Debate Over Whether 1895 Can Anchor Taiwan's Modern Art History
ARTouch columnist Liu Qiyu argues that 1895 — the year Japan took control of Taiwan — has genuine art-historical weight as the start of Taiwan's modern art period, citing three Japanese artists who arrived with the invading troops and the year's long afterlife as an artistic theme, as the new Tainan National Museum of Fine Arts proposes a 1895–1960 scope.
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