After exhausting myself over a huge amount of K-dramas, I explored into Taiwanese/Chinese dramas. I first chanced upon Summer Fever and was impressed by George Hu's acting and Art In Love followed.

As K-dramas average 16 episodes, I realized that Taiwanese/Chinese dramas are pretty lengthy and this was 39 episodes (phew)..... So, I mentally prepared myself to not rush the watch and see if the story line and the acting was interesting enough to sail me through.... and it did.

I enjoyed this drama very much. The story is not outstanding, but believable, about a couple brought together through art from college to adulthood. Their journey and struggle with love, and all characters of family, friends and colleagues at work relationship were paced out nicely and effectively. I learned a bit too about the wheeling and dealing of the art industry and what the business is like in the real world. The show was directed well with second leads and evil plots, each having interesting stories of their own, nicely acted out and tied up with its end, well through third quarter of the episodes and not left to the very end. This left us more time to watch the main lead's relationship struggles.

The leads actor/actress had good chemistry and I again enjoyed watching George Hu, this time in his role as Tao Yu Fei. He strikes me as a really good actor and he always becomes the character itself with ease. In this drama, he was captivating as a cold, bitter and ambitious young artist who has a hard time believing in love to eventually becoming a well-rounded, generous and successful man, un-afraid to pursue the love he yearns for. Adi Kan who played Li Chen Yin matched his character perfectly.

All in all, if you enjoy watching the evolvement of a romance which is not too rushed, I do recommend Art in Love to you.

Enjoy