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Hong Kong’s M+ Museum is to give away thousands of tickets to its blockbuster Yayoi Kusama exhibition in the hope that it will help raise discussions about mental health
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 18 Apr 2023
The exhibition features more than 200 works by Yayoi Kusama including the Infinity Room installation Credit: M+ Museum
The M+ Museum in Hong Kong is to give away thousands of tickets to an exhibition by artist Yayoi Kusama as part of a new government scheme focused on mental health.
Called ‘Shall We Talk at M+’, the initiative forms part of a wider government outreach programme entitled ‘Shall We Talk’, which aims to encourage discussions about mental health.
It will see 10,000 tickets gifted to local students and will provide a guided tour of the exhibition. Students will be encouraged to express their thoughts about the artworks and will be able to take part in workshops where they can create their own works in response to Kusama.
“The workshop isn’t about talking about your feelings, it’s about expressing yourself through colour and shape. It’s not about making a perfect work, it’s about the process of creating,” Keri Ryan, head curator for learning and interpretation at M+ Museum, told the South China Morning Post.
The exhibition, titled ‘Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now’, features Asia’s largest collection of Kusama artworks outside of Japan, with more than 200 pieces, including drawings, paintings, installations and sculptures, on display. It will also include an area dedicated to Kusama’s self-portraits, where students will be asked to reflect on how self-image steadies over time but remains changeable.
“We’re not therapists, we can’t necessarily help anyone in that sense but we can help you to connect your own emotional expression to what you are experiencing,” Ryan added.
“We can help people feel more comfortable expressing themselves through making art or walking through the exhibition.”
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