Hong Kong's ambition to become Asia's regional art hub was in the news again this week with the appointment of Lars Nittve as the Executive Director of Museum Plus (M+), a new museum concept planned at the future West Kowloon Cultural District and Exhibition Centre. M+ is being developed as a forward-looking cultural institution focusing on 20th to 21st century visual culture, with four initial broad groupings including design, popular culture, moving image and visual art. Nittve will be involved in the planning, design and curatorial development of M+, drawing on his years of experience directing institutions such as the London's Tate Modern, Stockholm's Moderna Museet and Malmo's Rooseum - Centre for Contemporary Art.
Image: West Kowloon Cultural District site
