Taipei Dangdai Art & Ideas unveils further program
highlights of upcoming edition in May•

Node, the special sector for large-scale and immersive
installations, focuses on Taiwanese artists, including a newcommission by Fenko Catalysis Chamber.

•Ideas Forum brings international curators to share their workfrom the cutting edge of art today.

•Taipei Platform offers an expansive view of the local andcultural ecosystem through pop-up events and workshops.

•

Guided public tours provide visitors with new ways toexperience an art fair.

TAIPEI (12 April 2023) – Presented by UBS, Taipei Dangdai Art & Ideas isdelighted to release additional program highlights for its fourth edition taking
place 12-14 May 2023 (VIP Preview and Vernissage Thursday 11 May) at
Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center. The upcoming iteration will welcome 90
galleries from across the globe, including 30 first-time participants.
Alongside robust presentations across Galleries, Edge and Engage, thisyear’s fair will offer a rich series of programs that highlight the vibrantregional art scene, large-scale installations, carefully curated talks andresearch forums, and more, to create meaningful connections and dialogue
across the international art world convening at the fair.
Robin Peckham, Taipei Dangdai Co-Director, said, “We are honored toonce again work with the thriving arts community in Taiwan together with ourpartners to present a dynamic program to share with the city and ourinternational visitors. It is particularly exciting to work with Fenko Catalysis
Chamber on a new site-specific installation for the fair that celebrates andshowcases the cultural heritage of Taiwan, which is a core mission of Taipei
Dangdai & Ideas.”“At UBS, we have a history of supporting cultural endeavors and ourpartnership with Taipei Dangdai reflects our commitment to thedevelopment of Taiwan’s contemporary art scene and market. Through our
support of Taipei Dangdai, we continue to use contemporary art to bring
together ideas, inspiration and opinion to enrich lives and encourage
audiences to participate in the international conversation about art.” says
Dennis Chen, Head, UBS Taiwan.

Node
Node is a special sector for large-scale or immersive installation art that goesbeyond the confines of the traditional art fair booth. In 2023, Node returns
with a focus on Taiwanese artists, including Becoming Horizon (2021) byartist Nick Dong, presented by CHINI GALLERY, an immersive collective
space of meditative light, motion and music incorporating some 100,000
mirror tiles; and Sense (2008) by the nonagenarian master Tsai-Chien Lee ,presented by Liang Gallery, an outsized minimalist configuration of 12
straight lines in stainless steel that strips the essential aspects of sculptureback to their formal foundations.
The fair will be anchored by Flawness (2023), a new site-specificcommission by Fenko Catalysis Chamber that brings together Taiwan'sindustrial heritage, design culture, and contemporary art in the form ofethereal columns of paper suspended in the air. During the Vernissage, aperformance by leading modern dance group HORSE choreographed by
Wei-Chia Su will activate this major new installation piece.
An additional highlight of the sector includes, How to fancy the light of acandle after it is blown out (2018) by leading German conceptual artist OlafNicolai, presented by Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin, which will offer
an interactive experience in which the exhibition space registers and records
the traces of visitors immersed in its darkness.
Ideas Forum
Under the sign of ‘The Extraterritorial’, the 2023 Ideas Forum brings a dozeninternational curators to Taiwan to share their work from the cutting edge ofart today, touching on issues of region and cultural belonging. All of the talksof the Ideas Forum are open to the public, located outside of the ticketedshow floor of Taipei Dangdai.
‘The Extraterritorial’ refers to a diverse range of spaces, places, and nonspaces that span the globe, a set of logistical and infrastructural companions
that augment the processes of globalization and capitalism invisibly or inshadow. In reclaiming the sign of ‘The Extraterritorial’, the curatorial summitof the Ideas Forum looks for ways beyond reductivist readings of complex
cultural formations, reading projects from across Asia against the grain.
Taipei Platform
Platform collaborates with diverse independent cultural institutions and otherpartners, who invite visitors to participate in workshops and pop-up eventsat the fair. The program offers an expansive view of the local culturalecosystem, realized through three different formats:• Our Place, conceived by Taiwanese artist Ting-Ting Cheng, selects
3 video works by Taiwanese artists who examine the residue of theintricate cross-national history.
• 10 experimental one-hour workshops and encounters will be led bycultural practitioners thriving at different fields, including AUSPICPAPER, ART PRESS, Giloo, The Shiner Education Foundation,
Kacalisian Art Village, PAPER MATTER, nos:books, akaSwap,VolumeDAO, ss space space and lám-nuā.
• Pon Ding, an independent art bookstore from Taipei, creates areading area dedicated to independent publications.

