Ai Weiwei is one of four artists who will represent Germany at the Venice Biennale in June. French newspaper Libération also recently reported some formerly top secret details about the Ai Weiwei affair in 2011 when the artist was arrested. Weiwei’s release was a result… Read More
Trade routes have connected the major centres of civilisation in Europe and Asia since antiquity. These routes not only made the exchange of goods possible, but also fostered cultural exchanges between distant regions. The group exhibition, ‘Trade Routes’, on view at Hauser & Wirth’s Piccadilly… Read More
Chinese-French abstract painter Zao Wou-Ki, a significant figure in 20th-century Chinese art, died Tuesday at his home in Switzerland aged 93, a lawyer for his wife told AFP. A lawyer for Zao’s son, who was in a legal battle with his father’s wife to obtain… Read More
Turn your speakers up to 11. Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei announced plans on Monday to release a heavy-metal album that he said would “express his opinion” just as he does with his art. The burly and bearded Ai said 81 days in secretive detention… Read More
“China is considering introducing legislation that means artists will receive royalty payments when their work is resold at auction. The droit de suite (artists’ resale right) clause is contained in the draft of a new copyright law soon to be submitted to China’s State Council,… Read More
The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art opens its 2013 program with ON | OFF: China’s Young Artists in Concept and Practice, agroundbreaking exhibition marking the most comprehensive survey to date of the generation of artists born after the death of Mao and the end of… Read More
Art Basel has a load of new videos and announced today the participation of 245 of the world’s leading galleries for its first edition in Hong Kong, taking place Thursday, May 23, to Sunday, May 26, 2013 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre… Read More
Ai Weiwei is China’s most famous international artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic. Against a backdrop of strict censorship and an unresponsive legal system, Ai expresses himself and organizes people through art and social media. In response, Chinese authorities have shut down his blog,… Read More
France’s Musee d’Orsay on Friday opened a major exhibition of paintings from the 19th century at the new modern art museum in China’s commercial hub of Shanghai, museum officials said Wednesday. Many of the 87 paintings by artists in the French Naturalism movement, including works… Read More
“The original got the whole world laughing. Now artist Anish Kapoor has gone Gangnam Style — in a protest against censorship. The Turner Prize winner gathered top British artists and performers at his Camberwell studio to make a version of rapper Psy’s hit video, in… Read More
