{"id":22380,"date":"2025-12-23T12:36:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T04:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=22380"},"modified":"2025-12-23T12:36:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T04:36:34","slug":"hong-kongs-sigg-prize-shared-for-the-first-time-as-m-boss-praises-2-bold-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=22380","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s Sigg Prize shared for the first time as M+ boss praises 2 \u2018bold\u2019 artists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Sigg Prize 2025 has been awarded jointly to Hong Kong animator Wong Ping and Macau-raised artist Heidi Lau, marking the first time the contemporary art prize has been shared between two artists since it was first awarded in 2019.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The announcement was made on December 16 by M+, the museum in Hong Kong\u2019s West Kowloon Cultural District that organises the biennial competition named after the collector <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Uli Sigg<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">\u201cWe were deeply impressed by the works presented and decided to award two winners in this edition,\u201d said Suhanya Raffel, museum director of <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">M+<\/span> and chairwoman of the prize, in a statement. \u201cHeidi Lau and Wong Ping, in their own compelling ways, demonstrate bold possibilities for expression through their distinctive use of medium and mature artistic languages, offering profound insights into the complexities of our shared experience.\u201d<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The winners were selected after their commissioned projects were presented at the museum in September, together with works by four other shortlisted artists: Bi Rongrong, Ho Rui An, Hsu Chia-wei and Pan Daijing.<\/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=\"Wong Ping is photographed in front of his work Debts in the Wind. 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