31st October 2026 - 1st March 2027
Seven Sections, Seven Paths, Seven Curators, Seven Sub-themes - Diversity in curation, global-local dialogue
The first Tainan Art Biennale will soon be launched, spanning museums, literary galleries, temples, commercial galleries and lodgings, and will become the first ‘Walking Biennale’ in Taiwan.
Guided by the Ministry of Culture and the Tainan City Government, the event is organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Tainan City Government and the Tainan Art Museum. The theme for this first edition is "Unfolding Circuits". The curatorial process is being executed by a team of seven curators: Lin Pang-soong, Hsieh Tsung-che, Kao Jun-honn, Yang Chia-hsuan, Ko Chun-ju, Chuang Tung-chiao, and Ko Yi-yun.
In terms of scale, this biennial features a highly decentralised spatial layout, with a network comprising 16 core exhibition areas and 16 satellite sites that integrate the event into the existing architecture and historical fabric of Tainan’s urban landscape. The lineup includes artists from 12 countries - Taiwan, Japan, Australia, Nepal, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Poland, the UK, and the USA - with a total of 81 artists across 15 groups participating in this inaugural biennial.
The curatorial concept for Unfolding Circuits draws inspiration from the distinctive "traffic circle" infrastructure of Tainan, translating these physical nodes of traffic flow into spatial imagery characterised by movement, intersection, and circulation. Through this conceptual framework, the exhibition aims to observe the cross-disciplinary interplay between local culture and international contemporary art within a specific geographical context.
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