Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art
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The Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art (MZKT) ( Chinese 台北 當代 藝術館 , Pinyin Táiběi Dāngdài Yìshùguǎn ; English Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei (MOCA) ) is located in Taipei , Taiwan . It shows changing national and international exhibitions of contemporary art, painting, sculpture and media art. After various renovations, it was opened on May 26, 2001; It is administered by the Foundation for Contemporary Art, also founded in 2001 .
The building
The two-story, symmetrically arranged building with a central bell tower dates from the Japanese colonial era. Conceived as a school, construction work began in 1920 based on a design by Kondo Joro . The building housed the Jiancheng Elementary School until 1946, after which it was used by the Taipei City Council. It was not until 1993 that the city administration was relocated to another location under Mayor Huang Ta-Chou and it was decided, after extensive renovation work, to accommodate both the Jiancheng Middle School and an art museum in the complex.
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Coordinates: 25 ° 3 '2.9 " N , 121 ° 31' 8.4" E