Hong Kong has typically sent a single artist to represent the special administrative region at the Venice Biennale, but in 2026, artists Angel Hui and Kingsley Ng, both Hong Kong natives who live in the city, will jointly take up the mantle.

The Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA) and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC) are collaborating for the first time on the presentation in La Serenissima. The artists will explore “the poetic rhythms of daily life,” per an announcement, in dialogue with the theme of the Biennale’s main exhibition, “In Minor Keys,” curated by the late Koyo Kouoh. 

The exhibition, which marks Hong Kong’s 13th participation, will take place at the Campo della Tana, as in past years. As a “Special Administrative Region” of the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, like Macau and Taiwan, does not have a national pavilion, but rather organizes what is classified as a collateral event. (National pavilions at the Biennale are reserved for countries that Italy has diplomatic relationships with.)

Hui, who was born in 1991, is a painter in the gongbi ink painting tradition. She has had a solo...