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Fiona Sun

After more than four years of expansion work and renovations, the Hong Kong Museum of Art on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront reopens to the public on Saturday, with 11 new exhibitions and collections comprising more than 17,000 items in total.
The museum closed in August 2015 for work to increase exhibition space and upgrade facilities.
The exhibition area expanded by about 40 per cent from around 7,000 square metres (75,350 sq ft) to about 10,000 square metres, while the number of galleries increased from seven to 12.
“We are happy to present to the public 11 new exhibitions representing our museum’s four core collections together,” says museum director Maria Mok Kar-wing.

The city’s first public art museum, established in 1962, has built a rich collection of works encompassing four main areas – Chinese painting and calligraphy, Chinese antiquities, China trade art, and modern and Hong Kong art.
Hong Kong Museum of Art to close for HK$930m expansion
Among the 11 new exhibitions is “Ordinary to Extraordinary: Stories of the Museum”, featuring gems from its collections. The museum has hand-picked 20 exceptional works curated from its four core collections, and behind each masterpiece lies a story or a little known anecdote about the artists and artworks.
“Through this exhibition, we want to select some of our best collections, and share small, seemingly ordinary stories to illustrate something big and extraordinary,” Mok says.

Another highlight is “A Sense of Place: from Turner to Hockney” – the first special exhibition after the museum reopens.
Jointly organised by the museum and Britain’s Tate, the display features 76 works from the British institution’s world-famous collection that illustrate the remarkable development of British landscape painting and its influence on European art from the 17th century to the present day.
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Paintings on display include those by landscape masters J.M.W. Turner and John Constable, and contemporary artist David Hockney’s largest painting.
“Visitors in Hong Kong have this opportunity and luxury to appreciate the great works by these great artists,” says museum curator Apo Wu Pui-shan, who is in charge of learning and international programmes.
Wu says works of Turner and Constable were previously on show in Beijing and Shanghai, but about 45 per cent of those on display in Hong Kong are different from previous exhibitions.
Also on show are works by Wu Guanzhong to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Chinese painter’s birth.
Selected works from the Chih Lo Lou Collection and the Xubaizhai Collection – two of Hong Kong’s foremost collections of Chinese painting and calligraphy – are also exhibited.

Meanwhile, large-scale outdoor installations of interactive artworks, based on themes of nature and landscape, are for the first time featured at the Art Square at Salisbury Garden since the museum’s expansion. The museum intends to dissolve the concept of museum walls and expand its interaction with audiences outside, Mok says.
For a better experience, the museum allows visitors to buy e-tickets and make online reservations for admission time slots. A “smart price” scheme enables visitors to save HK$8 (US$1) per ticket if they buy them through the online ticketing system Urbtix, mobile application or telephone.


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Hong Kong Museum of Art to reopen to public on Saturday after four years of expansion and renovations

The Hong Kong Museum of Art in Tsim Sha Tsui was closed for four years for expansion and renovations. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Hong Kong Museum of Art, Tsim Sha Tsui. 29NOV19 SCMP / Jonathan Wong

(L-R) "Chain Pier, Brighton" by John Constable; and "The Harbour of Brest: The Quayside and Chateau" by Joseph Mallord William Turner, on exhibit at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Tsim Sha Tsui. 29NOV19 SCMP / Jonathan Wong

"Cloud... virtual" by Kum Chi-keung, on exhibit at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Tsim Sha Tsui. 29NOV19 SCMP / Jonathan Wong

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Museum was closed in August 2015 to increase exhibition space and upgrade facilities
After renovation, it has 40 per cent more exhibition space and five new galleries



Renovated museum will open with 40 per cent more exhibition space and five new galleries.


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Hong Kong Museum of Art to reopen to public on Saturday after four years of expansion and renovations

Museum was closed in August 2015 to increase exhibition space and upgrade facilities After renovation, it has 40 per cent more exhibition space and five new galleries

Museum was closed in August 2015 to increase exhibition space and upgrade facilities

After renovation, it has 40 per cent more exhibition space and five new galleries