Gallery sights in Taipei
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National Palace Museum
The National Palace Museum is home to what could quite easily be termed the world's largest and finest collection of Chinese art; it is unfortunate that the overall interior setup of the museum does not match with the grandeur of the collection. The museum's interior is poorly lit and for the most part its grand collection is laid out with little sense of theme or design, giving the museum a stagnant feel overall. This is especially strange in light of the fact that the exhibits are rotated frequently; the vast collection (much of it liberated from mainland China during the last retreat of the KMT) is far too large to exhibit at any given time. Nonetheless, the sheer volu…
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Fine Arts Museum
This airy, four storey, constructed in the 1980s, box of marble, glass and concrete showcases contemporary art, with a particular focus on Taiwanese artists. Although the Fine Arts Museum features exhibits that change annually, works from the permanent collection are always on display. These include pieces by Taiwanese painters and sculptors from the Japanese period to the present.
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