National security concerns weigh more than artistic expression at new centre for modern art
‘Paddling Home’ by Hong Kong artist Kacey Wong is displayed during a media preview at M+ visual culture museum in Hong Kong on November 11 2021. Picture: REUTERS/TYRONE SIUA senior Hong Kong cultural official said on Thursday that freedom of expression does not rank above a China-imposed national security law, on the eve of the opening of a contemporary art museum intended to put the city on the global cultural map.
Earlier this year, pro-Beijing politicians and media outlets criticised certain works in the M+ for breaching the national security law and inciting “hatred” against China, including a photograph by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, giving the middle finger in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. “I have no doubt that MoMA New York probably have artworks in their archives that would not be displayed today because it would not be politically acceptable in today’s environment,” Tang said.
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