Qatar Museums and Sharjah Art Foundation have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MUOs) with the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA) in Hong Kong, among 20 arts and culture institutions across the globe.
The MOUs cover a wide range of collaborative initiatives, including co-production and touring of exhibitions; collection sharing; partnerships on conservation; digitalisation and scientific research; and educational and exchange programmes for art administrators and artists across Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM), M+ and the Performing Arts Division of WKCDA. The agreements will be signed during the Hong Kong International Cultural Summit 2024 hosted by the WKCDA, to take place from 24 to 26 March 2024 in West Kowloon Cultural District.
Art institutions from 11 countries in Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, the Arab world, Europe, the UK and the USA also signed the MOUs, including the Shanghai Museum, China; the Victoria and Albert Museum and Tate, UK; Centre Pompidou, France; the Leeum Museum of Art, South Korea; the Asian Film Archive, Singapore; and the Getty Conservation Institute, USA.
Henry Tang Ying-yen, chairman of the board of WKCDA, said: “We anticipate that the collaborations will take global arts and cultural discourse to the next level, sparking a new era of creativity and cultural connectivity for Hong Kong and … strengthening Hong Kong’s strategic role as the East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange.”
