![]() Swiss media artist Pipilotti Rist's “Hand Me Your Trust,” commissioned by the museum, Art Basel and UBS, covers the museum's facade. M+ is showcasing “Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now,” Asia's largest retrospective ever of the Japanese artist outside Japan, which runs through May 14. Meanwhile, K11 Musea, a museum-retail complex located on the waterfront of Tsim Sha Tsui, is presenting “City As Studio,” an exhibition of graffiti and street art by more than 30 artists from New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Paris and Tokyo curated by Jeffrey Deitch, a prominent curator, dealer and adviser based in the US. The Hong Kong Museum of Art - the oldest public museum in Hong Kong, established in 1962, housing an art collection of more than 18,800 items including Hong Kong modern art and Chinese antiques - presented the show, “Joan Miro - The Poetry of Everyday Life,” to coincide with Hong Kong Art Week. “In the future, more of the galleries can set up headquarters in West Kowloon, because we do have special space for them.” All Art Basel guests will be invited to tour the museums,” Betty Fung Ching Suk-yee, chief executive officer of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, told The Korea Herald. (British auction house) Phillips moved into West Kowloon and Art Basel has collaborated with M+ with commissioned work. ![]() “We are inclined to work with the commercial sector because we see the win-win situation. ![]() The third edition of Museum Summit was held Friday to Saturday in association with the Gallerie degli Uffizi of Italy, bringing together 35 leading figures from world-renowned museums and institutions in 16 countries to share professional experiences. This year's art week was a special one as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government went to great lengths to promote its cultural scene to the international audience for the first time since lifting pandemic restrictions. Hong Kong Art Week, from March 19-25, saw a slew of cultural events, shows and parties taking place around the entire city to coincide with Art Basel Hong Kong. So the Hong Kong cultural scene is coming altogether for international guests,” said Eve Tam Mei-yee, deputy director of Hong Kong's Leisure and Cultural Service, at a press conference on Friday, opening Museum Summit 2023 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. “(This week) we have Art Basel, the West Kowloon Cultural District, art galleries and Museum Summit (a gathering for museum professionals). The West Kowloon Cultural District is the Hong Kong government’s largest cultural development project, stretching across 40 hectares of reclaimed land, blending together spaces for the arts, education, open space, commercial facilities and dining facilities. The Hong Kong Palace Museum, also part of the district, completed its renovation and opened to the public in 2022 to show more than 900 pieces of treasure from mainland China. HONG KONG - Hong Kong's art scene got back into full gear last week, drawing international visitors back to Asia’s premier art fair - Art Basel Hong Kong - as well as to the city’s West Kowloon Cultural District, anchored by the recently opened contemporary art museum, the M+. ![]()
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