Latest Events in Taipei(December Updated)

Feel the excitement of TWICE《THIS IS FOR》WORLD TOUR IN TAIPEI at Taipei Dome on March 21, 2026. Enjoy TWICE’s stunning live show and powerful performances in Taiwan’s capital. Tickets are limited—get yours now and be part of this unforgettable event.

Preliminary activities began in December, aiming to create and promote a New Year's Eve event that everyone should attend at least once in their lifetime. The area surrounding City Hall will be illuminated, transforming Taipei into the "highest New Year's Eve city," allowing people from around the world to witness Taipei's diverse facets. On the evening of December 31st, a large-scale gala will be held, featuring a six-hour relay performance by soloists and groups from around the world. The final moments of the New Year's countdown will be capped by a spectacular fireworks display from Taipei 101. Hundreds of thousands of people will celebrate the New Year together at the Taipei New Year's Eve Gala.

The 14th Taipei Biennial in 2025 will start from the overlapping history of Taiwan and will use various public projects such as exhibitions, performances, on-site productions, and forums as a basis to capture the ineffable connections between personal memories and collective consciousness and to reconstruct the relationship between people and the world with emotional thinking.This year's Taipei Biennial will be curated by the duo of curators Sam Bardaouil from Lebanon and Till Fellrath from Germany. The two curators have served as co-directors of the Hamburger Bahnhof-Museum für Gegenwart in Berlin since 2022. With multiple professional knowledge and cultural backgrounds in art history, theater, economics and politics, the two are good at thinking about the close relationship between exhibitions and cities from different perspectives and exploring the potential of local history and international dialogue. In 2022, they co-curated the 16th Lyon Biennale "Manifesto of Fragility" and the French Pavilion of the 59th Venice Biennale in the same year. "Our curatorial approach will continue the ongoing plan, focusing on artists and allowing the voices of those who strive to expand our understanding of this complex world to be heard," said Bardaouil and Fellrath in a statement.

If you're a Hello Kitty fan, this is going to be amazing! The latest Hello Kitty exhibition will be held in Taipei in 2025, and it's also the first stop of its overseas tour. It's incredibly generous, bringing the original Kitty, must-see photo spots, and limited-edition merchandise all to Taiwan!

To celebrate Christmas, Taipei Water Park will feature nighttime light shows and floral decorations, creating a relaxing and photogenic destination. A Christmas concert will also be held on Saturday, December 20th, featuring renowned musical groups, sharing the warmth and joy of the holiday.

The "2025 Colorful Christmas Taipei" event will connect 15 department stores across the city, creating over 80 dazzling light shows and filling Taipei with a festive atmosphere. In addition to a magical large Christmas tree and carnival market, there will also be philatelic events and exciting performances. Enjoy shopping, photo opportunities, and experience Taipei's unique Christmas charm with friends and family, creating wonderful year-end memories.

This event, hosted by Guandu Nature Park, aims to explore the relationships and connections between society, culture, and ecology, and to find a balance between them. Every year, the festival invites numerous domestic and international artists to create works that utilize natural materials to express artistic beauty and environmental concerns, achieving a perfect interaction between art and nature.

