Robert Rauschenberg and Asia

EVENT DESCRIPTION

M+, Asia’s global museum of contemporary visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District (WestK) in Hong Kong, is pleased to present Robert Rauschenberg and Asia, the first exhibition dedicated to art by Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925–2008) created during and in response to his travels across Asia.

The exhibition highlights cross-cultural and cross-temporal artistic exchange, featuring more than forty pieces by the artist alongside select works by Asian artists in dialogue with his practice. Robert Rauschenberg and Asia is part of the museum’s Pao-Watari Exhibition Series, which is dedicated to key figures and moments in the history of Asian contemporary art and visual culture. Supported by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, it also is part of Rauschenberg 100, a year-long series of global activities celebrating the centennial of the artist’s birth.

The exhibition will open to the public from Saturday, 22 November 2025 to Sunday, 26 April 2026 in the Cissy Pui-Lai Pao and Shinichiro Watari Galleries in M+.

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

One of the most innovative and influential artists of the past century, Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925–2008) had a long association with Asia. An enthusiastic traveller from his youth, Rauschenberg was deeply impacted by the cultures with which he came into contact. His extended engagement with Japan began in the mid-1960s and his residency in India in 1975 inspired new approaches to working with materials and colour. After his first trip to China in 1982, he developed the Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI, 1984–1991), a global programme of travelling exhibitions and cultural dialogues.