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Honoring I.M. Pei’s Global Legacy
Chinese American architect I.M. Pei is celebrated for his iconic structures in the United States, Greater China, and around the world. A major retrospective at M+ Museum, on view through January 5, 2025, has put Pei’s work at the center of renewed discussions about the legacy of twentieth-century architecture and urbanism in Asia and the […]
Picasso for Asia: A Conversation, and Lee Mingwei’s Guernica in Sand opening March 2025 at M+
Opening in March 2025, Picasso for Asia: A Conversation features an intergenerational dialogue between more than 60 of Picasso’s masterpieces from Musée national Picasso-Paris and around 80 works by Asian and Asian-diasporic artists from the M+ Collections. This special exhibition is one of the largest and most ambitious exhibitions in M+, and is the first […]
M+ To Spotlight Robert Rauschenberg’s Engagement with Asia
Opening November 2025, Robert Rauschenberg and Asia celebrates one of the most innovative and influential artists of the past century. The display marks the centennial of the artist’s birth, and will feature M+ Collections works by Rauschenberg and by Asian artists in dialogue with his practice. Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925–2008) had a long association with […]
A New York Toast to M+ Architecture and Design Programs
Amid sweeping views of the East River and the Manhattan Financial District, the M+ American Friends Foundation celebrated a forthcoming season at M+ Museum of design and architecture-focused programs at M+ Museum. Coinciding with NYC Design Week and AAPI heritage month in May, the gathering was a perfect occasion to spotlight M+ Museum’s rich offerings […]
M+ Announces I.M. Pei Retrospective
I.M. Pei: Life is Architecture, the first full-scale retrospective of architect I. M. Pei (1917–2019), opened at M+ on June 29, 2024, and will be on view through January 5, 2025. One of the most influential architects of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Ieoh Ming Pei was a pioneering figure who fundamentally changed his field. […]
US-trained Designer Henry Steiner in the Spotlight at M+
Henry Steiner: The Art of Graphic Communication features the work of the father of graphic design in Hong Kong. The exhibition celebrates Henry Steiner’s (b. 1934) influential graphic language with a selection of some of his most iconic projects, including the HSBC logo, tracing the city’s development from the 1960s onwards. Born in Austria in […]
Contemporary Voices on the Legacy of Madame Song
On December 13, 2023, the M+ American Friends Foundation (M+AFF) hosted a captivating panel discussion, “The Legacy of Madame Song,” shedding light on the contemporary resonance of Song Huai-Kuei (1937–2006), affectionately known as Madame Song. This event, held at Soho Works in NYC and parallel to M+’s exhibition in Hong Kong, featured an illustrious panel […]
Sarah Morris Shares Insights About Her Work for the M+ Facade
From January 26 to March 17, 2024, the internationally-renowned artist Sarah Morris presented her latest film ETC on the M+ Facade. Each night, the feature-length film transformed the museum’s monumental architecture, designed by German architects Herzog & de Meuron, into one of the world’s largest public film screenings. Morris’s latest film ETC, which was filmed […]
M+AFF Celebrates Visual Culture at SkyLounge in New York
On October 13, 2023, M+AFF gathered M+ collection artists and industry leaders to SkyLounge to celebrate the museum’s incredible success in the short two years since it opened. Maureen Kim, Board Vice Chair, spoke about the museum, the significance of the museum’s impact on Hong Kong, and the wider Asia visual culture. The special guest […]
M+ Launches Inaugural Asian Avant-Garde Film Festival
This four-day program, supported by CHANEL, showcases independent art and filmmaking in Asia, celebrating these robust communities, original visual languages, and cross-cultural dialogues. Held between 30 May to 2 June 2024, the festival will host screenings, exhibitions, performances, talks, and workshops with artists and filmmakers from across Asia and key works from the M+ Collections. […]