On December 26, the Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM) announced 31-year-old Chi Kai-Yuan the winner of the 2014 Taipei Arts Awards, an annual prize recognizing young Taiwanese artists. 

Chinese-Canadian artist, art dealer and television personality Jenny Pat, also known as Fu Lei-lei, passed away in Hong Kong on December 29, 2014, at the age of 33. A memorial service held on the New Year’s Day was attended by immediate family and friends.

On October 13, Taiwanese artist Yu Peng passed away from liver cancer in Taipei. He was 59 years old. One of the most important Taiwanese artists of his generation, he will be remembered as much for his audacity in radically challenging the classical order of ink paintings as for his way of living as a contemporary literati.