Guided Public Tours
This year, Taipei Dangdai's public tours focus on seeing art through adiversity of perspectives and transdisciplinary approaches led byprofessionals from various fields, including Artco Monthly & Investment,
Green Island Human Rights Art Festival, Janet Fang, curator of Yuguang
Island Art Festival, The Shiner Education Foundation, Art Happening,
PAPER MATTER, Giloo and Pon Ding. Tracing different thematic routes,
they will guide the audience in weaving their own threads through thelandscape of the Fair.
Pop-up Dining Exclusive to the Fair
The art of food is a seamless extension of Taipei Dangdai’s art-viewingexperience. Humble Boutique Hotel’s second-floor restaurant BeGood,
conceived by Michelin-starred Chef Kin, will reveal a mystery menu at their
pop-up in Taipei Dangdai’s Collectors’ Lounge. Curious Bar / Little Tree
Juice Club, with its ethos of sustainability, crafts vegan and vegetarian
catering exclusive to the Fair. Reinventing the traditional Taiwanese banquet
from their unique perspective, Sinchao Rice Shoppe will present a selectionof their dishes at Taipei Dangdai, while illy returns with a coffee corner where
guest will be delighted with Italian coffee and light refreshment options.
Online registration for press accreditation is now open. Please apply at thefollowing link: https://taipeidangdai.com/press/
EndMedia Contact
SuttonRosie O’Reilly
taipeidangdai@suttoncomms.com+852 2528 0792
For more information visit www.taipeidangdai.com
Facebook: @taipeidangdaiartfair
Instagram: @taipeidangdai
WeChat: taipeidangdai
NOTES TO EDITORS

About Taipei Dangdai
Taipei Dangdai is a world-class art event, providing exhibitors theopportunity to broaden their collector base and giving international exposure
to a growing number of artists and galleries from across Asia. The name of
the fair captures this spirit, as dangdai in Mandarin means “the presentmoment.” Held annually, Taipei Dangdai constitutes an accurate andimmediate survey of what is occurring in the contemporary Asian art world.
The subtitle, Art & Ideas, highlights the two main focuses of the event: aleading international art fair and a convening of thought leaders from variousfields. Taipei Dangdai is a joint venture between four of the world’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.
Taipei Dangdai is part of The Art Assembly, an affiliation of majorinternational art fairs with a particular focus on the Asia Pacific region
comprising Taipei Dangdai, India Art Fair, Sydney Contemporary,PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai and ART SG. It represents a joint initiative betweenthree of the world’s leading art fair organisers headed by Sandy Angus, TimEtchells and Magnus Renfrew.
The Art Assembly
The Art Assembly is an affiliation of major international art fairs with aparticular focus on the Asia Pacific region comprising Taipei Dangdai, India
Art Fair, Sydney Contemporary, PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, ART SG and theforthcoming Tokyo Gendai. It represents a joint initiative between three ofthe world’s leading art fair organizers headed by Sandy Angus, Tim Etchells
and Magnus Renfrew.
The Assembly’s member fairs provide an important meeting place for the
local and international art worlds and act as regional focal points for creativeand commercial exchange. Informed by a deep-rooted understanding of thelocal market, each event is tailored to its unique orientation.
The Art Assembly aims to drive innovation, deepen engagement with
contemporary art and encourage cross-cultural conversations. It achieves
this by strengthening collaboration and promoting knowledge and resource
sharing across the group. The Assembly pulls together decades’ worth ofexperience, expertise, and an extensive global network of contacts andassets, to the benefit of its member fairs, galleries
andaudiences. theartassembly.com
About UBS
UBS convenes the global ecosystem for investing, where people and ideas
are connected and opportunities brought to life, and provides financial
advice and solutions to wealthy, institutional and corporate clientsworldwide, as well as to private clients in Switzerland. UBS offers investment
solutions, products and impactful thought leadership, is the leading global
wealth manager, provides large-scale and diversified asset management,
focused investment banking capabilities, and personal and corporatebanking services in Switzerland. The firm focuses on businesses that havea strong competitive position in their target markets, are capital efficient andhave an attractive long-term structural growth or profitability outlook.
UBS is present in all major financial centers worldwide. It has offices in morethan 50 regions and locations, with about 30% of its employees working in
the Americas, 29% in Switzerland, 20% in the rest of Europe, the Middle

