FT SeriesCollecting: Art in East AsiaAs new fair Taipei Dangdai opens its doors, we look at the fairs, people and trends shaping the art market in Taiwan and beyondTaipei Dangdai art fair sweeps into townTaiwan acquires its own, truly international event with a host of high-quality exhibitors and big salesTaiwan’s art market: matters of tasteHow does Taiwanese collecting compare to that in mainland China — and will the new Taipei Dangdai art fair change things?Magnus Renfrew on opening an art fair in TaipeiTaipei Dangdai aims to harness the island’s dynamic collecting cultureGilbert and George: the dynamic duo go eastPlus: western galleries prepare for the Taipei Dangdai fair; Stik street art restored; Thomas Dane and Simon Preston team upTreasures of Taiwan: inside one of the world’s great art collectionsTaipei has sustained centuries-old Chinese traditions of collecting and connoisseurship — upheld today by patrons like Robert Tsao‘Living itself is political’ — artist Shu Lea Cheang on resisting stereotypesThe artist is the first woman to represent Taiwan at the Venice Biennale, but she is ambivalent about her nationality and gender identityMore from this SeriesA view from the inside: Taipei’s art sceneJason Chung Tang Yen on how local galleries are responding to the Taipei Dangdai fair — and to wider changes in the marketCollector Patrick Sun on the fight for LGBTQ rights in TaiwanThe campaigner is optimistic about the power of art to change attitudesQ&A with Yahon Chang: ‘My brushwork is inspired by martial arts’The artist on converting to Christianity, painting blindfolded and running a tea shop in Taipei‘It is a long learning process’ — Rudy Tseng’s art collectionThe collector, curator and patron on the appeal of buying works by contemporary artists
