The reason for this is that no organization--not even the art galleries, with their more limited scope--had ever been capable of bringing together artists and answering their need for a congenial place in which to show their works.
八月八日，台北市立美術館正式宣佈成立，蘇瑞屏被任命為研究員兼代館長。以收藏、展覽現代藝術品為宗旨市立美術館的主要功能有四：典藏、展覽、研究與推廣，範圍則限於現代作品。