Hengshan Calligraphy Award Opens First International Call for Curatorial Proposals

Key facts

• The Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts (TMoFA) announced the international open call for the Third Hengshan Calligraphy Award.
• Applications are open online until November 30, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Taiwan Time (UTC+8).
• This is the first time the Hengshan Calligraphy Award has opened applications to international participants.
• Artists, curators, and art collectives worldwide are invited to submit proposals for a calligraphy-focused curatorial project encompassing all exhibition spaces of the Hengshan Calligraphy Art Center (HCAC).
• HCAC is Taiwan's first public museum dedicated to modern and contemporary calligraphy and is a branch of TMoFA.
• The winner will receive a cash prize of TWD 300,000, and within three years of the award announcement, TMoFA will commission the winner to develop the selected proposal into a new museum-wide exhibition at HCAC with an exhibition production budget of up to TWD 2 million.
• Each shortlisted applicant will receive TWD 30,000, and airfare support is available for a winner residing outside Taiwan for travel during the exhibition production period and for the exhibition opening.
• Lin Yung-Neng, Director of TMoFA, said the award aims to support forward-looking practices, promote intercultural exchange, and encourage new ways of seeing and experiencing calligraphy.