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The Huge Mountain (2011) by Lam Tung-pang and 54:10: Artist’s table (2011) by William Lim
The Lims have been fans of Hong Kong painter Lam Tung-pang for years. This piece,
The Huge Mountain, is one of the largest works in their donation to M+ it’s more than five metres long. “I’ve always liked how his work crosses between Chinese classical painting and contemporary art,” says William. “We bought this work from Hanart TZ Gallery, I think in 2012. One thing that really struck me was that there was a moon on the top of the mountain. I don’t know why, but I’ve always thought that moon was very beautiful.”
M+ receives a major donation from the Living Collection from William and Lavina Lim
The Living Collection, installation view in William and Lavina Lims studio in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong. 2020. Courtesy of M+ and William and Lavina Lim. Photo: Winnie Yeung @ Visual Voices.
HONG KONG
.-M+, at the West Kowloon Cultural District, announced a major donation from the Living Collection from William Lim, a renowned Hong Kong architect, collector, and artist, and his wife Lavina. The donation comprises ninety works by fifty-three artists from Hong Kong and beyond, as well as PAWN SHOP, a historic artistic project that involves work by forty-six international artists. The collection is widely regarded as one of the most significant private collections of emerging and established Hong Kong art practices since the 2000s.
M+ museum has received a major donation of artworks from the collection of renowned Hong Kong architect, art collector and artist William Lim and his wife, Lavina Lim. The donation comprises 90 works by 53 artists from Hong Kong and overseas. It also includes
Pawn Shop, an artistic project that features the work of 46 international artists. The Lims collection, titled the Living Collection, is regarded as one of the most significant private collections of Hong Kong art from the past two decades.
William and Lavina started their collection in the early 2000s. Since then, Hong Kong s art scene has boomed: the city is now a global art hub and local artists are receiving increasing international recognition.