On January 2, 2026, nine members of INCCA Korea visited the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, where the Taipei Biennial was being successfully held, as well as the Department of Conservation at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) in Taiwan. This visit marked the third Asia-focused institutional visit organized by INCCA Korea members, following previous visits to M+ in Hong Kong in 2023 and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa in 2024.
At the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, the group was warmly welcomed by Jen-Jung Ku(Conservator), Mei-Ching Fang(Chief of the Collection Department), and members of the museum’s collection team. Participants had the opportunity to tour the museum’s newly completed storage facilities and conservation laboratories. Conservators from the Leeum Museum of Art, Arario Museum, and private conservation studios in Korea took part in the visit.
A particularly meaningful session included presentations and discussions on ongoing research projects on time-based media. The session was led by a presentation from Shu-Wen Lin(a time-based media conservator at SFMOMA) on the current state of time-based media conservation in Taiwan, followed by presentations from Yun-Hsuan Lee, Time-Based Media Conservator at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, and Teddy Woods, who recently completed a placement at the Leeum Museum of Art. The talks concluded with an engaging discussion among participants.
The group then visited the conservation laboratories at NTNU. With the generous hospitality of Professor CHANG, Yuan-Feng, participants toured the conservation facilities located within the university’s historic and atmospheric campus. They observed conservation treatments ranging from traditional paintings to modern artworks and learned about conservation-related exhibitions at the university’s newly opened museum of contemporary art, providing an excellent opportunity for in-depth discussion and exchange.
The visit provided a valuable opportunity to strengthen understanding and exchange on conservation practices in Asia.