East and Africa and 21% in Asia Pacific. UBS Group AG employs more than
72,000 people around the world. Its shares are listed on the SIX Swiss
Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

About BMWBMW believes that true works of art are born out of breakthroughs andcreativity. As a company that constantly pushes the boundaries ofinnovation, BMW has returned as the official partner of Taipei Dangdai forthe fourth consecutive year, reaffirming its commitment to supporting
creativity and the arts. In Taiwan, BMW's official importer, Pan General
Motors (PGM), has a long-standing tradition of supporting cultural andartistic communities, sponsoring various domestic performances andevents. Since its first collaboration with Taipei Contemporary in 2019, BMW
has further demonstrated its commitment to promoting the performing artsand creative industries, cementing its position as a valuable partner to thecultural world.
At Taipei Dangdai, which brings together top international galleries andcollectors, BMW will offer BMW owners and Taipei Dangdai VIPs a truly
exclusive and immersive experience. Guests will have the privilege of being
chauffeured in BMW's latest luxury flagship model, THE 7, a vehicle thatexemplifies the brand's commitment to exceptional design and engineering.
Moreover, they will have access to a dedicated BMW VIP resting area, aspace designed to evoke a sense of elegance and sophistication,
showcasing BMW's unwavering commitment to providing the ultimate inluxury experiences.
Through its exquisite craftsmanship, innovative design, and forward-thinking
philosophy, BMW will embody its brand concept of "Forwardism" shaping abespoke, luxurious experience that is uniquely BMW and Taipei Dangdai.

About L'atelier Fantasia
The founder of L'atelier Fantasia, Idan Chiang, is adept at combining
neoclassical and modern design styles with her original "divergentaesthetics", which is highly respected by many international brands andhigh-end real estate clients. The background of majoring in Sociology
enables her to have a keen sense of social pulsation and the needs of thecrowd; she also integrates culture and art in the space, and through theintegration of the organizational system, she creates a residential and public
space with humanistic thinking and a sense of the times. The practice ofdesign lies in accurate and responsible construction. L'atelier Fantasia has
many years of practical experience in cooperating with well-known
construction companies. After strict training and requirements, theintegration of various departments of L'atelier Fantasia enables therealization of space aesthetics and engineering quality, and creates ideas
for customers a comfortable and joyful home environment. Satisfy therequirements and preferences of customers, and even present the dream
life atmosphere through professional perception, combine all objects andcolors in the most harmonious proportion, and create a design that is closest

to the international sense of the customer's heart by integrating
contemporary art and culture.
About illycaffè
illycaffè is an Italian family-owned company and B Corp, founded in Trieste
in 1933 with the mission to offer the best coffee to the world. illycaffè
produces a unique 100% Arabica blend served in over 140 countries. Since
2013, the company has been in the list of the World Most Ethical Companies.
Everything that is “made in illy” is about beauty and art, starting from its logo,
designed by artist James Rosenquist, up to illy Art Collection cups,
decorated by over 125 international artists.
About My Humble House
Taipei Dangdai is pleased to partner with My Humble House Group,
including SHERATON GRAND TAIPEI HOTEL, LE MERIDIEN TAIPEI andHUMBLE HOUSE TAIPEI. My Humble House Group was established in1986 with a range of contemporary art investments, businesses from hotels,
to restaurants and services under its operations. From its businessphilosophy of providing a “blend of culture, arts and aesthetics” to its
commitment in promoting and developing the careers of its professionals,
the company is a trendsetter across industries, has an admirable
performance of stable growth, and has laid a solid foundation for continued
robust growth in the future for the group. For more information, please go to:
http://www.mhh-group.com