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Fotografiska opens a photo museum in Shenzhen
The museum is on the third floor of Shenzhen Bay MIXC and covers about five thousand three hundred square metres; the ceiling is the dramatic part.

At a glance
- First reported by South China Morning Post: “‘Hong Kong would be impossible.’ Why the newest Fotografiska photo museum is in Shenzhen”.
- Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at 6:36 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Hank Ledger and Rosa Ticks.
- Topics: Hong Kong.
- BBN covered this story before: Hong Kong rethinks sustainable dining after Michelin drops Green Star (October 18).
The real story
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- South China Morning Post‘Hong Kong would be impossible.’ Why the newest Fotografiska photo museum is in Shenzhen
What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe photography museum Fotografiska has opened a new location in Shenzhen, its fifth worldwide and its second in China, the South China Morning Post reports.

Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterTHIS IS TEAM COVERAGE, HANK! Five exhibition spaces, fifty-three hundred square metres, and I can smell the gift shop coffee from here!

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAbout fifty-three hundred square metres, on the third floor of a mall.

Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterOne room has a ceiling twelve metres high, for oversized works! That's the high ground, Hank! We have to take it!

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the pictures are big. And the opening shows include one called ToiletFotoPaperGrafiska.

Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterRecap! Stockholm, then Shanghai, now Shenzhen, a technology city of sleek high-rises!

Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterThe museum's director, Christian Devillers, says Shenzhen represents one of the most energetic and forward-looking cities in Asia!

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIs anyone in danger?

Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterOnly your wallet! A regular ticket is sixty yuan, forty-eight for concessions, and it stays open until eleven at night!

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSixty yuan, open until eleven at night. That's the whole threat.
The story so far
- ‘Father of Lan Kwai Fong’ Allan Zeman pivots to luxury homes · SCMP
- Rare Van Gogh painting in Hong Kong; Forbidden City workshops · South China Morning Post
- Hong Kong rethinks sustainable dining after Michelin drops Green Star · South China Morning Post
- Fotografiska opens a photo museum in Shenzhen (this story)
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