Three of the world's most prominent museums of modern and contemporary art have agreed to work as one. Hong Kong's M+, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York have announced a cultural alliance that will bring together their collections, exhibitions, programmes and research, under a framework agreement signed by the three directors on October 30.

The partnership keeps each institution independent while allowing far closer cooperation than the usual loan-by-loan arrangement. From late 2027, a selection of major works from M+ will go on long-term loan to galleries at MoMA, and in 2028 the Centre Pompidou will open a permanent gallery inside MoMA, giving the Paris museum a New York presence while its home building is closed for a five-year renovation scheduled to end in 2030. Further shared galleries at the other two institutions, along with joint programmes, are also under discussion.

The directors framed the alliance as a response to the limits of any single museum. MoMA director Christophe Cherix described the three institutions as embassies for one another, creating a gateway across three continents, while Centre Pompidou president Laurent Le Bon said no single institution can encompass the full scope of global creativity. M+ director Suhanya Raffel called the partnership a chance to shape a more cooperative and sustainable future for museums and to rethink how cultural narratives travel around the world.

The alliance builds on earlier bilateral agreements between the three museums. M+ and MoMA signed a memorandum of understanding on sharing collections and research in February 2025, and M+ and the Centre Pompidou announced a multiyear strategic partnership centred on exhibition development and exchange this May. The new three-way agreement turns those separate ties into a single long-term structure.