2025 Program Overview

Complemented by a series of talks by international curators and experts, cutting-edge installations, and guided tours, Taipei Dangdai is the must-attend arts event of the year, spotlighting the latest trends in contemporary art. In the Special Exhibition Co-hosted with Ministry of Culture, Taipei Dangdai co-hosts with the Ministry of Culture to present the work of three emerging and established Taiwanese artists who are experimenting with digital culture, artificial intelligence, and experiences of immersion. Also in this year, Taipei Dangdai co-hosts with Hong Foundation a special exhibition sector, Taipei Node, which will feature the work of an up-and-coming Taipei-based artist’s large-scale video installation, sponsored by Taipei City Department of Cultural Affairs.

For the first time in 2025, the new Edge Artist Award will be awarded to an outstanding artist participating in the Edge sector, a special showcase for singular new bodies of work by emerging artists. An international jury consisting of leading curators and thinkers will meet at Taipei Dangdai to carefully view the work of all artists exhibiting in the Edge sector, and will award the winning artist at a ceremony on Friday 9 May 2025.

Taipei Dangdai’s Iconic Talks Program: Ideas Forum invites top curators and scholars to lecture on “The Braided Strands of Fate,” separated into three threads: the geographic, the spiritual, and the material. On Friday, curators of Asia’s leading biennials will share their research. On Saturday, hosted by the Indigenous Peoples Cultural Development Center and executed by Taipei Dangdai, the talk will invite international curators and Taiwanese representatives to focus on the global exchange of Indigenous cultures. And, on Sunday, experts will look at the intersection of art, craft, and design. This year’s guided tours emphasize a diversity of perspectives and cross-disciplinary knowledge, cooperating with partners from different fields. More details of the programs will be announced soon.