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Canton Modern: Art and Visual Culture, 1900s–1970 - Hong Kong Festival Events

Canton Modern: Art and Visual Culture, 1900s–1970 by M+, West Kowloon Cultural District at Main Hall Gallery, M+, West Kowloon Cultural District, in 28 June – 5 October 2025. You can view the Canton Modern: Art and Visual Culture, 1900s–1970 event venue, event theme, etc. on this page.


  • Festivals Event Name: Canton Modern: Art and Visual Culture, 1900s–1970
  • Related Themes: Museums / Galleries / Public Spaces - West Kowloon Cultural District
  • Organiser(s): M+, West Kowloon Cultural District
  • Festival Description: This exhibition presents the complexity of twentieth-century Cantonese art and visual culture as an important chapter in global modernism. Sharing a linguistic and cultural identity, the southern port cities of Guangzhou and Hong Kong have historically been marginal in China. As the birthplace of revolution, these cities fostered a distinctive visual and artistic modernism shaped by cross-cultural interactions and the tensions between conservative and progressive art worlds. Bringing together over 200 works from institutional and private collections, many on public display for the first time, Canton Modern recovers a deeply rooted local story with contemporary global resonance.
    Photo 1 | Installation view of
    Canton Modern: Art and Visual Culture, 1900s–1970s
    , 2025 | Photo: Lok Cheng | Image courtesy of M+, Hong Kong
    Photo 2 | Installation view of
    Canton Modern: Art and Visual Culture, 1900s–1970s
    , 2025 | Photo: Wilson Lam | Image courtesy of M+, Hong Kong
    Photo 3 | Installation view of
    Canton Modern: Art and Visual Culture, 1900s–1970s
    , 2025 | Photo: Dan Leung | Image courtesy of M+, Hong Kong
  • Festival Date: 28 June – 5 October 2025
  • Festival Time: 10am to 6pm, Tuesday to Thursday and Saturday to Sunday;
    10am to 10pm, Friday;
    Closed on Monday
  • Venue Remarks: Main Hall Gallery, M+, West Kowloon Cultural District
  • Ticketing: Please refer to event website for detail
  • Ticket_Price: Standard: HK$240
  • Website: www.mplus.org.hk/sc/exhibitions/canton-modern-art-and-visual-culture
  • Tel: 2200 0217
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