Exclusive | Russian art and Bolshoi in Hong Kong? Envoy says top museums ‘ready to share’
Envoy Anatoly Kargapolov says Moscow hopes to strengthen collaboration with Hong Kong in the arts, tourism and education
Consul General Anatoly Kargapolov said leading Russian museums were “ready to share” their artworks with top Hong Kong institutions, including M+, the Palace Museum, the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the Hong Kong Museum of History.
“The negotiation process is under way, and I am sure we are going to have some projects,” he told the Post in an exclusive interview.
Moscow’s famed Bolshoi Theatre, renowned for its ballet and opera performances, could also put on shows in Hong Kong, he said.
The war in Ukraine affected the circulation of Russian art and performances as some overseas museums and cultural institutions limited or cancelled events as a form of protest.
Kargapolov said that before February 2022, Moscow worked mostly with European museums and cultural institutions. Now it was shifting its focus to Asia, for both economics and culture.
