The M+ Museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District will celebrate its one-year anniversary this Saturday (12th), and will begin to charge admission fees. From the same day until May next year, a special exhibition "Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to the present" will be held.
Chen Zhisi, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority and Chairman of the Board of Directors of M+, said in his speech at the opening ceremony of the exhibition today (10th) that since the opening of M+, more than 2 million visitors have been recorded. More exhibitions and events next year.
Over 2 million visitors recorded at M+ opening
Chen Zhisi said that since the opening of the M+ Museum, more than 2 million visitors have been recorded. He believes that this reflects the public's great support for the museum. He also described it as an anniversary gift and looked forward to more exhibitions and activities in the next year.
Yang Runxiong, Director of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, said that the West Kowloon Cultural District is one of the most important cultural investment projects in Hong Kong, and with the opening of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, the West Kowloon Cultural District will become a new cultural landmark.
Yang Runxiong pointed out that Chief Executive Li Jiachao proposed in the "Policy Address" that Hong Kong should become a center for cultural exchange between China and the West. The authorities will work closely with the West Kowloon Cultural District to promote traditional and contemporary culture to the world and tell good stories.
▼M+ 1st anniversary special exhibition "Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to present" opened on 11.12▼
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Yang Runxiong, Director of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, said that the West Kowloon Cultural District is one of the most important cultural investment projects in Hong Kong, and with the opening of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, the West Kowloon Cultural District will become a new cultural landmark.
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The exhibition has been prepared for more than four years and is the largest retrospective exhibition in Asia outside Japan
M+ Deputy Director and Curator, and co-curator of the special exhibition "Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Present" shared that the exhibition has been in preparation for more than four years and is the largest retrospective exhibition in Asia outside of Japan.
In addition to the 203 works that have been exhibited in galleries in other Western countries, Yayoi Kusama created three works specially for this exhibition, which were exhibited for the first time in Hong Kong.
Among them, Yayoi Kusama created a separate poem "The Nerve That Caused Me to Die" for "Death of a Nerve" to promote the work to the Chinese audience, because she believes that Chinese poetry is one of the most influential art forms in the world, which can express the work depth.
M+ Deputy Director and Curator, and co-curator of the special exhibition "Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to the Present" shared that the exhibition has been in preparation for more than four years; co-curator Yoshitake Mika (left) pointed out that this This exhibition mainly examines Yayoi Kusama's artistic creations in Europe, the United States, Japan and other places every decade.
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▼M+ 1st anniversary special exhibition "Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to present" opened on 11.12▼
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Mika Yoshitake, co-curator of the special exhibition "Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Present", pointed out that the exhibition covers major museum collections and private collections, M+ collections and Yayoi Kusama's personal collections from Asia, Europe and the United States; The six themes of infinity, accumulation, comprehensive connection, biological universe, death, and the power of life take into account the geographical and psychological conditions of Kusama's creation in the middle and later stages.
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