M+

M+ is Asia’s global museum of contemporary visual culture. Located in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District (WestK), it is dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting visual art, design and architecture, moving image, and Hong Kong visual culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The landmark M+ building on Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbourfront was designed by the world-renowned architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron in partnership with TFP Farrells and Arup. It spans a total floor area of 65,000 square metres, featuring thirty-three galleries alongside a Learning Hub, Moving Image Centre, Research Centre, and Roof Garden, among other event and programming spaces. The M+ Facade is one of the largest LED screens in the world, showcasing commissioned artworks on the Hong Kong skyline every evening. The museum stewards a multidisciplinary permanent collection that includes objects from regions across Asia and beyond. A highlight is the M+ Sigg Collection, one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of Chinese contemporary art. Today, M+ is a nexus for researching and presenting contemporary visual culture, inspiring thought and curiosity.

M+ Collections and Exhibitions

M+ holds one of the most significant collections of visual culture in Asia, with a particular emphasis on post-1950s practices in Hong Kong, mainland China, and the wider region. Highlights include the M+ Sigg Collection—an extensive and comprehensive grouping of Chinese contemporary art—alongside major holdings focused on key artists, movements, and tendencies, including Southeast Asian avant-gardes, and spanning photography, painting, printmaking, performance, moving image, and more.

Long-term collection displays are interlaced with revolving exhibitions that range from large-scale thematic surveys to focused presentations of individual artists, architects, or filmmakers. Public programmes, screenings and talks extend the galleries into a wider civic forum, reflecting the institution’s ambition to centre Asian perspectives within global art histories while remaining attuned to Hong Kong’s own visual and social narratives.

The building’s inverted T-shaped form creates a horizontal podium of gallery spaces topped by a vertical tower whose LED facade becomes a light-based screen after dark, visible across Victoria Harbour. Amenities include museum shops, family-friendly spaces, cafes, restaurants, and a Roof Garden that turns a museum visit into a broader encounter with Hong Kong’s waterfront cityscape.

A short harbour crossing from the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, where Art Basel Hong Kong is held, M+ is a key anchor of the city’s March art season. During the fair’s run, visitors can see long-running collection shows such as M+ Sigg Collection: Inner Worlds (27 June 2025–27 June 2027), alongside major temporary exhibitions including Robert Rauschenberg and Asia (22 November 2025–26 April 2026) and Chiharu Shiota: Infinite Memory (20 September 2025–12 April 2026), together making M+ a natural extension of fair-going itineraries.

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