Gushan District Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts
Built in 1994, the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts is located at the Neiweibi Cultural Park and is one of three major public art museums in Taiwan. Featuring four floors above-ground and two underground, the museum measures 8,318 ping in floor space with approximately 41 hectares in art park space. With Kaohsiung’s famous Shoushan and the Love River nearby, the museum is nestled in magnificent surroundings. Following the cultural explorations and demands of the 21st century, the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts became an independent administrative institution in 2017 to flexibly meet the public’s needs for urban landscapes, leisure, and education. Starting in 2018, the museum launched a spatial reconstruction project, introducing the concept of “light room” to highlight new technology. Thin-film LED lighting technology is used to transform the “closed black and white room” method adopted by traditional art museums. The new space is similar to an opened skylight, creating a public-friendly display space. The Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts will continue to evolve in accordance with the spatial reconstruction project to become an art hub in southern Taiwan that facilitates social communication to offer learning, leisure, and recreational services.
鼓山／高雄市立美術館
作為國內三大公立美術館之一的高雄市立美術館，於1994年坐落於內惟埤文化園區內，其地上四層、地下挑高二層的建築，總樓地板面積8,318坪，並擁有約41公頃的美術園區，結合高雄港都特色的壽山與愛河，是一個被山水所環抱的優渥環境。
隨著21世紀美術館如雨後春筍般的崛起，對於文化的探索與需求出現，2017年高雄市立美術館轉型為行政法人開始以更靈活的姿態，回應當代對於城市景觀、休閒、教育等需要，並於2018年開始，開幕的23年以後展開空間改造計畫，以新的『光間』為策劃構想引入新的科技，對於新的光線技術理解，運用LED薄膜式照明技術，改造傳統美術館黑白封閉盒子的想像，新的空間如同打開天窗，讓自然光灑落，重新構築一種讓大眾更容易親近的展示空間。按照計畫，高雄市立美術館將於近年陸續完成整體空間蛻變，成為南台灣非常重要的藝術重鎮，回應當代美術館與社會溝通、學習、休閒、娛樂等多元化的生活模式。
文／劉呈祥
圖／高雄市立美術館、高雄市政府文化局