Renowned sculptor Ju Ming's (朱銘) latest exhibition, Living World Series — The Urban Silhouette, opened yesterday at the Farglory Financial Center (遠雄金融中心).

An exhibition will kick off in May in Taipei featuring the paintings of French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir and other leading artists of the 20th century, the organizers said yesterday.

Music fans and Audi car owners in Taipei area enjoyed a feast at the “Audi Night-Hayley Westenra Concert” held yesterday at the National Concert Hall. Westenra, the world-renowned soprano and classical crossover artist, will head to Southern Taiwan for two more performances in Tainan and Kaohsiung on April 13 and 14.

Tickets went on sale yesterday for Taiwan's first large-scale exhibition on the heritage of imperial Rome, which will kick off in Taipei on May 11.

Soprano Violet Chang (張縵) will perform German, French, Italian, Spanish and Chinese songs at the Taipei National Recital Hall on April 8 at 7:30 p.m.

Members of the all-female Japanese musical theater troupe Takarazuka Revue said Wednesday that they are looking forward to performing in Taiwan for the first time in the troupe's 99-year history.

Mainland singer Demon Lee (李代沫) on the weekend visited an exhibition honoring legendary Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng (鄧麗君) to pay tribute to his first childhood idol.

Dutch animation director Erik-Jan de Boer, who won an Oscar earlier this year for his work on “Life of Pi,” has expressed a desire to visit Taiwan again, a place he said has friendly people and beautiful landscape.

Taiwan's annual Calla Lily Festival kicks off today with nearly 2 million calla lilies blossoming in Yangmingshan National Park, Taipei officials said yesterday.

A science television series that explores the workings of artists' brains while they perform will be premiered on a local TV later this month, the first in a series of film project between Taiwan and France.