The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, Paris's Centre Pompidou and Hong Kong's M+ have announced a long-term partnership that will bring their collections and teams into closer collaboration. Under the agreement, the institutions will approach their holdings as a shared collection, with curators across the three museums working together on exhibitions, research, conservation and professional development.
The partnership connects collections ranging from the hundreds of thousands of works held by MoMA and the Centre Pompidou to M+'s approximately 8,000 objects, including a major collection of contemporary Chinese art. Together, the museums currently welcome about 10 million in-person visitors and 125 million online visitors annually.
Exhibitions and exchanges ahead
Works from M+ are expected to go on long-term loan to MoMA's collection galleries from late 2027. A dedicated Centre Pompidou gallery is planned at MoMA for 2028, while related presentations at the partner museums are also being developed. Over the next five years, the institutions will co-organize an exhibition examining the idea of "the contemporary," featuring works from all three collections.
Curators from M+ and the Centre Pompidou will also join MoMA's C-MAP research program, which explores art histories beyond North America and Western Europe. A joint steering committee will guide the collaboration, with regular meetings and annual gatherings hosted in rotation by the museums.
The alliance builds on earlier partnerships between M+ and each institution, but aims to create programs together over the long term rather than focus on individual exhibitions. Sharing works could also help reduce repeated shipping and make art more accessible to audiences and museums in different regions. As museums increasingly seek global perspectives, this model may offer a more connected way to preserve, present and interpret art for the future.
