WHAT M+’s anchor exhibition contains over 500 pieces, covering a multitude of different creative genres encompassing furniture design, architecture, and graphic design. The purpose is to showcase the variety of objects within these genres that have been impactful in Asia and around the world over the past century. Curatered by Ikko Yokoyama and Shirley Surya,…
WHAT At its outdoor space, the museum presents two local Hong Kong artists as they reimagine the harbour through two sets of large-scale public art installations. Harnessing their different practices, both approach the project using different mediums and with different outcomes, with Chan using mosaic tiles, wood, steel, and fibreglass; and Tsoi using stainless steel,…
WHAT The group show is a showcase of 90 pieces of Gangcai artworks containing both traditional and contemporary elements, presented by 8 Hong Kong Gangcai artists. The diverse cultural medium of porcelain painting came out of Guangzhou as ‘Guangcai’ and was developed into the Hong Kong artform ‘Gangcai’. The local artists strive to spark interest…
WHAT The exhibition visually examines the styles and practices of contemporary Chinese art since the 1990s. Though the inaugural exhibition of the collection (launched when the museum opened in late 2021) was organised through a chronological, socio-political lens, this second chapter is based around the cultural identities of the artists. It surveys how artists reconsidered…
