Tainan · Print-design cloth house and art space
Gimgoanheng
Taiwanese daily life in printed fabric, with an art space upstairs.
Zeze Chen: Through the Weave at Gimgoanheng
Zeze Chen
Work: Zeze Chen; textile fabrication collaboration: 張靖盈. Installation photograph published by Gimgoanheng. Editorial use.
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Taiwanese print designs in a small cloth house founded in 1923, with an exhibition space on 3F.
Gimgoanheng was founded in 1923 and now makes Taiwanese print designs. Its blue-and-white slippers, milkfish and mullet roe become patterns for fabric and everyday objects. Explore those downstairs, then continue up to the art space on 3F.
Through the Weave: exhibition image
Zeze Chen
Work: Zeze Chen. Exhibition image: Tainan Arts Festival, Through the Weave programme. Editorial use.
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Get there
Public transport
From Tainan Station's front side, allow 30 minutes for the roughly 1.8 km walk. Enter Lane 209 off Zhongzheng Road and find No. 3. The exhibition is upstairs, reached by a narrow terrazzo stair.
This stop is part of these guides
November 1 · a police station, cloth house and water
Tainan's opening weekend: a Sunday art walk
- Afternoon into evening
This route is for Sunday, November 1. Museum: 10:00–18:00, last admission 17:30; Gimgoanheng: 10:00–18:00. On October 31 the water area hosts a separately ticketed Halloween event.
Sun, Nov 1: every stop has published hours
Sources
- Venue exhibition announcement ↗ — Installation photographs, dates, 3F location and opening hours
- Tainan Arts Festival: Through the Weave ↗ — Artist, materials, starting point and fabrication credit
- Gimgoanheng's history ↗ — Founded in 1923, print design and art space