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3,798 posts

Ai Weiwei is free to travel again

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/23/world/asia/ai-weiwei-chinese-artist-and-provocateur-is-given-back-his-passport.html

#not aiww #passport

Ai Weiwei brings heavy artwork ‘Straight’ to London

installing 90 Tons of Steel at London's Royal Academy of Arts the exhibition opens on September 19th.

https://news.artnet.com/in-brief/ai-weiwei-london-royal-academy-308449

published by Amah-Rose Abrams

June, 17th 2015

on artnetnews

#not aiww 'Royal Academy of Arts'#'Straight'

The Art of Dissent

Ai Weiwei and Jacob Appelbaum collaborate on an art project.

A film by Laura Poitras

posted on June, 9th 2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/opinion/the-art-of-dissent.html?_r=1

Ai Weiwei first-ever solo exhibition in China

Still being barred from leaving the country and after a series of remote exhibition making Ai Weiwei chooses a subtle approach in his first solo art show named ‘Ai Weiwei’ in China

http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/08/ai-weiwei-solo-exhibition-china-beijing/?_r=1

posted by Amy Qin

June, 8th 2015

on Sinosphere, The New York Times

#not aiww #'Ai Weiwei'

Ai Weiwei gives an interview

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/spiegel-interview-with-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-a-1034661.html#spRedirectedFrom=www&referrrer=

#notaiww #der spiegel

Ai Weiwei along with Joan Baez is honored by Amnesty International

Since Ai Weiwei is still banned from leaving China his six year old son Ai Lao went onstage in Berlin last Thursday to receive the award on behalf of his father.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/22/joan-baez-ai-weiwei-amnesty-international

published May, 22nd 2015

by Nadja Sayej

The Guardian

#not aiww #Amnesty International #Ambassador of Conscience

With his passport still confiscated, Ai Weiwei is into film making remotely

http://jingdaily.com/ai-weiwei-exclusive-interview-working-with-hollywood-remotely/

published on February 27th, 2015

by Liz Flora

Why, according to Ai Weiwei, Lego is a perfect tool for dissent

http://de.phaidon.com/agenda/art/articles/2014/october/30/what-ai-weiwei-told-the-new-yorker/

During an online conversation with Evan Osnos from the New Yorker Ai Weiwei explains why he admires Andy Warhol, how he uses Lego bricks and how the Internet became his country.

published November 2014

on Phaidon Club

#notaiww #The New Yorker

River crabs gone wild: Ai Weiwei's He Xie- a sea of porcelain crabs in Blenheim Palace

Ai Weiwei at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, UK from 1 October to 14 December 2014

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/sep/26/ai-weiwei-among-greats-opulence-blenheim

published on September, 26th 2014

by Jonathan Jones

The Guardian

#notaiww #'Blenheim Palace'#river crabs

@Large: Aiweiwei's new art show in Alcatraz

opening on September 27th his new art show in the former prison is featuring Lego models of 175 prisoners of conscience from Edward Snowden to Nelson Mandela and a giant rainbow dragon

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/sep/24/ai-weiwei-alcatraz-lego-extraordinary

published September 24th, 2014

by Jason Farago

in The Guardian

#notaiww #@Large #alcatraz

Ai Weiwei on his new art installation: @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz

http://www.for-site.org/project/ai-weiwei-alcatraz/

including a video interview with Ai Weiwei

posted on Art in the Parks

#@notaiww #art in the parks #@Large: Ai Weiwei on alcatraz

Ai Weiwei's essay on self-censorship

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/19/ai-weiwei-self-censorship-ullens_n_5509225.html

published on June 19th, 2014 in the Huffington Post

#notaiww #huffington post #self-censorship

Ai Weiwei- Legs up!

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jun/13/ai-weiwei-leg-gun-photo-instagram-protest-meme

#notaiww #the guardian #leg gun pose

Ai Weiwei gives an interview to BBC hardtalk

"If you let the people have the voting ticket, I'll shut up."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n3cstlkr

#notaiww #bbc hardtalk interview

Ai Weiwei erased from art show in Shanghai

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/ai-weiwei-erased-from-show-in-shanghai/?_php=true&_type=blogs&smid=tw-share&_r=0

by Austin Ramzy

published 29th of April, 2014

on Arts Beat/ New York Times

#notaiww #shanghai art show

Ai Weiwei says the film 'The Sandstorm' misused his copyright

http://www.worldipreview.com/news/ai-weiwei-claims-futuristic-film-misused-his-copyright-6571

published on World Intellectual Property Review

April 29th, 2014

#notaiww #copyright #'sandstorm'

Ai Weiwei as an actor

In a secretly shot short sci-fi directed by Jason Wishnow Ai Weiwei makes his acting debut playing a water smuggler.

http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2014/04/ai-weiwei-makes-acting-debut-secret-sci-fi-short/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+chinadigitaltimes%2FbKzO+%28China+Digital+Times+%28CDT%29%29

posted April, 8th 2014 on China Digital Times

by Samuel Wade

#notaiww #the sand storm #jason wishnow

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