Tally of Hong Kong Permanent Exhibition Venues (2013-2018)
An exhibition is the occasion where artworks and the audience meet. The quantity and mode of operation of exhibition venues more or less reflect the actuality of art creation and exchange, and the trend of art media choices. Notwithstanding art forms come before exhibition venues, the latter’s availability and management have direct bearings on how artworks are circulated, hence the livelihood of artists. Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook has been compiling yearly tally of exhibition venues, among which data of 2013 to 2018 is graphically presented in this section to show the change of venue count. For the ease of comparison, exhibition venues are categorized into commercial art space, alternative art space and cultural institute.