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Last week, we took a trip to visit the four-day Art EXPO, which is held annually here in Taipei, Taiwan.  More than hundreds of artists were represented during the event, with a huge variety of artworks featuring paintings, photographs, calligraphy, handicrafts, sculptures, and more can be seen on display. There were large crowds of art lovers and collectors coming from different parts of the town to discover new works. While galleries exhibited many inspiring and stunning masterpieces.    The visit took us about 2 hours to explore around the huge compound of the EXPO site. We had a good time appreciating many of the [...]

Yesterday I had an opportunity to visit the National Museum of History, Taipei, to see the artworks of Hans Makart (1840-1884). He is an influential painter, designer, and decorator from the Austrian Academic Classical Artist. I have not been exposed to his artworks before; only through this museum visit did I learn more about his paintings for the first time. My first impression of his series of work completely opened up my eyes to see the art world in a new light. The subject of his artworks, mostly flowers in still life, had captured my heart profoundly to a point that [...]

A visit to the Museum in Taiwan, which recently displayed some of the original paintings by Willian Turner. [...]