In human history, many civilizations originated from places with entwining mountains and rivers. As culturally diverse country, Taiwan is a land of converging mountains and rivers with an artistic environment that promises abundance and vibrancy. The 2023 Next Art Tainan features ten winners of the award and fourteen invited artists/art groups from around Taiwan, bringing together their works of divergent creative media that engage in different topics and issues. With the award’s unique mechanism as the foundation, the Next Art Tainan takes place in ten art galleries/art spaces in Tainan and is presented through various context of dialogue.