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Madame Song: Pioneering Art and Fashion in China by M+, West Kowloon Cultural District at West Gallery, M+ Museum, in 29 July 2023 – 14 April 2024. You can view the Madame Song: Pioneering Art and Fashion in China event venue, event theme, etc. on this page.


  • Festivals Event Name: Madame Song: Pioneering Art and Fashion in China
  • Related Themes: Museums / Galleries / Public Spaces
  • Organiser(s): M+, West Kowloon Cultural District
  • Festival Description: This special exhibition is the world’s first-ever museum exhibition devoted to the legendary Song Huai-Kuei, a revered figure in Chinese art, film, music and fashion from the 1980s to the 2000s. The exhibition sheds light on Madame Song’s fascinating multiple identities and professional pursuits. It features more than 320 objects, including rare archival materials, clothing designed by prominent fashion designers, movie costumes and footage, artworks, and large-scale tapestry installations. The exhibition chronicles Song’s life and work from the 1950s to the early 2000s and reveals Song’s previously overlooked and underestimated influence on transforming China through the Reform and Opening-up in the 1980s into the cosmopolitan and culturally diverse society we know today.
    Photo 1 & 4 | Installation view of
    Madame Song: Pioneering Art and Fashion in China
    , 2023; Photo: Dan Leung; Courtesy of M+, Hong Kong
    Photo 2 & 3 | Installation view of
    Madame Song: Pioneering Art and Fashion in China
    , 2023; Garments: Pierre Cardin Archives; Photo: Lok Cheng; Courtesy of M+, Hong Kong
    Photo 5 | Song Huai-Kuei in a Pierre Cardin evening dress at Maxim’s Beijing, 1985; Photo: © Yonfa
  • Festival Date: 29 July 2023 – 14 April 2024
  • Festival Time: Tuesdays to Thursdays and weekends: 10am to 6pm
    Fridays: 10am to 10pm
    Mondays: Closed
    Open on all public holidays unless otherwise announced.
    *M+ will stay open on 1 January 2024 (Monday).
  • Venue Remarks: West Gallery, M+ Museum
  • Ticketing: Please refer to event website for details.
  • Ticket_Price: Standard ticket: HK$140;
    Concessionary ticket: HK$70;
    Children ages 6 and below do not need to purchase ticket
  • Website: www.mplus.org.hk/sc/exhibitions/madame-song-pioneering-art-and-fashion-in-china
  • Tel: 2200 0217
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