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Taipei Fine Arts Museum

The city's museum on the edge of Taipei Expo Park, a walk across the park from Yuanshan MRT.

A black-and-white photograph: branches enter from above and from one side, dark planes interrupting a pale field.

Wang Yahui, Questions to Shadow #2

Wang Yahui · 2017 · Inkjet print on fine-art paper mounted on Dibond

Wang Yahui, Questions to Shadow #2, 2017. Ink, paper and directed light become a black-and-white photographic space. Taipei Fine Arts Museum collection. Editorial use.

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Wang Yahui's retrospective Voyager opens September 12 and runs to January 3, 2027.

The museum stands at No. 181, Section 3, Zhongshan North Road; walk through Taipei Expo Park from MRT Yuanshan Station. Buses 21, 42, 203, 208, 218, 220, 247, 260, 277, 279, 287, 310, 612, 677, 1717, 2022, 9006, Red 2 and Zhongshan Main Line also stop nearby.

Hours are Tuesday to Sunday, 9:30–17:30, Saturday until 20:30, closed Monday. General admission is NT$30, NT$15 for students aged 12 and older and Taipei residents, and free after 17:00 on days the museum is open. Photography is allowed unless a gallery says otherwise; flash, tripods, stabilizers and selfie sticks are not, and video works may not be recorded in full.

A hand holds a leaf pierced by dozens of small holes against a broad orange field, a line of vegetation and distant buildings.

Wang Yahui, Leaf Holes

Wang Yahui · 2011 · Inkjet prints, a set of six

Wang Yahui, Leaf Holes, 2011. A hand holds a pierced leaf against a cleared field and distant buildings. Taipei Fine Arts Museum collection. Editorial use.

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A potted tree stands inside a white projected room, before the boundary between light and space begins to move.

Wang Yahui, Sunshine on Tranquility

Wang Yahui · 2005 · Video installation, 4:36

Wang Yahui, Sunshine on Tranquility, 2005. A still from the 4:36 video installation shows a white room and potted tree. Taipei Fine Arts Museum collection. Editorial use.

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A ruled-paper field is projected inside a dark room, with lines, pale planes and an architectural shape appearing across it.

Wang Yahui, Notebook

Wang Yahui · 2020 · Single-channel colour video, silent, 9:01

Wang Yahui, Notebook, 2020. A ruled-paper field is projected inside a dark room in the silent 9:01 video. Taipei Fine Arts Museum collection. Editorial use.

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Two square stained-wood objects hang on a wall, each holding a small grid and clock movement near its centre.

Wang Yahui, Checkerboard #2

Wang Yahui · 2020 · Stained wood, clock movements, black acrylic and ink, two parts

Wang Yahui, 《棋盤》 / Checkerboard #2, 2020. Clock movements sit inside two stained-wood wall objects. Taipei Fine Arts Museum collection. Editorial use.

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Get there

Public transport

Walk through Taipei Expo Park from MRT Yuanshan Station. Buses 21, 42, 203, 208, 218, 220, 247, 260, 277, 279, 287, 310, 612, 677, 1717, 2022, 9006, Red 2 and Zhongshan Main Line also stop nearby. Tuesday to Sunday 9:30–17:30, Saturday until 20:30, closed Monday. Admission NT$30 general, NT$15 for students aged 12 and older and Taipei residents, free after 17:00 on open days.

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