M+ Opens: Asia's Answer to Tate Modern Rises in Hong Kong

On the West Kowloon waterfront, a vast inverted-T of a building lit up Victoria Harbour. In November 2021 Hong Kong opened M+, Asia's first global museum of contemporary visual culture, with ambitions to stand alongside Tate Modern, MoMA and the Centre Pompidou.

Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, the museum spans visual art, design, architecture and moving image, with one of the world's largest media façades broadcasting digital art across the harbour each night. Over 90,000 people booked free tickets in its first weeks.

Opening amid debate over censorship and Hong Kong's changing political climate, M+ instantly became one of the most watched new institutions in the art world.

Image: “HK Kln West Austin Road West 西九龍 West Kowloon M+ Museum rules May 2025 R12S” — BGOOLAEDI Hailwimu, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.