MoMA, Centre Pompidou, and M+ Announce Unprecedented Cultural Alliance

Christophe Cherix, the David Rockefeller Director of The Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA), Laurent Le Bon, President of Centre Pompidou in Paris, and Suhanya RaGel, Museum Director of M+ in Hong Kong, jointly announce that the three institutions have formed a new cultural alliance. They are uniting to bring their extraordinary collections to their respective audiences, develop co-organized exhibitions and programs, and deepen collaborative curatorial research and conservation, providing expanded opportunities for their combined 10 million annual in-person visitors and 125 million visitors online. While each institution will maintain its independence and identity, they will function together with greater capacities than are possible individually.

The museum leaders signed a Framework Agreement for the cultural alliance at an event held at M+ on October 30, 2026, in the presence of trustees and stakeholders of all three institutions.

Founded respectively in 1929, 1977, and 2021, MoMA, Centre Pompidou, and M+ have each introduced a new paradigm for collecting institutions dedicated to the art of their time. While spanning distinct origins, geographies, and cultural landscapes, the three complement one another in their commitment to public education and living artists, and together they hold an extraordinarily broad, deep, and multidisciplinary repository of 20th- and 21st-century creativity. With these resources and an unprecedented footprint across three continents, this cultural alliance will be able to expand how modern and contemporary art is understood, interpreted, and experienced in an increasingly interconnected world, reflecting how creative practice navigates and belongs to multiple cultures and drawing on collective expertise to amplify diverse perspectives.

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