Taipei Dangdai celebrates successful second
edition, transforming the city with a week of art and ideas
Taipei Dangdai 2020 has closed to great critical acclaim,
welcoming over 40,000 visitors to
the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center on its return to the city.
Building on the success of the first edition, the 2020 fair attendees
included prominent collectors and arts industry professionals
from around the world. Presented by UBS, the fair convened 99
leading galleries and featured a curated Ideas Forum as well as aseries of large-scale installations shown outside of theconvention center for the first time. A year ahead of schedule,
UBS has signed a long-term partnership with Taipei Dangdai tosupport its development as the leading arts and culture event in
Taipei.Taipei Dangdai was held from Friday 17 to
Sunday 19, January 2020.

Courtesy Taipei Dangdai

TAIPEI (21 January 2020) – The second edition of Taipei Dangdai, theinternational art fair led by Co-Directors Magnus Renfrew and Robin
Peckham, closed to enthused audiences on Sunday 19 January. The fair
week opened with the premiere of a large-scale light installation by
Taiwanese artist Michael Lin, who transformed the exterior of Taipei 101
and marked the first time the iconic landmark has been taken over by anartist intervention. Held across three public days at the Taipei Nangang
Exhibition Center, Taipei Dangdai 2020 brought together a diverse mix ofleading galleries from Taipei, Asia, and beyond, which was complemented
by a carefully curated Ideas Forum and Installations sector that placed
major artworks across the city. With more VIP collectors, notable artworldand industry professionals visiting the fair than the first year, the fair closed
to 40,192 visitors on Sunday night.
“With the second edition of Taipei Dangdai our mission was to ensure
continued quality through the excellence of the 99 galleries that joined us
this year, but to also build on our first-year success and shift the gears interms of our programming and reach,” said Co-Directors Magnus Renfrew
and Robin Peckham. “We were thrilled to light up Taipei this week, withMichael Lin’s bold transformation of the facade of Taipei 101, and to inspire
the public with the curated series of art works screened downtown at Dong
Gallery. At the convention centre too, we were blown away by theoutstanding presentations by each of our exhibitors, which were both
ambitious and incredibly thoughtful, and the carefully curated booths onshow were full of world-renowned names as well as new artists to discover.
We have been honoured to welcome back so many collectors and art
enthusiasts, as well as to meet lots of new faces, and of course our heartfelt
thanks goes to our supporters and partners - the exhibitors, Ideas Forum
speakers, patrons, advisory group, sponsors and visitors.”“Once again, we are proud to partner with Taipei Dangdai. With issues ofsustainability, legacy and philanthropy at its core, our programme this year
has included commissions of new work by New York-based Taiwanese artist
Huang Hai-Hsin in our VIP lounge, as well as a presentation of our global
initiative #TOGETHERBAND on the show floor. It has been an inspiring
week and we look forward to continuing our partnership with Taipei Dangdai
well into the future,” said Dennis Chen, Group Managing Director andHead, UBS Taiwan.
In a signal of the firm's commitment to the region, UBS has signed a newlong-term partnership, a year ahead of the scheduled renewal, with Taipei
Dangdai to support its development as the leading arts and culture event in
Taipei.
Over the course of the three public days of the fair, Taipei Dangdai welcomed
private collectors, patrons and representatives from local, regional, andinternational art institutions. VIPs and guests included: Yulin Lee, Directorof Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art; Richard Tsai, Chairman of Fubon
Financial Holdings; Jenny Yeh, Founder of Winsing Art Place; James Chu,
Founder of ViewSonic; Thomas Wu, Chairman of Taishin Financial Holdings;
prominent entrepreneur Wang Xiaofei; and collectors Richard Chang,
Daisuke Miyatsu, Maggie Tsai, Miwa Taguchi, Lawrence Chu, Yao Chien
and Joseph Chen. Taiwanese social influencers, celebrities and on-screen
personalities also attended including actress Hsu Wei-ning and TV
Presenter Kevin Tsai; socialite Aimee Sun; and musicians JJ Lin and Jay
Chou; as well as collectors Dominique & Sylvain Levy, Shane Ackroyd,and Ryan Su of the Ryan Foundation; curators Fei Dawei and Fumio Nanjo;
Directors Lin Ping, of Taipei Fine Art Museum, and Loh Li-chen of Museumof Contemporary Art Taipei; Zheng Shengtian of Vancouver Art Gallery;
Martin Guinard, Co-curator for the upcoming 12th Taipei Biennale; former

