Two famed water lily paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet go on display in Hong Kong from Friday in a free exhibition highlighting East-West cultural exchange. Titled “Blooming: the Art of Garden in East and West”, the show features more than 100 exhibits from the Art Institute of Chicago, Beijing’s Palace Museum, the Palace of Versailles and the Hong Kong Museum of Art. Museum director Maria Mok Kar-wing said it reflects the museum's diverse Hong Kong identity.
The Hong Kong Museum of Art in Tsim Sha Tsui opens a free exhibition titled “Blooming: the Art of Garden in East and West” from Friday. It features two famed water lily paintings by Claude Monet alongside over 100 exhibits exploring garden art across cultures.
Lenders include the Art Institute of Chicago, Beijing’s Palace Museum and the Palace of Versailles in Paris. The host museum contributes works by masters such as Zhang Daqian, Wen Zhengming and Wu Guanzhong, plus lacquerware, sculptures, ceramics, glassware and prints that reveal tastes of the powerful in different societies.
Director Maria Mok Kar-wing said: “The DNA of the museum is very Hong Kong … [with our collections showing] a diverse art world from the encounters between the East and the West, new and old.” She described it as part of the museum’s latest international collaboration.
The show underscores cultural bridges through garden-themed art and is free to the public, though its duration was not specified.