Ms. LIU Fang-ju
Research Fellow
National Palace Museum (Taipei)
Fellowship Project
Ms. Liu Fang-ju spent five months (August – December 2011) at The Palace Museum in Beijing, China where she investigated the curation, preservation, conservation and digitization of Chinese paintings and calligraphic works. During the fellowship, Ms. Liu conducted interviews with seven departments at the museum including the Department of Paintings and Calligraphy, the Exhibition Department, the Collection Management Department, the Research Administration Department, the Department of Heritage Architectural Technologies, and the Public Services Department. She also observed the processes of changing exhibitions, conserving calligraphic works and photographing museum collections. She compiled the outcomes of her fellowship into a book.
Biography
Ms. Liu Fang-ju graduated from the National Taiwan Normal University and is currently Research Fellow at the National Palace Museum. Prior to this position, she was the Director of the Department of Painting, Calligraphy, Rare Books and Historical Documents of the National Palace Museum.
Recent Development and Achievement
- “National Treasures of the Museum: Masterpiece Paintings by Fan Kuan, Guo Xi, and Li Tang” — Upcoming Exhibition at the National Palace Museum (6 October – 16 November, 2021)
- “The Last Stroke of Literati Painting: A Special Exhibition of Painting and Calligraphy by Pu Hsin-yu” — Upcoming Exhibition at the National Palace Museum (3 October – 21 December, 2021)
- “Hidden Gems: Treasures of Painting and Calligraphy from the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts” — Upcoming Exhibition at the National Palace Museum (24 July – 21 September, 2021)
- “‘She & Her’: On Women and Their Art in Chinese History “ — Exhibition at the National Palace Museum (6 October – 27 December, 2020)
- “Silhouette of a Great Master: A Retrospective of Chang Dai-chien’s Art on the 120th Anniversary of His Birth” (1 April – 25 June, 2019)
- “Of a Feather Flocking Together: Birds, Flowers, and Fruit in Melodic Harmony” — Exhibition at the National Palace Museum (1 January – 25 March, 2019)
- “Heaven and Earth in Chinese Art: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei” — Opening and seminar at the National Palace Museum (2 February 2019)
- “Another Look at National Treasures: Select Masterpieces of Painting and Calligraphy in the Museum Collection” — Exhibition at the National Palace Museum (1 October – 25 December, 2018)
- “The Making of a National Treasure: Select Masterpieces of Painting and Calligraphy in the Museum Collection” —Exhibition at the National Palace Museum (1 October – 25 December, 2017)