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Kaohsiung

An artist-run space by the harbour, an art centre beside the light rail, a house that a political prisoner came home to, and a memorial park across a ferry ride.

Gushan District, KaohsiungArt centre

ALIEN Art Centre

The Gesture of Being runs from September 12 to August 29, 2027, putting five very different methods — Chang En-Man, Shi Jin-Hua, Yeesookyung, Charwei Tsai and Yeh Wei-Li — in one place.

Hours

Two minutes on foot from the Shoushan Park / ALIEN Art Centre light rail stop

Closed Monday except public holidays. The Gesture of Being opens September 12.

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KaohsiungMuseum

Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts

A few minutes' walk from the light rail, with large permanent galleries and a small experimental room like KSpace in the same building.

Hours

Five to eight minutes on foot from Kaohsiung Light Rail C21; about twenty minutes by the accessible route

Closed Monday. Lin Yu-Sheng's My Mobile Clam Shack opens in B1 KSpace on September 5.

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Xinxing, KaohsiungFormer home and publishing house

Ko Chih-hua Residence

Three floors keep First Publishing and the family home together. The strongest room follows the fifteen years Tsai A-li ran the business and raised three children while Ko was imprisoned.

Hours

Kaohsiung Main Station R11, walking down Zhongshan 1st Road

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Qijin, KaohsiungMemorial museum and park

War and Peace Memorial Park and Theme Museum

The museum covers Taiwanese people conscripted into Japanese, Nationalist, and Communist forces, including several armies in the same family history.

Hours

Ferry from Gushan to Qijin, then south

The park itself is always open; these hours are the museum's.

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