Petition Tag - hkadc

2012年6月22日, 香港藝術發展局（「藝發局」）及西九文化區視覺文化博物館M+，"藝術家李傑將代表香港在第55屆威尼斯藝術雙年展亮相。" 這個突如其來而獨斷的決定，改變了過往以公開徵集計劃書方式來甄選藝術家代表香港參與威尼斯雙年展的政策，實屬黑箱作業，事前並沒有公開相關改動部署之意圖及進行諮詢，也沒有向大眾交代及闡釋。相反，卻令大眾對藝發局及M+的角色更不明所以。誠然，是次決定乃香港藝術發展的一大倒退。

On June 22, 2012, the Hong Kong Arts Development Council and M+ announced the selection of LEE Kit as the artist to represent Hong Kong at the 55th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, 2013.

The announcement marked a sudden and arbitrary policy change in the selection of artists representing Hong Kong in the Venice Biennale. The policy change was made in a black box, and was communicated and articulated in a way that confused public understanding on the role of HKADC and M+.

This is a serious and unfortunate setback for the development of art in Hong Kong.

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