Hong Kong - based commercial art galleries continued to under - represent female artists last year , despite the M+ museum of visual culture and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council selecting female artist Shirley Tse to represent the city in this year 's Venice Biennale . Published: Men accounted for around 80 % of solo exhibitions at Hong Kong 's 26 most established contemporary art dealers last year , according to figures from South China Morning Post . That figure has remained relatively unchanged for at least a decade .
Hong Kong - based commercial art galleries continued to under - represent female artists last year , despite the M+ museum of visual culture and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council selecting female artist Shirley Tse to represent the city in this year 's Venice Biennale . Men accounted for around 80 % of solo exhibitions at Hong Kong 's 26 most established contemporary art dealers last year , according to figures from South China Morning Post . That figure has remained relatively unchanged for at least a decade .