M+ museum of visual culture

Rediscover the Chinese designer who dressed Beyoncé and Lady Gaga, with M+ at Night

Hong Kong’s leading art museum is coming alive after dark with Couture Rhapsody, a one-off collision of music, art and fashion themed around the blockbuster ‘Guo Pei: Fashioning Imagination’ exhibition.

27 Sep 2024 - 10:45AM

Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei’s “L’Architecture collection” is showcased in “Guo Pei: Fashioning Imagination” exhibition held at the Main Hall Gallery of M+ Museum, West Kowloon Cultural District. Photo: Elson Li

Opinion | Paris Games and philanthropy show power of the human spirit

The new norm of navigating good and bad news simultaneously reminds us that what truly matters is how we choose to respond.

20 Sep 2024 - 9:30AMvideocam

Fashion

Guo Pei’s been sewing since childhood – then Rihanna looked her up

The fashion designer tells Kate Whitehead about helping Rihanna shine like a diamond at the Met Gala, and why she is now focused on putting China in the spotlight.

5 Nov 2024 - 11:18AMvideocam

Exclusive | Hong Kong arts hub could tap private funds to build final venues: Bernard Chan

West Kowloon Cultural District Authority vice-chairman says naming rights up for grabs, with only about 50 per cent of cultural sites built.

16 Sep 2024 - 10:00AM

Bernard Chan speaks exclusively to the Post at Worldwide House, Central, on Thursday, days ahead of an M+ fundraising gala. Photo: Dickson Lee

Opinion | Hong Kong must keep faith with West Kowloon Cultural District

As a showcase of Hong Kong stories and a launching pad for Chinese soft power, the West Kowloon Cultural District is a public good deserving of public funds.

8 Sep 2024 - 11:33AM

Hong Kong ‘bike rides’ reveal a love letter in interactive M+ art project

As if playing a video game, visitors to museum ride a stationary bike through a virtual Hong Kong where Chinese characters replace buildings. Their progress is beamed to the public on museum’s facade.

29 Jul 2024 - 7:15AM

Hong Kong Palace Museum to raise admission prices by 16.7% next month

Second ticket price increase in around year to help ‘enhance the sustainability of operations’ of museum in cash-strapped arts hub.

26 Jul 2024 - 10:54PM

Prices for admission to the current special thematic exhibitions as well as the unlimited annual entry passes will remain unchanged. Photo: May Tse

Explainer | Can a new financing plan get Hong Kong’s West Kowloon arts hub back on track?

West Kowloon Cultural District Authority gets green light to sell residential development in arts hub’s second zone to replenish finances.

19 Jul 2024 - 12:05PM

Patrons line up to enter M+ in the West Kowloon Cultural District. Photo: May Tse

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s cash-strapped West Kowloon arts hub wins approval to sell land parcels

Premier arts hub given 10-year window for select lands and is expected to also use period to devise viable self-financing model.

18 Jul 2024 - 12:57AM

Letters | Give Hong Kong’s arts hub the flexibility it needs to thrive

Readers discuss the approach the government should take to the West Kowloon Cultural District, and the experience of visiting an exhibition at Tai Kwun.

15 Jul 2024 - 11:30AM

Chinese culture

Opinion | Humanist first, architect second: I.M. Pei retro is a dose of optimism

M+ exhibition is a must-see, not only for artists and architects but anyone who believes in old-school meritocracy and celebrating diversity.

7 Jul 2024 - 9:30AMvideocam

A family poses for photos at the M+ exhibition of the life and works of I. M. Pei, on June 29. The celebrated architect’s convictions are needed more than ever, if we are to find optimism in these divided times. Photo: Eugene Lee

Opinion | Hong Kong must fall in love with art to be a bona fide cultural hub

Hong Kong, traditionally business-focused, needs to do more to organically cultivate a society that values and embraces art and culture

27 Jun 2024 - 6:00AMvideocam

Mong Kok residents painting a mural on the hoarding of a construction site for a new building late last year in a community art project by the non-profit Art In Place. Photo: Art In Place Hong Kong

Architecture and design

Curators, son on architect I.M. Pei’s ‘complicated’ Hong Kong retrospective

He never wanted a museum retrospective. He had donated his personal archive to the Library of Congress. So how did curators and his family change his mind? And what will we see at Hong Kong’s M+ museum?

