Taipei Fine Arts Museum was Taiwan’s first museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art. It was founded in 1983, and is now a part of what has become a bit of a cultural campus by Yuanshan Park, more technically at the end of the Fine Arts Park, both of which actually came about from when Taipei hosted the International Flora Expo back in 2010. Today, the parks are a popular public gathering space, with walkable gardens, event venues, shops, a farmer’s market, and of course, museums, including TFAM.
Taipei Fine Arts Museum was established to support the local contemporary art scene, and in a way, carve out a space for this scene to evolve and thrive. Similar to how the Pompidou picks up from where the Orsay and Louvre leave off, TFAM takes on everything after the National Palace Museum.