TL;DR
Get art and craft supplies delivered free with Prime
- Fast, free delivery on millions of items
- Prime Video, Amazon Music and more included
- Member-only deals all year
The Museum of Modern Art, Centre Pompidou and M+ have signed an agreement to expand access to one another’s collections and collaborate on loans, exhibitions, curation and research. The announcement does not specify which works will be shared or set out a schedule for projects.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, Centre Pompidou in Paris and M+ in Hong Kong have signed an agreement to broaden access to their collections and work together on loans, exhibitions, curation and research. The alliance links three museums in major art centers, but the announcement does not yet identify specific works or projects.
The agreement was signed by MoMA director Christophe Cherix, M+ director Suhanya Raffel and Centre Pompidou president Laurent Le Bon, according to Hyperallergic’s report. It is intended to support greater viewership of the museums’ holdings, collaborative curatorial work and additional research. The stated areas of cooperation include intermuseum loans and joint exhibitions.
The report describes the arrangement as granting the institutions broader access to one another’s holdings. It does not provide a list of participating collections, describe how loan requests will be handled, or announce an exhibition lineup. The practical scope of that access and the timing of its first results have not been made public in the supplied report.
The agreement brings together institutions with collections and audiences across New York, Paris and Hong Kong. M+ holds the Sigg collection of contemporary Chinese art, alongside thousands of other contemporary works from across Asia. The announcement points to collection sharing and cooperative scholarship, but does not state that any particular work or collection will be transferred or made available immediately.
A Three-City Route for Collections
Cooperation among the three museums could create more opportunities for audiences to encounter works held in another institution’s collection, whether through loans or exhibitions developed jointly. The museums’ locations also give the alliance a route for connecting North American, European and Asian institutions through shared programming and research. Those are intended possibilities, not yet confirmed outcomes: the announcement gives no exhibition dates, loan list or visitor targets.
For researchers and curators, the stated emphasis on shared scholarship and collaborative curation may matter as much as public exhibitions. If the agreement leads to sustained work, it could support comparisons across collections and museum practices. The source material, however, does not set out funding, staffing commitments or measures for evaluating the partnership, so its scale and effect remain uncertain.
Popular right now
TCL T7 Series 85-Inch 4K 144Hz QLED Smart Google TV
Vitamix 5200 Professional-Grade Blender, 64 oz. Container, Black
TCL QM64L 85-Inch QD-Mini LED 4K Smart Fire TV
As an affiliate, we earn on qualifying purchases.
Earlier M+ Partnerships Set Stage
The alliance follows earlier agreements involving M+ and each of its new partners. M+ and MoMA signed a memorandum of understanding in early 2025, setting shared objectives in curatorial work, conservation and scholarship. This new three-way arrangement builds on that prior relationship, according to the report.
This spring, M+ and Centre Pompidou also entered a strategic partnership. The stated aims included strengthening cultural dialogue between their respective continents through joint exhibitions, collection sharing and a funded fellowship. The present agreement brings MoMA into a broader framework with both museums.
Hyperallergic places the announcement within a wider period of museums pooling resources and pursuing joint acquisitions after the COVID-19 pandemic, as institutions faced operating costs and financial pressures. That is background to the development; the report does not say that reducing costs is a specific aim of this three-museum agreement. It also notes the announcement comes near M+’s fifth anniversary at its physical location in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District.
““Museums must evolve to reflect the complexity of our world.””
— Suhanya Raffel, M+ director
Projects and Loan Terms Await Detail
The supplied report does not state which objects or collections the museums will make available, whether loans have already been approved, or when the first joint exhibition or research project will begin. It also gives no details on the agreement’s duration, funding, governance or procedures for conservation and transport.
While the museums have announced shared goals, the extent of access and the resources each institution will commit are not specified. It is also unclear whether the alliance will produce new joint acquisitions or is limited to loans, exhibitions, curation and research described in the announcement.
Watch for Exhibition and Loan Plans
The next concrete signs of the alliance will be details from the museums about specific loans, exhibition plans and research initiatives. Any announced works, locations and dates would clarify how the agreement translates into public programming. Until those plans are released, the confirmed development is the signed framework and its stated areas of cooperation, rather than a set of scheduled projects.
The institutions may also provide further information on how curators and researchers will work across the three collections. No announcement date for those details is given in the source material.
Key Questions
Which museums signed the agreement?
MoMA in New York, Centre Pompidou in Paris and M+ in Hong Kong signed the alliance.
What does the alliance cover?
The announced areas include intermuseum loans, joint exhibitions, collaborative curation and research, with the aim of expanding access to the museums’ holdings.
Have any exhibitions or loans been announced?
No specific works, loans or exhibition dates are identified in the supplied report. Those details remain to be announced.
What earlier agreements led to this alliance?
M+ and MoMA signed a memorandum of understanding in early 2025 focused on curatorial work, conservation and scholarship. M+ and Centre Pompidou formed a strategic partnership this spring that included plans for exhibitions, collection sharing and a funded fellowship.
Source: hyperallergic.com