23 Jun 2024 - 11:15AM

Architecture and design

‘The a-ha moment’: Henry Steiner on his 60-plus years in Hong Kong design

The creator of logos for HSBC, the Hong Kong Jockey Club and Dairy Farm, and designer of Hong Kong banknotes, Henry Steiner, 90, talks about a show of his work at M+ museum and his 60-plus-year career.

14 Jun 2024 - 12:00PM

Asian cinema

Yoko Ono, Bong Joon-ho works and much more in Hong Kong indie film festival

Artistic, unorthodox and independent are three of the words curator Silke Schmickl uses to describe what’s coming in the inaugural four-day Asian Avant-Garde Film Festival at the M+ museum in Hong Kong.

28 May 2024 - 10:37PM

A still from Nick Deocampo’s Oliver (1983), part of the first Asian Avant-Garde Film Festival at the M+ Museum in Hong Kong, which tells the story of a gay female impersonator who stages a provocative performance of bondage and escape. Photo: Nick Deocampo

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s West Kowloon arts hub ‘may partially close museums to help cut costs’

Board chairman of arts hub’s managing body says government has until August to make decision, as remaining funds will only last a year.

18 May 2024 - 10:30PM

Opinion | Hong Kong’s art ambitions on display at Venice Biennale

Almost 20,000 visited the Hong Kong pavilion in its first two weeks, a positive reception that reflects the city’s growing sphere of influence in international contemporary art circles.

17 May 2024 - 9:30AM

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | 3 ways Hong Kong can easily and quickly up its tourism game

Hong Kong has all the ingredients it needs, from its East-meets-West cultural history, free port tax-free status and vast natural attractions.

29 Apr 2024 - 7:30PM

Lau Shui Heung Reservoir, one of the most popular hiking trails in Hong Kong, on December 20. Most of Hong Kong’s underappreciated natural attractions are within 45 minutes of the city centre. Photo: Yik Yeung-man

Photography

Photographs from 80s Hong Kong paired with post-punk band at M+ museum

Wong Kar-wai and Chow Yun-fat are among the Hong Kong cinema luminaries featured in photos shot by Canadian Greg Girard on 1980s film sets. They will be presented at M+ with a musical accompaniment.

29 Apr 2024 - 12:51PM

Chow Yun-fat and Cherie Chung film a scene in Tsim Sha Tsui for The Eighth Happiness in a photograph shot by Canadian Greg Girard. A collection of his 1980s Hong Kong film set photos will be presented in “Greg Girard: Hong Kong Made Me” at M+ museum. Photo: M+/Greg Girard

Explore Hong Kong

M+ Facade might be Hong Kong’s most important new landmark of the decade

In Hong Kong, watching a film from a mile away has become another new normal – thanks to the M+ museum’s massive LED screen beaming out across Victoria Harbour every night

20 Apr 2024 - 12:00PM

Black-and-white photography’s ‘enduring power’ in Hong Kong show

In collaboration with the French National Library, Hong Kong’s M+ museum of visual culture is hosting an exhibition of 280 powerful black-and-white photos, its first show dedicated to the medium.

15 Apr 2024 - 7:15AM

In the public eye: Hong Kong’s best art spaces in the great outdoors

Tai Kwun is an unrivalled heritage art space, TeamLab: Continuous and Florentijn Hofman’s Rubber Duck transformed Victoria Harbour, while the West Kowloon waterfront has hosted anthropomorphic grapes

13 Apr 2024 - 10:00AM

Tai Kwun in Central has played host to a wide array of art events since it opened in May 2018 – among them, Inner Glow, which in September 2022 saw digital and 3D mapping technology used to project animations and images onto the facades of buildings. Photo: Edmond So

Missing Art Month already? 6 more cultural happenings to catch around Hong Kong

TeamLab has scattered giant light-emitting ovoids from Tamar Park into the harbour, while the Hong Kong Heritage Museum has a sculpture exhibition that brings to life characters from Jin Yong’s novels

6 Apr 2024 - 8:00AM

Among the art worth catching in Hong Kong this spring, TeamLab: Continuous, at Tamar Park in Admiralty, features some 200 light-emitting ovoids that stand up to five metres tall, both on land and water. Photo: Handout

Opinion | Amid Article 23 tensions, cultural summit shows a better way to connect

The soft power of arts and culture transcends borders, influencing perceptions and fostering goodwill without the need for political or economic leverage. The inaugural Hong Kong International Cultural Summit played an essential role in attracting visitors and countering negative perceptions.

5 Apr 2024 - 9:30AMvideocam