Arts patronage and philanthropy
Lam is one of the foremost patron of the arts in Taiwan.[23] He has a personal collection of more than 1,000 works of art and in particular, he collects Chinese paintings and calligraphy.[7] One of his favourite painters is Zhang Daqian, and he has more than 250 of his works.[24] He is a sponsor of the Zhang Daqian Museum, which is housed in the artist's former home. He has incorporated a Museum of Art and Technology in the headquarters of Quanta in Taiwan, and he displays his personal art collection there.
He is chairman of the Advisory Committee of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, one of the leading museums worldwide.[25] It has the largest collection of Chinese artefacts in the world.
He is chairman of the Contemporary Art Foundation which manages the MoCA Taipei.[26]
He is director of the Cloud Gate Dance Theater group,[23] a Taiwanese modern dance group, which has performed in the Guggenheim Museum[27] in New York, and toured Europe extensively.[28][29]
He is founder and chairman of the Quanta Cultural and Educational foundation, which promotes culture, art and education in Taiwan.[1] It promotes educational exhibitions and programs for schools free of charge. It has held more than 20 exhibitions in 291 schools, with more than 1.3 million young people participating in its educational activities.[30] The foundation has received the Wen Hsin Golden Award from the Council for Cultural Affairs, Taiwan, for its outstanding promotion of social education many times.[31]
In November 2002, Barry Lam announced that he would fund a new College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at his alma mater National Taiwan University.[32] It opened in July 2004, and is known as the Barry Lam Hall.[32] It houses the Barry Lam Art Gallery in its basement.[33]
He is chairman of the Dwen An Social Welfare Foundation, a charitable organisation funded by leading business people in Taiwan.[34]
Barry Lam served as Chairman of the China Exploration & Research Society from 2011 to 2018 for eight years. CERS is a preeminent non-profit organization headquartered in Hong Kong, with a focus on remote East Asia and Southeast Asia, in exploration, research, conservation to nature and culture, and education. Lam was a Director since 2000.
