The arts community has always considered the Taiwan Museum of Art to have a conservative image, and felt that its vast, dim spaces were not conducive to exhibitions. Beatrice Gysen-Hsieh, the museum's international affairs director and assistant curator, often used to joke that they should recruit an international terrorist group to blow up the place.
對於美術界而言，省立美術館一向給人較保守的印象，而其龐大和黑暗的空間，也不利於展覽，工作其中的國際事務小組召集人，也是協助策展人的謝佩霓就經常開玩笑地說要請來國際恐怖組織將省美館炸掉。