Artlyst Photo Special: Ai Weiwei Among Contemporary Chinese Artists At OVADA
Artlyst attended OVADA in Oxford, as the Gallery and Development Agency presents its latest exhibition WASTELANDS, including the works of… Read More
20 July 2015
Artlyst attended OVADA in Oxford, as the Gallery and Development Agency presents its latest exhibition WASTELANDS, including the works of… Read More
20 July 2015
The Royal Academy of Arts and Ai Weiwei have mounted a Kickstarter campaign to enable a huge, site-specific work in… Read More
16 July 2015
WASTELANDS presents the works of eight artists who all have links to China or are of Chinese descent. This group… Read More
10 July 2015
A major international exhibition exploring the influence of Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei – two artistic innovators “known for their keen… Read More
4 July 2015
The mangled and twisted steel remains of the Sichuan earthquake of 2008, are to be a key installation at a… Read More
17 June 2015
Rhizome, the non-profit organisation affiliated with the New Museum has bought together two of the world’s most famous dissidents for… Read More
10 June 2015
Sculpture in the City, the dynamic yearly public art exhibition in the City of London, returns this summer with a… Read More
27 May 2015
The international artist Ai Weiwei along with the folk singer Joan Baez were presented as the joint recipients of Amnesty… Read More
25 May 2015
Jacob Appelbaum the notable Wikileaks and Tor Project activist has traveled to Beijing for five days to take part in a… Read More
28 April 2015
The top 2015 human rights award from Amnesty International – the non-governmental and non-profit organisation focused on human rights –… Read More
27 March 2015
Visitors to the Ai Weiwei’s exhibition on Alcatraz Island have sent nearly 50,000 postcards to incarcerated political prisoners worldwide since… Read More
26 February 2015
The newly relaunched Phillips Auctioneers have sold Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads, 2010 for £2.8m ($4.3m) at… Read More
16 February 2015
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei is planning to remotely direct a short film via Skype, although still living without a passport… Read More
9 February 2015
Phillips London’s Contemporary Art Evening sale on February 12 will host Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads (2010). The group… Read More
28 January 2015
In September 2015, hot on the heels of Anselm Kiefer, David Hockney, and Anish Kapoor, the Royal Academy will present… Read More
4 January 2015
The 6th annual Passion for Freedom Art Festival takes place in London from 5th -15th November in the Embassy Tea… Read More
7 November 2014
Ai Weiwei has caused a confused reaction from the fashion world after he responded to the request to photograph a… Read More
7 November 2014
The Blenheim Art Foundation presents Ai Weiwei in the first contemporary art exhibition in the rooms and gardens of the… Read More
30 September 2014
There is something resolutely apposite about Chinese activist-artist Ai Weiwei exhibiting in the derelict Alcatraz island prison, considering the artist’s… Read More
23 September 2014
The most extensive UK exhibition to date by the celebrated Chinese artist and social activist Ai Weiwei will be opening… Read More
28 August 2014
Maximo Caminero, a 51-year-old artist from the Dominican Republic has pleaded guilty to smashing a brightly painted Han Dynasty (206… Read More
15 August 2014
Ai Weiwei, the Chinese dissident artist has joined forces with the Navajo artist Bert Benally to create an innovative collaboration,… Read More
22 July 2014
Unique dataset using the names of victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China has been made available by the… Read More
13 June 2014
Threaded throughout the Lisson gallery’s mission statement, its essays on exhibited artists Ai Weiwei and Richard Long, is that very… Read More
12 June 2014
Two exhibitions of new work by the Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei have opened in the UK. The first at… Read More
27 May 2014
A row has broken out between the Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and a little known filmmaker, Jason Wishnow, over… Read More
30 April 2014
Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) is has announced a new exhibition by Ai Weiwei, opening in the Park’s newly refurbished 18th… Read More
17 April 2014
The conceptual Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has personally invited the Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit his exhibition in Berlin,… Read More
17 March 2014
Following his major retrospective in Miami, the Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei will pair with the British sculptor Richard Long… Read More
11 February 2014
The Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) opened to the public yesterday with an exhibition of the Chinese dissident artist Ai… Read More
6 December 2013
Eight works generously donated by leading contemporary artists are to be auctioned by Sotheby’s to benefit the Elton John AIDS… Read More
7 November 2013
Jailed artist/punk Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has disappeared without a trace, for nearly two weeks. In a scenario mirroring… Read More
4 November 2013