Kevin L.
Yelp
1 star would have been a bit harsh. I'll give it a 2 stars, but also tell quite frankly that you that you missed nothing during this 3-year renovation period.
There's a lack of diversity, that's for sure. About 90% of the art pieces were from Hong Kong / Chinese artists. I know it's difficult to acquire some paintings by Monet or a sculpture by Degas, but there are an everlasting list of upcoming artists all over the world and a museum shouldn't limit its acquisition within two regions with arts of (relatively speaking) less importance and impact. *IF* that's intentional to limit the collections within the regions, then this museum is very unappealing to visitors, to say the least.
And naturally follows, there's a lack of theme. Was it a MoMA? Not really. Contemporary art? Might be. Visual / multi media art? Well there were a couple of TVs surely. But it certainly looked more like a random collection of arts came in handy.
And the worst? The lack of space. Probably one of of the tiniest art museum I have ever visited. If you were looking for somewhat larger art installments, you would be very disappointed. They had a few special exhibitions every now and then, and some of them used to be very good. Notably Impressionism exhibition in 2005, "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" (清明上河圖) exhibition in 2007, Louis Vuitton exhibition in 2009, etc. But these successful special exhibitions only made the regular exhibition even more dull.
Let's hope it comes back strong in 2019.