Prime Minister of France, Dominique de Villepin; Yashian Schauble,
Founder of the Australia China Art Foundation; HS Liu, Director of Shanghai
Center of Photography; Italian trade agency Director, Paolo Quattrocchi;
and artist Takashi Murakami, amongst others.
The week saw the return of Gallery Night, which debuted last year also
before the fair, with a number of exhibition openings at leading institutions,presenting visitors with a special insight into Taipei’s art scene, including theTaipei Art Awards, which have been held every year since its inception in
1983, and celebrates the development of Taiwan's contemporary art andachievements in its 30 year history.
ART
Having also expanded the exhibitor list from last year to 99 participants, allgallery sectors grew in number with: 75 Galleries from around the world; 7
Young Galleries from Asia; 18 presentations in Solos by emerging andestablished artists; complemented by the Salon sector, with artworks
available USD 8,000 and below.
For the first time the fair presented an expanded Installations section thatplaced large-scale moving image pieces incorporated across highly visited
landmarks in Taipei, such as the inaugural Taipei 101 x Taipei Dangdai
commission and Dong Gallery’s 90-meter-long digital screen downtown
which featured works by participants mostly from the Young Galleries sector,
including Taeyoon Kim, Chen Wan-Jen, Timothy Curtis, and Lai Wei-yu.
At the fair, eight major works went beyond the gallery booths by artists
Jihyun Boo (ARARIO GALLERY); LuxuryLogico (ESLITE GALLERY); Tse
Su-Mei (Edouard Malingue); Zhao Gang (Each Modern); Ju Ming (KALOSGALLERY); Tony Oursler (Lehmann Maupin); Chen Wan-Jen (Double
Square Gallery) and Ai Weiwei (Chambers Fine Art).
To promote local artists to curators, Taipei Dangdai worked closely withparticipating galleries and non-profit art organizations, to share Taiwaneseartist portfolios with visiting curators for studio visits and ongoinginternational research around art from Taiwan. In addition, the Taipei
Platform, a collaborative booth activated by a non-profit art organization,
online documentary platform and art bookstore: Taipei Contemporary Art
Center (TCAC), Giloo and Pon Ding, presenting the local art and culturalscene. Guided tours were also available throughout the fair for all ages fromTCAC and Little Art.

IDEAS
The Taipei Dangdai 2020 Ideas public talks programme launched in
December 2019 and ran throughout the fair. This year’s theme centredaround four key thematic themes, or island: Technology, Ecology, Pop andTradition - fundamental pillars in understanding the context for contemporary
art in Taipei.
Co-curated by Co-Director Robin Peckham and Taiwanese public
intellectual, Chang Tieh-Chi, the programme featured seventeen talks(including 2 pre-fair talks) by key representatives in the Taipei and global art
scene, as well as industry figures in urban planning, fashion, design andmusic. Speakers included: Tina Keng, Founder and Director of Tina Keng
Gallery; Brett Gorvy, Co-Founder of Lévy Gorvy; Mami Kataoka, Directorof the Mori Museum; Ting Hsiao-Ching, Taiwan Creative Content Agency
Chairperson; Yutaka Masutani, grandson of legendary photographer Shoji
Ueda; artists Kiki Wang Xuebing, Zhou Li, Suling Wang, Michael Lin,
Bernard Frize, Oscar Murillo, Wang San-Ching, Jihyun Boo, Zhao
Gang, Christopher Le Brun, and French conceptual artist and film-maker,
Item Idem; and key thought leaders in Taiwanese culture such as Leslie
Sun, Editor in Chief VOGUE Taiwan; Katy Jien, Publisher of ArtCo;architect Huang Sheng-Yuan of Fieldoffice; Huang Shan-Shan, Director of
JUT art museum; art conservator Leo Tsai, and Razor Chiang, hip-hop
producer and CEO of Forbidden Paradise.
Full details of the IDEAS Forum program that took place from 16-19 January
can be viewed here are available on the fair’s website.
Details and dates for Taipei Dangdai in 2021 will be announced soon. To be
kept up to date please see details below.
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TAIPEI DANGDAI PARTICIPATING GALLERIES LIST FOR 2020
GALLERIESA2Z Art Gallery
Alisan Fine Arts

