Hong Kong’s M+ museum to show over 200 works by Zao Wou-Ki from December

Zao Wou-Ki with two of his Chinese paintings from 1994, photographed in Hong Kong in September 2003. -- Photo: K. Y. Cheng/SCMP

More than 200 works by Chinese-French master Zao Wou-Ki, one of the greatest abstract artists of the mid- to late-20th century, will be shown at Hong Kong’s M+ museum later this year.

The venue on Thursday said it was planning Asia’s first major retrospective of Zao’s graphic works with an exhibition tentatively titled “Zao Wou-Ki: Graphic Works”. It will showcase pieces including Lecture by Henri Michaux (1950), Piazza Siena (1951) and In Honour of the Picture and of Poetry (1976), from December 13 onwards.