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Ai Weiwei

b. 1957, China

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Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Past, Present, and Future Ocula Conversation Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Past, Present, and Future By Rémy Jarry, Bangkok Following his second Cannes Jury Prize for Memoria, starring Tilda Swinton, Apichatpong Weerasethakul traces a life so far in art and cinema. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Mami Kataoka Ocula Conversation Mami Kataoka By Susan Acret, Sydney I feel one needs to ask, what role can a biennale have in 2018? Contemporary art copy fade Read More Dr Uli Sigg Ocula Conversation Dr Uli Sigg By Diana d'Arenberg, Hong Kong I'm very much a fan of the public institution. I think only the public institution can provide the long-term guarantee that it will continue to exist and it will be 'the' public memory. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Jens Faurschou Ocula Conversation Jens Faurschou By Anna Dickie, New York Instead of opening a gallery in New York where we would be just another gallery, I thought: let’s do it in Beijing where we can make a difference. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Gene Sherman & Suhanya Raffel Ocula Conversation Gene Sherman & Suhanya Raffel By Jane O'Sullivan, Sydney We batted it up and down and ended up with 'Go East', partly to upend east and west Contemporary art copy fade Read More Doryun Chong Ocula Conversation Doryun Chong By Anna Dickie, Hong Kong Contemporary art has broken down the boundaries of its traditional mediums, which points us in the direction of where a 21st-century museum should be going. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Doryun Chong Ocula Conversation Doryun Chong By Anna Dickie, Hong Kong Because we are an institution being born in the 21st Century, we cannot but be a global institution. Contemporary art copy fade Read More William Zhao Ocula Conversation William Zhao By Anna Dickie, Hong Kong We wanted to build something in Hong Kong that would support artists. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Alan Lo Ocula Conversation Alan Lo By Anna Dickie It is definitely beneficial to the local community to see a growing interest both regionally and internationally in Hong Kong artists. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Alan Lau Ocula Conversation Alan Lau By Anna Dickie Alan Lau, based in Hong Kong, is a member of the Tate's Asia-Pacific Acquisition Committee, sits on the board of Para/Site, has served as the 'Mayor' of Cao Fei's RMB City and helped bring Xu Bing's Forest Project to Hong Kong. Contemporary art copy fade Read More The Donum Collection: Sculpture Park Ocula Photolog The Donum Collection: Sculpture Park Home to one of the world's most impressive collections of outdoor sculpture, The Donum Estate in Northern California showcases more than 50 monumental artworks across 200 acres of land, including works by El Anatsui, Subodh Gupta, Louise Bourgeois, and Ai Weiwei. Contemporary art copy fade View More Ai Weiwei Creates Grrreat Rug to Boost Tiger Population Ocula News Ai Weiwei Creates Grrreat Rug to Boost Tiger Population London, 21 October 2022 Altogether, 12 artists made limited-edition rugs to raise funds for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Contemporary art copy fade Read More Outland Bridges Art World and NFTs With Fang Lijun Sale Ocula News Outland Bridges Art World and NFTs With Fang Lijun Sale Beijing, 1 March 2022 The platform signalled its contemporary art world aspirations with the hiring of Christopher Y. Lew, former curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and partnerships with established artists. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Frieze Los Angeles 2022: Exhibitions to See Ocula Feature Frieze Los Angeles 2022: Exhibitions to See By Elaine YJ Zheng, Los Angeles Ocula Magazine brings you the highlights to see during the 2022 edition of Frieze L.A. Contemporary art copy fade Read More The Magnificent Seven Art Sites: Yorkshire Sculpture Park Ocula Photolog The Magnificent Seven Art Sites: Yorkshire Sculpture Park Part of a series focusing on the world's best art sites, this Photolog features images from Yorkshire Sculpture Park in England. Located in the 500-acre Bretton Hall estate, it was the first sculpture park in the U.K. and is the largest of its kind in Europe. Yorkshire Sculpture Park together with Benesse Art Site on Naoshima Island in Japan, are... Contemporary art copy fade View More The Artists Leading Action on Climate Change During COP26 Ocula News The Artists Leading Action on Climate Change During COP26 Glasgow, 8 November 2021 Jenny Holzer, Mary Ellen Carroll, and Steuart Padwick are just a few of the artists urging action during the Glasgow summit. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Melissa Chiu Highlights Local Artists in the Hawai’i Triennial 2022 Ocula News Melissa Chiu Highlights Local Artists in the Hawai’i Triennial 2022 Honolulu, 18 October 2021 Announced today, the full list of participating artists includes Ai Weiwei, Theaster Gates, Sun Xun, and Liu Xiaodong. But which Hawaiian artists is curator Melissa Chiu most excited to show? Contemporary art copy fade Read More Ai Weiwei’s Self-Centred Activism Ocula Insight Ai Weiwei’s Self-Centred Activism By Sarah Messerschmidt, Porto Ai Weiwei's exhibition at Fundacão de Serralves attests to the artist's growing involvement in climate activism. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Stanley Donwood’s Radiohead Canvases Head to Christie’s Ocula News Stanley Donwood’s Radiohead Canvases Head to Christie’s London, 22 September 2021 Paintings made for the album Kid A will be part of an online auction and in-person exhibition this October. