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2026 Venice Biennale’s Hong Kong present will get new organiser, with Museum of Artwork changing M+



The Hong Kong Museum of Artwork (HKMOA) has confirmed it has taken over preparations for the town’s exhibition on the 2026 Venice Biennale.

Fairly than focus the exhibition on the work of a single artist, which has been the case since 2009, the subsequent Hong Kong exhibition in Venice will function the work of a number of artists chosen from a protracted checklist containing over 200 names.

The checklist consists of artists who up to now 5 years have obtained commissions from Hong Kong government-run museums or places of work for brand spanking new works, and others nominated by tertiary establishments, the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority and the Hong Kong Arts Growth Council.

I anticipate that the exhibition can promote Chinese language conventional tradition and Hong Kong’s personal particular traits

Frankie Yeung, Hong Kong Arts Growth Council vice-chairman

The choice to interchange M+ with the HKMOA was made by the council, whose members are appointed by the federal government and is the official presenter of the biennial exhibitions in Venice; it rents the constructing used to accommodate the town’s contribution. The change, whereas not formally confirmed till now, has been broadly mentioned within the metropolis’s artwork group since invites for nominations have been despatched out in January.

Johnson Chang Tsong-zung, curator of the inaugural Hong Kong pavilion in Venice in 2001 and director of Hanart TZ Gallery, helps the council’s determination.

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