Announcement
A Series at the Hirshhorn and Newseum Focuses on Art & Free Speech
Presented in association with the exhibition Ai Weiwei: Trace, this conversation series will include perspectives from artists, journalists, activists, and academics.
Ai Weiwei
Announcement
Ai Weiwei Creates Special Edition Artworks for Public Art Fund, Exclusively Available on eBay
A collaboration between eBay for Charity and Public Art Fund (PAF), 100% of proceeds will benefit PAF’s Ai Weiwei exhibition, Good Fences Make Good Neighbors.
Art
Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron Turn Surveillance into a Gimmick
Their new installation at the Park Avenue Armory features drones and facial-recognition technology, yet seems to have no politics at all.
Art
Weighing Ai Weiwei's Work Amid Butterflies and Botanical Life
Does the political content of his art translate to a botanical garden and sculpture park in Michigan?
Art
Ai Weiwei Floats a New Project About the Refugee Crisis
Conceived in response to the current humanitarian disaster, Law of the Journey is rooted in the artist's research while on location at refugee camps in Greece
Art
15 Artists, Shows, and Works Censored in 2016
Here's a look at some of this year’s acts of art censorship.
Art
Ai Weiwei Explores the Scale of Crisis in Four Large Installations
Four Ai Weiwei shows across Manhattan explore the aesthetics of crisis and the deluge that might consume us.
Art
From Fluxus to Selfies, Photographs that Blur the Performative and the Real
LONDON — Five figures stand cocooned in the radiating steel cables of the Brooklyn Bridge — four of them are naked and covered in painted spots, hanging out beneath a banner that reads “SELF-OBLITERATION.”
Opinion
Ai Weiwei’s Photo Reenacting a Child Refugee's Death Should Not Exist
I see this image and I wonder.
In Brief
Ai Weiwei Withdraws Art from Two Danish Museums in Protest of Controversial Immigration Law
Ai Weiwei has withdrawn his art from two museums in Denmark to protest a law passed yesterday by the Danish parliament viewed by many as an anti-immigration measure.
Art
Paris Department Store Kite Display Marks New Low for Ai Weiwei
PARIS — Like a good student of the bottomless pit of fashion, Ai Weiwei has delivered big on his latest class assignment.
Art
A Portrait of a Chinese Ghost Town on the Verge of New Life
The district of Kangbashi in Inner Mongolia, China, is famous for its emptiness.