

A park comprising pavilions of widely differing forms, sizes, and functions is now under construction in Jinhua. The theme of each pavilion was chosen by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. The architectural concepts developed for the new city center of th
Every summer since the year 2000, a different architect has been responsible for creating the Serpentine Gallery’s Pavilion, located by the permanent building in Kensington Gardens, an area inside London’s Hyde Park. In 2012, the gallery commissioned
Miquel Adriá. Un conjunto de singulares piezas diseñadas por artistas y arquitectos, que ordenan y pautan simbólicamente el territorio, se desperdigan a lo largo de los 117 kilómetros de la Ruta del Peregrino, en México.
Used to visiting architecture exhibitions in which buildings are interpreted through plans, drawings and models, the organizers of this event – CIPEA, China International Practical Exhibition of Architecture – tried to make a change and show building
In advance of the exhibition ‘Ai Weiwei: Trace,’ which will make its Los Angeles debut this spring at the Skirball Cultural Center, a virtual talk presenting the artist-activist in conversation with Skirball curator Yael Lipschutz is premiering on Su
In 2011, Chinese authorities detained the artist Ai Weiwei at a Beijing airport, seizing his passport, laptops and hard drives from his studio and imprisoning him for 81 days without formal charges. The allegation was “economic crimes,” but many saw
Château La Coste, in partnership with Luise Faurschou, is pleased to announce an exhibition with Ai Weiwei to celebrate the artist’s new, permanent work on the vineyard. Over the past two years, Ai Weiwei has been developing...
The Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has wrapped the six front columns of the Konzerthaus of Berlin with thousands of orange life vests salvaged from refugees arriving on the Greek island of Lesbos in their massive and often tragic attempts to r
On view at the CAAC in Seville, Resistance and Tradiction is the first anthology on the artist Ai Weiwei ever to be offered in a Spanish Museum.
Descubrir la huella permanente dejada por la cimentación de edificios concebidos para ser efímeros es el objeto —poético y un tanto paradójico a la vez— del nuevo pabellón para la Galería Serpentine, que acaba de inaugurarse en Londres y que podrá vi
Ai weiwei has carpeted the Tate Modern in London with 100 million sunflower seeds. Made of porcelain and painted individually by an army of 1,600 craftsmen, the delicate ceramic seeds cover the floor of the huge Turbine Hall with a thick layer that
Tras permanecer casi dos meses en paradero desconocido, el artista y disidente político Ai Weiwei ha sido liberado, bajo fianza, por la policía china, que ha justificado su decisión tanto en la buena actitud del artista como en las enfermedades cróni
Ai Weiwei ha alfombrado la Tate londinense con cien millones de pipas de girasol. Realizadas en porcelana y pintadas una a una por un ejército de 1.600 artesanos, las delicadas semillas cerámicas cubren el suelo de la gigantesca Sala de Turbinas con
La galería de arte contemporáneo Ivorypress Art Books de Madrid inauguró en mayo la exposición del polémico artista y arquitecto chino Ai Weiwei, Ways Beyond Art. Dirigida por Elena Ochoa y diseñada por Norman Foster, la galería abrió sus puertas el
The Bird’s Nest, Herzog & de Meuron in China, de Christoph Schaub y Michael Schindhelm, esboza un retrato de noventa minutos sobre el proceso de construcción del Estadio Olímpico de Pekín y el diseño del área residencial y parque de Jinhua. El docume
Ai Weiwei es una figura fundamental del arte chino contemporáneo gracias a su prolífica y heterogénea obra: fundador de uno de los primeros grupos de arte no oficial, comisario, editor y arquitecto paisajista, ha vivido en primera persona la evolució
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