At the time of the inception of the May and Orient Painting Associations, there were no real galleries in Taipei. Exhibitions by older-style painters were usually held at Taipei City Hall, the Press Building, or at the National Museum of History.
在「東方」、「五月」成立之初，台灣還沒有私人畫廊，畫展的地點不是在台北市中山堂、新聞大樓，就是歷史博物館，也很少人買畫。