{"id":20390,"date":"2025-12-16T17:07:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T09:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=20390"},"modified":"2025-12-16T17:07:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T09:07:34","slug":"hong-kong-selects-2-artists-for-2026-venice-biennale-to-explore-lifes-poetic-rhythms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=20390","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong selects 2 artists for 2026 Venice Biennale to explore life\u2019s \u2018poetic rhythms\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA) and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC) have selected artists Kingsley Ng Siu-king and Angel Hui Hoi-kiu to represent the city at the 61st Venice Biennale in 2026, marking the first time since 2007 that Hong Kong will not be represented by a solo artist.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">This will be the 13th time that <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Hong Kong<\/span> takes part in the international art exhibition, which opens to the public on May 9, 2026, and the first exhibition that the government-run HKMoA is handling with the government-appointed HKADC arts funding body.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">According to the official press release, the Hong Kong exhibition will explore \u201cthe poetic rhythms of everyday life\u201d, with the two artists\u2019 distinct practices uncovering the \u201cfamiliar yet fleeting moments\u201d in Hong Kong in response to the biennale\u2019s main theme, \u201cIn Minor Keys\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">With Ng\u2019s practice closely aligned with the government\u2019s desire to prioritise the integration of arts and technology, and Hui\u2019s with the government\u2019s desire to promote traditional Chinese culture, the pairing presents a study in contrasts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hong Kong\u2019s 2026 Venice Biennale exhibition will be curated collectively by the HKMoA team. Photo: Jelly Tse\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/12\/15\/034c3df9-a496-4993-b68f-2ba01984108c_95b35965.jpg\" title=\"Hong Kong\u2019s 2026 Venice Biennale exhibition will be curated collectively by the HKMoA team. Photo: Jelly Tse\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1ixmelf e1gf69pb1\">Hong Kong\u2019s 2026 Venice Biennale exhibition will be curated collectively by the HKMoA team. Photo: Jelly Tse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Ng, an associate professor at Baptist University\u2019s Academy of Visual Arts, is known for his immersive, site-specific media installations that use technology to create participatory and meditative experiences.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Born in 1980, Ng has taken part in major international exhibitions as well as created memorable experiences in his home city that celebrated the poetics of the commonplace, such as his 2017 interactive tram installation \u201cTwenty-Five Minutes Older\u201d, and the more recent \u201c<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Listen to the Sound of the Earth Spinning<\/span>\u201d, which featured giant sculptures made with pet hair.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/article\/3336424\/hong-kong-selects-2-artists-2026-venice-biennale-explore-lifes-poetic-rhythms?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA) and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC) have selected artists Kingsley Ng Siu-king and Angel Hui Hoi-kiu&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[462,7074,4874,3569,5231,13217,13218,13219,13215,13216],"class_list":["post-20390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-artists","tag-biennale","tag-explore","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-lifes","tag-poetic","tag-rhythms","tag-selects","tag-venice","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}