"Eternal Picasso" Light Art Exhibition: Art, Muse, and Confidant—[Five Exhibition Highlights, Seven Exhibition Zones] Throughout the history of 20th-century art, Picasso stands as an eternal flame, igniting the spirit of creativity and exploration. A pioneering artist who dared to break convention and forge new horizons, each creation posed a profound questioning of himself and his time. He depicted loneliness with blue, expressed tenderness with pink, and defied all expectations with Cubism. This exhibition takes you into his creative soul, revealing the artist's life through the lens of light and shadow. This exhibition allows viewers to move beyond simply "seeing Picasso's paintings" to "entering Picasso's creations." Prologue | The Picasso You Don't Know: Through Picasso's famous quotes and anecdotes, viewers will enter his little-known world. From anecdotes to fragments of his work, we gain a glimpse into his often-understood humor, perseverance, and contradictions. This is the gateway to Picasso's inner world. Section 1 | Artistic Pioneers in the Great Waves of the Times: Journey along the axis of time, glimpsing the growth of young talents amidst the great waves of the 20th century. From the artistic initiation of their adolescence to their studies and explorations in Barcelona and Paris, every step was closely intertwined with war, politics, and social change. Each image and story reminds the audience: art is not just about self-expression; it can also challenge the world and rewrite history. Section 2 | Picasso Gallery: Deconstruction and Reconstruction. Recreate Picasso's classic works—blue whispers of loneliness, pink flows with tenderness; Cubism challenges your gaze, while postwar reflections wait in silence. Lines dance, shapes reshape, and colors transform—each stroke carries adventure and reflection, leading you into Picasso's world. Section 3 | Guernica: The Lament of War: This room is dedicated to Picasso's anti-war masterpiece, "Guernica." Through large-scale projections, sketches of the artist's creation, and sensory experiences, visitors can experience the pain and power of this painting. This section will guide visitors through the historical context and artistic expression behind "Guernica," exploring how art has become a timeless language for reflecting on war and calling for peace. Area 4 | Eternal Picasso: A 360-degree immersive theater pays tribute to Picasso through image, sound, and color. Immersed in the fluidity of light and shadow, visitors experience the rhythm of color and form, and experience the emotional tension and artistic rhythm behind his creations. Each shift in light and shadow echoes the spirit of the work, transforming the artist's reflections on the world, life, and emotion into a visual and auditory resonance. Section 5 | I Am Picasso: Self-portraits permeated Picasso's life and served as a crucial expression of his self-exploration. This section showcases his self-portraits from youth to later years, showcasing his reflections on identity, life experiences, and artistic pursuits. Visitors can experience how the artist projected himself onto the canvas and experience the subtle dialogue between his creation and the self. Section 6 | Muses in Painting: Seven women who profoundly influenced Picasso—from Ferlandi to Jacqueline—were both beloved and inspirational. Through photographs, objects, and paintings, this section explores how their influences on his work and his life at different times. Visitors will witness the intertwined stories of love, inspiration, and art, understand how emotion can be a catalyst for creation, and glimpse the complex relationship between artist and his muses.

