M+, MoMA and Centre Pompidou sign three-way museum alliance

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThree of the biggest museums on Earth just signed a cultural alliance, and BBN has team coverage from Hong Kong, New York and Paris, all at once!

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThey signed a framework agreement at M+ in the West Kowloon Cultural District, the South China Morning Post reports. It's about lending each other art.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMoMA, the Pompidou and M+ will treat their holdings as one shared collection, curated by staff on three continents. Hank, that's a lot of continents.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's three.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd I'm told our fake live map is ready. Three glowing dots, one string between them, and a very serious sound effect.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBeautiful work, team.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Pompidou is in that alliance and closed for a five-year renovation. So one of the three partners is currently a construction site.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBut look at the schedule!

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorStarting in late twenty twenty-seven, major works from M+ go on long-term loan in MoMA's galleries, and a Pompidou gallery opens at MoMA in twenty twenty-eight.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the Pompidou's art gets to live in New York while the building gets fixed. That's the most sensible roommate arrangement I've ever read.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe Pompidou's president said, "If we succeed, we will be more than the sum of our parts." Hank, did you hear that?

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's my favorite thing anyone's said all year.