Representative Francis Liang (fourth from left) with Taiwanese VIP guests at the networking dinner at his residence.
 

On 26 January 2018, Representative Francis Kuo-Hsin Liang invited over 110 friends from the arts circle, including artists from Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia, art museum directors,  and arts agents to his residence for an evening of cultural exchange and Taiwanese art appreciation.

Representative Francis Liang (second from left) and guests being led on a tour of the exhibition by Mr. Marcus Teo, Chief Operating Officer, Art Stage Singapore 2018.
 

In his address, Representative Liang said that he conceived the networking dinner as a way to engage and connect with the global art community congregating in Singapore for Art Stage Singapore 2018, in line with Taiwan’s people-centric New Southbound Policy. During the evening, Representative Liang also took the opportunity to introduce Taiwan’s Art Bank program and showed the guests the artistic creations of young Taiwanese artists on display at his residence.   Both Mr. Stephen Leong Chun Hong, President of the Federation of Art Societies Singapore and Ms. Diane Zhang-Goldberg, who sits on the Board of Directors of the French Musée Guimet, thanked Representative Liang for his initiative in creating an excellent platform to foster cultural exchange and to facilitate networking and partnerships within the arts.

Representative Francis Liang (extreme left) with participating exhibitors at Art Stage Singapore 2018.
 

Now in its 8th edition, this year’s Art Stage Singapore sees the participation of 83 top galleries from over the world, including 7 from Taiwan, and many invited Taiwanese artists.  Representative Liang visited the participating Taiwanese galleries on the opening day of Art Stage Singapore 2018 to offer them his best wishes for success.