3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (321+ words) Minister of Culture Li Yuan (李遠) on Wednesday wrapped up his visit to the UK by announcing plans for the launch next year of the Taiwan International Comics Festival, which he said would be curated by a British comics historian....

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (319+ words) Minister of Culture Li Yuan (李遠) yesterday wrapped up his visit to the UK by announcing plans for the launch next year of the Taiwan International Comics Festival, which he said would be curated by a British comics historian. Li…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (798+ words) In the words of Joni Mitchell, the planners of many urban centers around the world “paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” The European Prize for Urban Public Space tries to show that cities don’t have to be locked…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (251+ words) Taiwanese manga creators Eli Lin (依萊) and MurJi received gold and bronze prizes respectively in the Wordless Manga category at the Kadokawa World Manga Contest awards ceremony in Tokyo on Monday. The contest, organized by leading Japanese publisher Kadokawa, garnered…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (318+ words) Taiwanese artists and curators on Saturday welcomed the opening of the Gwangju Biennale’s Pavilion Project’s “Taiwan Pavilion,” following a naming controversy that led to China’s withdrawal from the event. Speaking to CNA, Chen Kuang-yi (陳貺怡), director of the National Taiwan…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (733+ words) The name “Taiwan” is to appear at South Korea’s Gwangju Biennale when it opens on Saturday, after months of objections from Taiwanese artists and government agencies over an attempted name change. China Pavilion personnel halted installation and left the venue…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (276+ words) Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Dai Bing (戴兵) yesterday expressed Beijing’s disapproval of the Gwangju Biennale Foundation agreeing to allow Taiwan’s exhibitors to use the name “Taiwan” at the 16th Gwangju Biennale, and ordered Chinese artists to pull out of the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (799+ words) The Gwangju Biennale Foundation has agreed to allow Taiwan’s exhibitors to use the name “Taiwan” in the exhibition venue and in official documents and promotional materials, South Korea’s Munhwa Broadcasting Corp reported yesterday. The foundation made the decision after considering…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (498+ words) A South Korean artist group issued a statement yesterday in support of Taiwan’s pavilion at this year’s Gwangju Biennale, criticizing organizers for removing the name “Taiwan” from promotional materials as a form of political censorship. The Artists’ Solidarity Against Censorship…...

4+ week, 5+ hour ago   (587+ words) Taiwan yesterday reiterated its protest over the removal of “Taiwan” from the Gwangju Biennale pavilion name as participating Taiwanese artists condemned the move as political censorship. The 16th Gwangju Biennale is scheduled to take place in South Korea from Sept. 5 to…...