
After years of delay, senior officials from both the Hong Kong and Chinese governments cut the ribbon on Thursday. The 65,000-square-metre (700,000-square-foot) venue on Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour waterfront aims to rival Western leaders in contemporary art curation, such as London's Tate Modern and New York's Museum of Modern Art.


Hong Kong's multimillion-dollar art museum M+ will open Friday without dissident artist Ai Weiwei's "middle finger series", highlighting concerns over creative freedom as authorities censor criticism in the city. The new M+ Museum is seen in Hong Kong on November 11, 2021.