✨ Step into the origins of civilization: The immersive exhibition of four ancient civilizations officially opens ✨ The "World Ancient Civilizations Exhibition" uses four major civilizations as its axis, leading visitors through time to explore humanity's earliest cultural imagination and order construction. The exhibition uses immersive technology to connect the core spirit of the four ancient civilizations, allowing visitors to transcend regions and eras and rediscover the origins and imagination of human civilization through a blend of light, sound, and large-scale scenery; history is no longer a static display, but a journey of civilization that can be experienced physically. The exhibition begins with Assyria, where hunting reliefs are magnified in light and shadow, human-headed winged bulls emerge from the shadows, and cuneiform script lights up one by one in the space, outlining the logic of an empire founded on power and writing. Moving on to Egyptian civilization, the geometry of the pyramids, the gaze of the statues, and hieroglyphs slowly emerge, while projections of mummy rituals and journeys to the underworld reveal the core of ancient Egypt's belief in "eternity." The Mediterranean section presents an interplay between Greek mythology and Roman rationality: divine figures are reconstructed using light sculptures, while arches, columns, and architectural vocabulary showcase how Rome constructed the world through engineering and law. Finally, in the Indian civilization section, large baths, urban planning, and undeciphered animal seals unfold layer by layer in soft light, while mandalas and reincarnation projections guide visitors into philosophical reflections on the cycle of life. 🐾 Assyrian civilization The roar of power and order The Assyrian civilization revolves around kingship and conquest, and its exhibition area is designed as an immersive space based on the concept of an ancient palace. Light and shadow reconstruct the hunting relief on the facade—the lion's muscular texture, galloping posture, and the moment the king draws his bow are magnified, symbolizing the Assyrian cultural spirit that reveres strength. The cuneiform script surrounding the walls, like historical inscriptions emerging from clay tablets, gradually illuminates the dark space, revealing the Assyrian order of governing the state, establishing legal codes, and preserving military achievements. Writing is considered a crucial cornerstone in laying the foundation for the civilization's structure. The immersive projection of the human-headed winged bull became the visual focus; the giant mythical beast emerged from the shadows, its wings unfolding amidst beams of light, accompanied by the echoing sound of a lion's roar, presenting the unique majesty and divinity of the Assyrian palace. The interplay of light and shadow, sound and massive landscaping forms the symbolic system of Assyrian civilization, demonstrating how it shaped order with power and maintained the existence of the empire through order. 🐾 Egyptian Civilization The gaze of the eternal light Egyptian civilization, with "eternity" as its core concept, constructed a ritual space that lies between life and death. The geometric outlines of the pyramids, the gaze of the statues, and the rhythm of the hieroglyphs gradually emerge in the dim light, revealing a complete worldview based on the concept of regeneration. The Rosetta Stone is replicated to scale, showcasing the layered structure of the language. The three scripts light up sequentially under the imagery, making the process of deciphering ancient Egyptian languages ​​tangible. The statues and landscapes present the orderly spirit of Egyptian faith through axes and symmetry, and the symbolic connection between the pharaoh, the gods, and the journey of the soul is made clearer by the space. Immersive projection recreates mummy rituals, sun myths, and journeys to the underworld. Beams of light flow along the walls, creating a narrative field that operates according to divine logic, reinforcing the Egyptians' understanding of life, death, and the eternal cycle. Through light and shadow, symbols, and replicas, Egyptian civilization is brought to life in this area, revealing its unique architecture, writing, and belief system. 🐾 Mediterranean Civilization The place where myth and reason meet The Mediterranean civilization exhibition, themed around the cultural shift from "myth to reason," uses light and shadow, architectural language, and dynamic symbols to present the intellectual landscape shaped by Greece and Rome. The silhouettes of colonnades, arches, and statues emerge sequentially in the space, creating a visual rhythm that combines light and depth, symbolizing the interweaving and evolution of civilizations. Greek mythological imagery is presented in the form of light sculpture—the posture of Zeus, the thunder symbol, and the symbolic actions of the gods are recombined in the projection, reinterpreting the narrative possibilities of classical sculptures. Corresponding to mythology is Rome's way of shaping the world through engineering, law, and architecture. Architectural fragments, columns, and arch replicas present institutionalized thinking in precise proportions, and light slides through their structures, allowing the power of reason to be visualized. The juxtaposition of multiple images demonstrates how Mediterranean civilization achieved a balance between imagination and thought, symbolizing humanity's cultural transformation from divine narratives to a rational world. 🐾 Indian Civilization The Wheel of Life of Light and Shadow The Indian Civilization Exhibition Area takes "The Cycle of Life" as its main theme, using light and shadow, water ripples and symbolic imagery to create a space that combines urban rationality with mysterious philosophy. Bathing in soft light, the Great Bath, stepped architecture, and fragments of urban planning in Mohenjo-daro reveal the highly ordered urban structure that had taken shape in ancient India by 3000 BC. Looking down, the interplay of light and shadow recreates the boundaries and layers of the Great Bath, allowing a direct visual representation of the ancient city's lifestyle centered on public spaces. The undeciphered "animal seals" are the visual focus of this area. Symbols such as buffalo, lion, and rhinoceros are magnified and recombined through projection, and the engravings, postures, and compositional rhythms are reread in the light and shadow, symbolizing the ancient Indian language system and cultural symbolism that have not yet been fully deciphered. The latter part of the exhibition area shifts its focus to cosmology and religious philosophy, with images of mandalas, reincarnation, and fire rituals dynamically projected to showcase the thought process of the cycle of life, outlining the cultural landscape of Indian civilization that possesses a profound spiritual dimension beyond urban rationality. This exhibition area showcases the unique characteristics of ancient Indian civilization, which are interwoven in urban planning, linguistic symbols, and philosophy of life: a civilization that constructs the world with order and understands life through cycles.

The Shilin Official Residence Chrysanthemum Festival, with a history spanning over 20 years, is Taipei's largest autumn floral event. This year, in addition to the more common chrysanthemums, a wide variety of unique ornamental chrysanthemums are showcased, presented in mixed media and installation art. Shilin Residents Park's professional gardeners spent nearly two years cultivating and designing these varieties, creating thousands of giant, diversely shaped ornamental chrysanthemums. Come to the park to celebrate and admire the magnificent spectacle of chrysanthemums in full bloom.