DE Global × ALEA 2026 Annual Meeting — Distinguished Guests and Annual Report

On September 5, 2026, DE Global Art Agency and the French association Association de la Lueur Éclairante de l'Art (ALEA) held their 2026 Annual Meeting at Polaris Café in Taichung, together with the opening ceremony of the 3rd Asian Emerging Art Award. Diplomatic guests, university professors and international creators attended, and the meeting reviewed the year's progress in awards, international art fairs, academic publishing and talent development.

Distinguished Guests and Professors

Guest of Honor

• Ambassador Lu Ching-Long 呂慶龍 (former Representative of Taiwan to France): opening address

Jury Professors

• Prof. Lu Po-Han 盧柏翰 (Department of Radio, Television and Film, Shih Hsin University)

• Prof. Liu Chun-Yu 劉俊佑 (Department of Industrial Design, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology)

ALEA Honorary Directors

• Prof. 柯耀宗 (Tunghai University)

• Prof. 陳郭益言 (Ming Chuan University)

• Prof. 李弘偉 (Nanhua University)

ALEA's Honorary Directors currently represent six universities: Tunghai, Feng Chia, I-Shou, Ming Chuan, Nanhua and Kun Shan.

2026 Annual Report

1. International Awards

• The 3rd Asian Emerging Art Award selected 15 creators from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Indonesia, with all works exhibited in person; for the first time, jury professors voted on site and results were announced the same day.

• The 4th edition moves to a two-stage format, with the 2027 final round held in Tokyo, Japan across Children, Youth and Adult categories. Preliminary submissions opened online on September 15.

2. International Art Fairs and Market

• ONE ART Taipei 2026: DE Global exhibited at Hotel Metropolitan Premier Taipei, achieving NT$380,000 in sales for emerging artists, and partnered with the Japanese art platform ArtSticker (The Chain Museum) to expand overseas channels. (Source: TheHubNews)

• August 2026: exhibition at The National Art Center, Tokyo.

• October 2026: Art Shopping Paris at the Carrousel du Louvre, Paris.

3. Academic Publishing

• The ALEA academic journal, ALEA Revue Internationale d'Art et de Recherche, has been assigned ISSN 3130-477X by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), with Dr. Marie Goehner-David (Université de Strasbourg) as Editor-in-Chief. The call for papers for the inaugural issue was launched at the Annual Meeting; online publication is scheduled for January 2027.

4. Talent Development and Media

• The Great Artists podcast has published 50 interviews with art and design professionals.

• University education internships and campus career lectures connect schools, companies and creative talent.

Looking Ahead to 2027

DE Global Art Agency will continue to build on "international platform × academic endorsement × career pathways," supporting creative talent from awards and exhibitions into industry and the international market.

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