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Hong Kong’s M+ Museum Launches Alliance with Centre Pompidou and MoMA as Part of Fifth Anniversary Celebrations—Podcast
The alliance will treat the museums’ holdings as a shared collection and could reach 10 million annual in-person visitors, officials said.
On Friday, M+, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris announced an unprecedented cultural alliance. The three institutions signed a framework agreement to integrate research, conservation, and curatorial objectives across three continents.
"No single institution can encompass the entire scope of global creativity," said Centre Pompidou President Laurent Le Bon. The alliance formalizes previous bilateral partnerships into a long-term commitment to deepen intellectual exchange and organize joint exhibitions.
MoMA director Christophe Cherix, M+ museum director Suhanya Raffel, and Le Bon formally signed the agreement in Hong Kong. This framework allows staff to treat their holdings as a shared collection, co-organizing exhibitions and rotating works globally.
The institutions will co-organize an exhibition exploring "the contemporary" over the next five years, presented at all three sites. The Centre Pompidou's $512 million, five-year renovation makes this agreement particularly timely.
A joint steering committee will meet monthly to coordinate conservation, research, and professional development across the three institutions. This initiative aligns with M+'s fifth anniversary, positioning the alliance to reach a combined 10 million annual visitors.