Alliance launched Oct. 30 with framework agreement

Museums plan to share collections, co-organize exhibitions

(From left) Christophe Cherix, David Rockefeller Director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York; Suhanya Raffel, director of M+ in Hong Kong; and Laurent Le Bon, president of the Centre Pompidou in Paris. [Provided by Centre Pompidou]
(From left) Christophe Cherix, David Rockefeller Director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York; Suhanya Raffel, director of M+ in Hong Kong; and Laurent Le Bon, president of the Centre Pompidou in Paris. [Provided by Centre Pompidou]

Three of the world's leading contemporary art museums — in New York, Paris and Hong Kong — have formed an alliance to share collections, co-organize exhibitions and deepen institutional cooperation.

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Centre Pompidou and M+ jointly announced the launch of the "Cultural Alliance" on Oct. 30 and signed a framework agreement, MoMA said Monday.

The three museums plan to share works from their collections with each other's visitors and to strengthen collaboration in joint exhibitions and programming, curatorial research, and collection management and conservation. Together, the institutions aim to reach a combined annual audience of 10 million in-person visitors and about 125 million online visitors with a broader range of opportunities.

"Through this Cultural Alliance, each institution will serve as an embassy for the others, acting as a great gateway into three continents, and museum visitors will be able to experience all three institutions in a deep and expansive way," MoMA Director Christophe Cherix said. "This cultural solidarity will not only extend our influence to an unprecedented level, but will also lay the groundwork for a synergy greater than what each institution could achieve on its own."

Centre Pompidou President Laurent Le Bon said no single institution can encompass the full breadth of global creativity on its own. "We want to work together in a more transversal way," he said. "Through long-term loans from our collections, we will raise the quality of our exhibitions and present major artists and movements with greater depth."

M+ Director Suhanya Raffel said the alliance would strengthen cooperation among three museums that share a commitment to artistic innovation and civic engagement through research and exchange. "I hope this becomes an opportunity to open new possibilities for both artists and visitors, to lay the foundation for a future of sustainable and expanding collaboration between our institutions, and to reimagine how cultural narratives can resonate across the world," Raffel said.


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