Paris, Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie
ARARIO GALLERYASIA ART CENTER
Axel Vervoordt Gallery
Beijing Commune
Beyond Gallery
Blue Lotus Gallery
Chambers Fine Art
CHINI GALLERYDANYSZDavid Zwirner
Each Modern
Edouard Malingue
ESLITE GALLERY
Fingerprint Gallery
Gagosian
Galerie du MondeGalerie Eva Presenhuber
Galerie Krinzinger
Galerie Ora-Ora
GALERIE THADDAEUS ROPACGALLERIA CONTINUAGALLERY TARGET
Gallery Yamaki Fine Art
gb agency
Hanart TZ Gallery
Hauser & Wirth
Johyun Gallery
Kaikai Kiki Gallery
kamel mennourKUKJE GALLERY
Lehmann Maupin
Lévy Gorvy
Liang Gallery
Lin & Lin gallery
Lisson Gallery
Longmen Art Projects
Massimo De Carlo
Michael Ku Gallery
Miles McEnery Gallery
Mind Set Art Center
MORI YU GALLERY
nca | nichido contemporary art
neugerriemschneider
NUKAGA GALLERY
ONE AND J. Gallery
Ota Fine Arts
Pace Gallery
PATA GALLERY

Basel
Seoul, Cheonan, Shanghai
Taipei, Beijing
Antwerp, Hong Kong
Beijing
TaipeiHong Kong
New York, Beijing
TaipeiShanghai, Paris, London
New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong
TaipeiHong Kong, Shanghai
Taipei
Beijing
New York, London, Beverly Hills, San
Francisco, Paris, Rome, Athens, Geneva,
Basel, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Zurich, New York
ViennaHong Kong
London, Paris, Salzburg
San Gimignano, Beijing, Les Moulins,
Habana
Tokyo
Kobe
Paris
Hong Kong
Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York,
Somerset, Zurich, Gstaad, St. Moritz
Seoul, BusanTokyo
Paris, London
Seoul, BusanNew York, Hong Kong, Seoul
New York, London, Hong Kong, Zürich
TaipeiTaipei, Beijing
London, New York, Shanghai
Shanghai, Hong Kong
Milan, London, Hong Kong
Taipei
New York
Taipei
Kyoto
Tokyo, Taipei
BerlinTokyo, Osaka, London
Seoul
Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo
New York, Hong Kong, London, Palo Alto,
Seoul, Geneva
Taipei, Shanghai

Perrotin
Project Fulfill Art Space
Richard Saltoun Gallery
Sabrina Amrani
SCAI THE BATHHOUSE
Sean Kelly
SHIBUNKAKU
Simon Lee Gallery
SOKA ART
Sprüth Magers
Sullivan + Strumpf
Takeda Art Co.
Tang Contemporary Art
Tina Keng Gallery
TKG+
Tokyo Gallery＋BTAP
Tomio Koyama Gallery
Tso Gallery
Waddington Custot
WAKO WORKS OF ART
White CubeWhitestone Gallery
Yavuz Gallery
Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery

Paris, Hong Kong, New York, Seoul, Tokyo,
ShanghaiTaipei
LondonMadridTokyo
New York, Taipei
Kyoto, Tokyo
London, Hong Kong, New York
Beijing, Taipei, Tainan
Berlin, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles
Singapore, SydneyTokyo
Beijing, Hong Kong, Bangkok
Taipei, Beijing
TaipeiTokyo, Beijing
Tokyo
Taipei
LondonTokyo
London, Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo, Karuizawa
Singapore, Sydney
Osaka

