To support this undertaking, the museum has asked the staffs of several universities in the Republic of China to help prepare background information on the artists whose works are on exhibition, as well as to edit a museum journal and catalogs for the various exhibitions.
以台北美術館目前一年新台幣一千萬的典藏經費，更難購得佳品。因此館方以為，不如從收藏當代作品著手，較易做出成績來。但蘇館長仍然表示，雖然經費爭取很不容易，但她仍會鍥而不捨地請台北市政府和市議會寬列典藏預算。