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Serpentine Offers £100,000 Step Up to POC Artists Ocula News Serpentine Offers £100,000 Step Up to POC Artists London, 3 August 2021 Ten London-based artists and collectives will each receive £10,000 to develop their creative ideas. Contemporary art copy fade Read More The Magnificent Seven Art Sites: Château La Coste Ocula Photolog The Magnificent Seven Art Sites: Château La Coste Part of a series focusing on the world's best art sites, this Photolog features images from Château La Coste located in Provence, France. Laid out across hectares of vineyards and fields, the site presents an extraordinary blend of contemporary art, architecture and wine culture. Contemporary art copy fade View More UCCA Edge Launches in Shanghai with Homage to 2000 Ocula Feature UCCA Edge Launches in Shanghai with Homage to 2000 By Hutch Wilco, Shanghai Since Beijing-based UCCA Center for Contemporary Art announced a new satellite museum in 2019, the opening of UCCA Edge in Shanghai has been hotly anticipated. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Bangkok Art Biennale Escapes Lockdown Ocula Feature Bangkok Art Biennale Escapes Lockdown By Rémy Jarry, Bangkok The second Bangkok Art Biennale brings together 217 artworks by 82 artists from 35 different countries across 10 venues in the capital. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Black Lives Matter Tops ArtReview Power 100 in 2020 Ocula News Black Lives Matter Tops ArtReview Power 100 in 2020 London, 3 December 2020 The list remains overwhelmingly dominated by people, institutions and movements in the Western world. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Ai Weiwei's Lego Cover of the Mueller Report Ocula Insight Ai Weiwei's Lego Cover of the Mueller Report By Sam Gaskin, Paris Presented by Cahiers d'Art, the cover has been divided into 108 tiles, suggesting the fragmentation of truth. Contemporary art copy fade Read More The Magnificent Seven Art Sites: MONA, Tasmania Ocula Photolog The Magnificent Seven Art Sites: MONA, Tasmania Part of a series focusing on the world's best art sites, this Photolog features images from MONA in Tasmania, Australia. Within its complex, MONA holds David Walsh's private collection of art and curio. Contemporary art copy fade View More Gallery Weekend Beijing: Exhibition Lowdown 2020 Ocula Feature Gallery Weekend Beijing: Exhibition Lowdown 2020 By Tessa Moldan, Beijing These are the exhibitions to catch across 798 Art District as part of Gallery Weekend Beijing. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Taipei Connections: Eleven Works to Collect Ocula Insight Taipei Connections: Eleven Works to Collect By Sam Gaskin, Taipei The Ocula team present picks from Taipei Connections, an online platform launched by Ocula and Taipei Dangdai. Contemporary art copy fade Read More The Latest: Snapchat Spin Paintings, Gonzalez-Torres Fortune Cookies, and More Ocula News The Latest: Snapchat Spin Paintings, Gonzalez-Torres Fortune Cookies, and More Hong Kong, 6 May 2020 This week's need-to-know art news, including the collapse of Sydney's Carriageworks, the winner of the Pulitzer-prize for criticism, and relaxed Kickstarter rules for institutions. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Taipei Dangdai 2020: Local and Global Ocula Feature Taipei Dangdai 2020: Local and Global By Penny Liu, Taipei At the second edition of Taipei Dangdai, global capital gestured towards Taipei's rising status in the global art world. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Taipei Lowdown: Shows to See in 2020 Ocula Feature Taipei Lowdown: Shows to See in 2020 By Tessa Moldan, Taipei As Taipei Dangdai returns for its second edition, we list a selection of shows across the city. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Local to Global: Gallery Weekend Beijing 2018 Ocula Feature Local to Global: Gallery Weekend Beijing 2018 By Bowen Li, Beijing Gallery Weekend Beijing, more than anything else, was about importing international art with a middlebrow elegance to a local audience. Contemporary art copy fade Read More One belt, one road, one biennale: Yinchuan's stand against cultural desertification Ocula Feature One belt, one road, one biennale: Yinchuan's stand against cultural desertification By Sam Gaskin, Yinchuan Over 70 artists from 33 countries are represented in the inaugural Yinchuan Biennale, which opened amidst scandal on 9 September. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Ai Weiwei Exhibitions in Beijing Ocula Photolog Ai Weiwei Exhibitions in Beijing For the first time in his life, the famous Chinese artist designs and realises a solo exhibition in his home country. Contemporary art copy fade View More Go East: The Gene & Brian Sherman Contemporary Asian Art Collection Ocula Feature Go East: The Gene & Brian Sherman Contemporary Asian Art Collection By Jane O’Sullivan, Sydney Go East is an exhibition of contemporary Asian art from the collection of Gene and Brian Sherman, who have figured in Australian cultural life for decades as both collectors and philanthropists. Contemporary art copy fade Read More Ai Weiwei 'Evidence' At The Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin Ocula Feature Ai Weiwei 'Evidence' At The Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin By Carmen Ansaldo, Berlin Ai Weiwei's current survey exhibition at the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin marks the artist's largest solo project to date, consuming 18 rooms and 3,000 square metres of the institution's floor space. Only open to the public since April, Evidence has already experienced an overwhelming reception that has become the standard for... Contemporary art copy fade Read More
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