SOLOS
182ARTSPACEArt Front Gallery
Artinformal
BASTIAN
Galerie Bhak
galerie frank elbaz
HdM GALLERYKALOS GALLERY
MASAHIRO MAKI GALLERY
Mind Set Art Center
mother's tankstation
SIDE 2Sies + Höke
Sokyo Gallery
STANDING PINE
Wada Fine Arts | Y++
YIRI ARTS
Yuka Tsuruno Gallery

TainanTokyo
Makati City
London, Berlin
Seoul
Paris, Dallas
London, Beijing
TaipeiTokyo, Paris
TaipeiDublin, London
Tokyo
Düsseldorf
Kyoto
NagoyaTokyo
TaipeiTokyo

YOUNG GALLERIES
albertz benda
Double Square Gallery
GALLERY VACANCYKOSAKU KANECHIKA
Nunu Fine Art
Over the Influence
WhistleNew York
TaipeiShanghaiTokyo
TaipeiHong Kong, Los Angeles
SeoulNOTES TO EDITORSABOUT TAIPEI DANGDAI
Taipei Dangdai is a world-class art event, providing exhibitors the opportunity tobroaden their collector base and giving international exposure to a growing numberof artists and galleries from across Asia. The name of the fair captures this spirit, as
dangdai in Mandarin means “the present moment.” Held annually, Taipei Dangdai
constitutes an accurate and immediate survey of what is occurring in thecontemporary Asian art world. The subtitle, Art & Ideas, highlights the two main
focuses of the event: a leading international art fair and a convening of thought
leaders from various fields. Taipei Dangdai is a joint venture between four of theworld’s leading art event producers, organizers, and administrators: Single Market
Events (Tim Etchells), Angus Montgomery Limited (Sandy Angus), Ramsay Fairs
Limited (Will Ramsay), and ARTHQ / EVENTS Limited (Magnus Renfrew). Presented
by UBS, the fair is overseen by Co-Directors Magnus Renfrew and Robin Peckham,
and the second edition will return to the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1(TaiNEX 1) from Friday 17 until Sunday 19 January 2020.
ABOUT UBS
UBS provides financial advice and solutions to wealthy, institutional and corporateclients worldwide, as well as private clients in Switzerland. UBS's strategy is centeredon our leading global wealth management business and our premier universal bankin Switzerland, enhanced by Asset Management and the Investment Bank. The bankfocuses on businesses that have a strong competitive position in their targetedmarkets, are capital efficient, and have an attractive long-term structural growth or
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UBS is present in all major financial centers worldwide. It has offices in more than 50
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in Switzerland, 19% in the rest of Europe, the Middle East and Africa and 18% in Asia
Pacific. UBS Group AG employs over 67,000 people around the world. Its shares arelisted on the SIX Swiss Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
UBS has had a presence in Taiwan since 1988, now offering first class wealthmanagement, investment bank and asset management services to private andinstitutional clients. In 2008, UBS WM Taiwan was granted licenses to open two
more branches in Kaohsiung and Taichung. For five years in a row from 2014-2018,
Asian Private Banker named UBS Taiwan Best Domestic Private Bank.
ABOUT UBS AND CONTEMPORARY ART
UBS has a long history of supporting contemporary art and artists. The firm has oneof the world’s largest and most important corporate art collections and seeks toadvance the international conversation about the art market through its global leadpartnership with Art Basel and as co-publisher of the ‘Art Basel and UBS Global Art
Market Report'. UBS also has partnerships with fine art institutions including the
Fondation Beyeler in Switzerland, the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in
Russia, the Deichtorhallen in Germany, the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in
Mexico and the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Australia. The UBS Arts Forum
convenes and connects exceptional people in the art world, providing thought
leadership at the cutting edge of contemporary art. For more information about UBS’s
commitment to contemporary art, visit ubs.com/art.

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MY HUMBLE HOUSE
Taipei Dangdai is pleased to partner with My Humble House Group, including
SHERATON GRAND TAIPEI HOTEL, LE MERIDIEN TAIPEI and HUMBLE HOUSE
TAIPEI. My Humble House Group was established in 1986 with a range ofcontemporary art investments, businesses from hotels, to restaurants and services
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