The M+building viewed from the Art Park. Photo: Virgile Simon Bertrand. Courtesy Herzog & de Meuron.
Building has finished at M+, an ambitious new museum of contemporary Asian visual culture located in Hong Kong s West Kowloon Cultural District. Our opening preparations are in full swing, said Suhanya Raffel, Museum Director at M+, where the installation of works is now underway.
Initially slated to open in 2017, the museum faced numerous construction and bureaucratic delays and will now open late this year. Over a million people attended the 85 public activities M+ has organised since 2012 while waiting for the building to be completed.
Left to right: Rirkrit Tiravanija,
untitled 2016 (nothing) (2016); Tobias Rehberger,
Mother without child 3 (2019): Kristoffer Ardeña,
Ghost Painting (Cracked Category): National Bookstore (2020). Exhibition view:
hyper–horizon, S.E.A. Focus 2021, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore (22–31 January 2021). Courtesy S.E.A Focus. Photo: Toni Cuhadi.
With the aim to spark new connections between works of art from Southeast Asia , the presentation is accessible online with S.E.A. Focus Digital and physically at the S.E.A. Focus Curated showcase, titled
hyper–horizon, presented at the warehouse complex Tanjong Pagar Distripark.
This year s edition eschews a traditional booth structure for a fluid design by Randy Chan of Zarch Collaboratives to offer a borderless experience , reflecting Singapore s position as a crucial hub for the region s art scene.