An extensive exhibition titled Ai Weiwei. Don Quixote will open at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Castilla y León (MUSAC) in León, Spain, on November 9. This ambitious project showcases a variety of works, including large-scale installations, pieces created with toy bricks, and films. Spanning around 1,700 square meters—more than half of the museum’s…

Ai WeiWei just finished working on his latest installation entitled “Reframe”, a street piece built using 22 rubber boats presented on the façade of Palazzo Strozzi, a palace in Florence, Italy. The large orange life rafts are anchored to the the famous palace’s windows, in an effort to draw attention to the treatment of refugees in Europe who are risking their lives…

The world’s most renowned dissident artist, Ai Weiwei created the site-specific installation “Think Different (How to hang workers’ uniforms)” for the excellent OpenArt 2015. The 300-meter long work is a vivid comment on the harsh working conditions faced by factory workers in China, coupled with their mundane and repetitive tasks.The artwork consists of 375 workers’ uniforms, hanged…

Singapore’s based artist Zhao will be releasing his first ever screenprint this week, this cool looking Ai Weiwei as Mao print is titled “The Chairman”, it’s an edition of 41, measures 37x30cm, titled, signed and numbered by the artist. “I was inspired by how public offices have A3 photos of their leaders, gold framed to…

Earlier today, SAN stopped by Ai Weiwei newly opened exhibition in Paris “Interlacing” at the Jeu De Paume museum. “Interlacing” is the first major exhibition of photographs and videos by the Chinese artist, it foregrounds Ai Weiwei as the communicator: the documenting, analyzing, interweaving artist who communicates via many channels.Ai Weiwei already used photography in…