every year, Art Taipei is an important platform for international art exchanges within the Asia-Pacific region, the association said.
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