ART KAOHSIUNG is launched its fifth edition in 2017. Since 2013, it has been earnestly cultivating the art market of southern Taiwan and the exhibition industry . A new vision for Taiwanese art market has been carved out through its effort of integrating abundant resources among industries, cultural bureaus and academics.
Positioned as "the platform of Southeast and Northeast Asian art," and corresponding with The Go-South Policy of Taiwanese government, ART KAOHSIUNG focuses on art and cultural exchanges and relentlessly contributes to the next art collecting trend. This year's edition, Vietnam and China are the theme countries.
Among them, the "Vietnam Contemporary Art Platform" Led by independent Vietnamese curator Richard Streitmatter-Tran, brought six artists' works to explore the continuation and innovation of contemporary lacquer and silk paintings.