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BackTaipei Mayor Chiang Wanan’s promotion of Van Gogh’s cultural mini-tour triggered doubts among netizens
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan’s promotion of Van Gogh’s cultural mini-tour triggered doubts among netizens
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Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan’s promotion of Van Gogh’s cultural mini-tour triggered doubts among netizens

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  • The Taipei City Government has launched a cultural tour.
  • In July this year, it completed the announcement of 100 cultural spots.
  • On the 23rd, it launched the "Taipei Cultural Tour: Van Gogh", integrating elements of Van Gogh's paintings into buildings or neighborhoods.

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The Taipei City Government launched a cultural mini-tour plan. In July this year, it completed the announcement of 100 cultural spots. On the 23rd, it launched a Van Gogh-themed chapter to integrate elements of Van Gogh's paintings into the urban landscape.

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Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan. (File photo)

The Taipei City Government launched the Cultural Tour and completed the announcement of 100 cultural spots in July this year. On the 23rd, the "Taipei Cultural Tour: Van Gogh" officially started at the Performing Arts Center. The Taipei City Cultural Affairs Bureau selected 20 scenic spots from the 100 cultural mini-tours and transformed them into scenes from famous paintings. The mini-tour attractions are combined with elements of Van Gogh's paintings and integrated into buildings or neighborhoods to create different beauties. In this regard, political worker Zhou Xuan said that Jiang Wanan promoted "Taipei cultural trip Van Gogh appears on the streets of Taipei" on his Facebook. Instead, netizens blasted "Mayor, what is the connection between Van Gogh and Taipei culture?"

Zhou Xuan said in a Facebook post, what is the tragedy of a political figure? He just wanted to say something, but no one wanted to hear it. Jiang Wanan promoted "Taipei Cultural Tour Van Gogh Appears on the Streets of Taipei" on his Facebook. The general idea was to let Van Gogh's works be seen in every corner of Taipei City.

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Zhou Xuan pointed out that the comments below were very tragic, "What does this have to do with Taipei?", "Mayor, what is the connection between Van Gogh and Taipei culture?", "Why on earth are all the trees in Taipei City cut down?", "Van Gogh can still hear human speech even though he has no ears?"

Open Questions

  • How are Van Gogh’s elements specifically integrated into Taipei’s architecture or neighborhoods?
  • What is the budget and implementation cost of this project?
  • How generally do Taipei citizens accept such cultural integration activities?

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