Hiram To has been selected to represent Hong Kong at the 52nd Venice Biennale with his work, I Love You More Than My Own Death.

Star Fairy, a playful, critical and engaging project curated by Normal Ford, will feature the works of three experienced international artists Hiram To, Amy Cheung and MAP Office (Gutierrez + Portefaix).

Opening the ceremony will be Dr Patrick Ho, Secretary for Home Affairs and Mr Ma Fung-kwok, Hong Kong’s Arts Development Council Chairman.

Venue: Camp della Tana, Castello 2126 - 30122 Venezia

Opening Ceremony: Noon, 8 June 2007

Open: Daily from 10am to 6pm (except Tuesdays)

Dates: 10 June - 21 November 2007

For further information on Hiram and the other artists see starfairy.org and venicebiennale.hk

Hiram To´s installation, I Love You More Than My Own Death, explores our fascination with spectacles of power, greed and self-interest, qualities that are often associated with deceit. Indeed, duplicity - the ambiguous territory that preys upon emotions of hope and despair as it jumbles lies and truth - is the artist´s central interest, especially as it performs in identity formation and self-representation.

Hiram To’s CV

Bendigo Art Gallery

30 June - 5 August 2007

Neil Haddon has been selected as a finalist for the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize at the Bendigo Art Gallery.

The prize attracts some of Australia’s finest contemporary artists and will, this year, include artists Robert Owen, Sally Smart, Jenny Watson and Gordon Bennett. Dale Frank was the winner of the biennial prize in 2005.

Well done to Stephen Bush, winner 2007.

Pataka - Art . Heritage . Culture

new painting: digital age

12 May - 12 August 2007

Darryn George, Sara Hughes, Andrew McLeod, Kelcy Taratoa, Tim Thatcher

The five exhibiting artists will be present to discuss the relationship between the painted and the digital image in their painting practice and how computers have opened up a whole new world of image making.

Click here for more information.