New Hong Kong museum will not show Ai Weiwei's Tiananmen photo: official

M Museum director Suhanya Raffel told the media earlier this month there would be 'no problem' showing works by dissident artists like Ai Weiwei. Photo: Reuters

A picture of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei flipping a middle finger in Tiananmen Square will not be shown at the opening of a prestigious new museum in Hong Kong, an official said recently.

Newly built on Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, the M+ Museum aims to rival Western contemporary heavyweights such as London's Tate Modern and New York's Museum of Modern Art.