Ai Weiwei Big Brother Webcam Closed By Chinese Government

Ai Weiwei project censored by authorities in crackdownLess than 48 hours after Ai Weiwei announced the launch of a ‘Big Brother’ live feed from his home,the cameras have been shut down. Mr Ai placed four cameras in key rooms, replicating the surveillance...

Ai Weiwei April Solo Exhibition For Milan

The Lisson Gallery unveiled back in 2010 that it would be showing the work of the dissident Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei at its London gallery. The Milan branch of the gallery, which opened in September 2011, will consequently be hosting an exhibition ceramic and marble...
Yayoi Kusama To Headline Kiev Biennale Arsenale 2012

Yayoi Kusama To Headline Kiev Biennale Arsenale 2012

New artworks by Kusama and Phyllida Barlow, alongside major pieces by Ai Weiwei, Louise Bourgeois, Chapman Bros, and Paul McCarthy, to populate first Kiev international biennaleARSENALE 2012, the first international Kiev international Biennale, has today announced the...

Ai Weiwei I Wish I Never Designed Birds Nest

Stadium creator publicly regrets his part in the Beijing OlympicsAi Weiwei, the Chinese dissident artist has stated in a Japanese newspaper that he should never have helped the Communist Party to stage a successful Olympic Games. He regrets his contribution in...
Tate Purchases Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds Installation

Tate Purchases Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds Installation

Acquisition secures groundbreaking installation for British collectionTate Modern has acquired the Turbine Hall installation by Chinese dissident artist, Ai Weiwei. The sculpture titled,” Sunflower Seeds 2010″ is a work made up of ten tonnes of porcelain...