Artist Chang Chin-yu feels that Taipei often gets completely immersed in its own atmosphere and starts to believe that it represents the cutting edge of Taiwan's arts community. Having seen how a few international art exhibits were set up, however, she has come to question how Taipei identifies the themes for its exhibits: "They seem to think they're the Tokyo or New York of Taiwan.
本身從事藝術工作的張金玉則認為，台北常常沉浸在自己的氛圍中，以為主導台灣藝界很前進的部份，但經由她對一些國際策展的觀察，台北在主題的抓取上，「不知道是想做日本的東京還是美國的紐約，可是，台灣的台北呢？」