Suhanya Raffel Appointed Director of Hong Kong's M+ Museum, Succeeding Lars Nittve

Suhanya Raffel, the current director of collections at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, has been appointed as the new director of M+, a visual culture museum located in Hong Kong. She will take on this role in November 2016, succeeding Lars Nittve, who left in January 2016 due to dissatisfaction with the museum's extended development timeline. Raffel's background in Asian art and her leadership of the Asia Pacific Triennial have garnered favorable responses from several local art curators and galleries, who believe she is well-suited for the position. Nonetheless, her selection has sparked some criticism for choosing a non-local individual to lead the museum. This announcement was covered by The Art Newspaper on July 18, 2016, with a follow-up on July 20, 2016.