M+ and Copyright


M+ actively promotes respect for creators and creators’ rights and is committed to upholding the intellectual property rights of all copyright-holders. M+ seeks to obtain copyright-holders’ permission in advance of publishing images and other content, including on our non-commercial website. However, where rights-holders cannot be identified or their whereabouts remain unknown, M+ is obliged to strike a balance between:

  • upholding the rights of consent of creators and copyright-holders
  • advancing knowledge of its collections of visual culture among the general public.

    • M+ has decided, on a case-by-case basis, that the responsible balance is to show certain of these works on our non-commercial website and to respectfully invite contact from rights-holders.

    If you are a rights-holder and are concerned with material on this website, for which you have not granted permission (or which is not covered by a copyright exception under the Copyright Ordinance CAP 528 please contact M+ in writing stating the following:

    1. Your contact details
    2. The full details of the material’s creator
    3. The exact and full web address (URL) where you found the material
    4. Proof that you are the rights-holder and a statement that, under penalty of perjury, you are the rights-holder or are an authorised representative.

    If you have contact details of copyright-holders for the following artists (the list, below, will be updated periodically), please email rights@mplus.org.hk.

    Yi Ming
    Chang Qing
    Chen Guanghui
    Chen Ke
    Chen Yuyu
    Dai Guangyu
    Deng Hua
    Du Yan
    Hu Xiangdong
    Huang Zhigen
    Ji Huai
    Jing Wei
    Li Luming
    Li Wen
    Lee Xe
    Liu Jun
    Liu Yu
    Shi Jing
    Sun Guoqi
    Tang Kaizhi
    Wang Qing
    Wen Ya
    Wu Yunhua
    Xu Hong
    Xu Jia
    Yin Yanhua
    Zhang Bin
    Zhang Fazhi
    Zhang Jun
    Zhao Ling
    Zhou Nan
    Wei Dezhong
    Cai Shangxiong
    Chen Ling
    Chen Jie
    Du Xiuxian
    Hong Ke
    Hou Bo
    Hu Yang
    Jiang Shaowu
    Kou Shanqin
    Lu Beifeng
    Lu Xiangyou
    Meng Zhaorui
    Qiu Yan
    Ru Suichu
    Shi Xunfeng
    Qian Sijie
    Tang Desheng
    Wang Wenlan
    Wei Dong
    Yang Shaoming
    Yang Shizhong
    Yin Fukan
    Yong He
    Yu Haibo
    Zhang Yaxin
    Zhou Yue
    Zhang Xinmin
    Zhao Qunying
    Zhu Yan
    Zuo Jiazhong
    S. F. Dan
    Lin Hsiang-hsiu
    Lin Fengqing
    Chan Yu-kui
    Chan Shau-u
    David Ching
    Tam Kwok-kwan
    Lai Shiu-fong
    Yung Chai-yee
    Shum Kung-sik
    Wang De
    Cheng Tat
    Chew Kam-chiu
    C. F. Hsu, Frank
    Iwao Yamawaki
    Jerry Kwan
    Pia
    Yuan Xiutang
    Mi Gu
    Lang Jingshan
    Wu Yinxian