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Rea, N. (2026, September 17). Suhanya Raffel. TIME. https://time.com/collection/time100-art/2026/suhanya-raffel/

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Suhanya Raffel, director of M+ in Hong Kong, has led the museum through significant challenges since its opening in 2019, including navigating government censorship and funding issues while defending artistic independence under the national security law. Despite these obstacles, she has successfully raised HKD130 million ($16.6 million) in private funds in 2025 and established global collaborations with institutions like MoMA and Centre Pompidou to enhance M+’s international standing.
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Suhanya Raffel, director of M+ in Hong Kong since its opening in 2021 during the COVID pandemic, has faced numerous challenges including government censorship and a funding crisis. Despite these obstacles, she has defended artistic independence under Hong Kong's national security law, which restricts critical views against China’s government. In 2025, M+ raised HKD130 million ($16.6 million) in private funds to compensate for shrinking public support and increasing scrutiny. Raffel has also secured global recognition by overseeing 15 major collaboration agreements, including recent deals with New York City’s Museum of Modern Art and Paris’s Centre Pompidou, to foster ongoing cultural exchanges beyond temporary exhibits or loans.

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🔮 Under the latter deal, the institutions will team up to commission new art and present a series of exhibitions in Hong Kong starting next year.
2026-09-17 · assertive framing · Suhanya Raffel
🔮 Alongside raising money for the new building and attracting patrons including Beyoncé, Golden created a $52 million endowment, ensuring the Studio Museum’s 9,000-work collection will be cared for well into the future.
2026-09-17 · assertive framing · Thelma Golden
🔮 In September, she will open her first solo show in Asia: a survey exhibition at Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun center, where signature works will be shown alongside a new performance in collaboration with the Hong Kong Ballet.
2026-09-17 · assertive framing · Anne Imhof
🔮 Following a critically lauded 2025 survey at the Pompidou in Paris, “Nothing Could Have Prepared Us—Everything Could Have Prepared Us,” Tillmans opened a solo show at the city’s Galerie Chantal Crousel in September, and is included in two major international biennials.
2026-09-17 · mixed framing · Wolfgang Tillmans
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At the same time, Raffel has managed to establish the museum’s global credibility, overseeing 15 major collaboration agreements to create ongoing exchanges of resources and research beyond one-off shows or loans, including recent deals with New York City’s Museum of Modern Art and Paris’s Centre Pompidou.
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🔮 Under the latter deal, the institutions will team up to commission new art and present a series of exhibitions in Hong Kong starting next year.
2026-09-17 · TIME
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The director of M+ in Hong Kong, Suhanya Raffel has navigated a whole career’s worth of challenges in just five years since it opened. asserted
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The museum she leads focuses on visual and digital culture, with recent exhibitions considering the internet’s influence on video art and the relationship between Picasso and four generations of Asian and Asian diasporic artists. asserted
exhibitions → lead → artists
Raffel opened the transdisciplinary institution during the COVID pandemic, in 2021, only to face growing government censorship and a funding crisis. asserted
Raffel → open → censorship
She has defended the need for artistic independence while operating under Hong Kong's national security law, which criminalizes anything deemed critical of China's government, including art. asserted
which → defend → art
Raffel has made strides in increasing private fundraising (M+ raised HKD130,000,000, or $16.6 million, in 2025), an ever-more-valuable skill amid shrinking public funding and mounting scrutiny in Hong Kong. asserted
M+ → make → Kong
At the same time, Raffel has managed to establish the museum’s global credibility, overseeing 15 major collaboration agreements to create ongoing exchanges of resources and research beyond one-off shows or loans, including recent deals with New York City’s Museum of Modern Art and Paris’s Centre Pompidou. asserted
Raffel → manage → Art
Under the latter deal, the institutions will team up to commission new art and present a series of exhibitions in Hong Kong starting next year. asserted
institutions → team → Kong
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