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    Ai Weiwei designs large-scale camouflage installation for New York

    Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has designed a large-scale installation with camouflage netting for the launch of the Art X Freedom public art program on Roosevelt Island in New York City. More about Ai Weiwei designs large-scale camouflage installation for New York

    Ellen Eberhardt | 25 April 2025 | Leave a comment
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    Every recognisable object is a "political work" says Ai Weiwei

    Multidisciplinary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei tells Dezeen why he thinks all objects have political significance in this exclusive interview. More about Every recognisable object is a "political work" says Ai Weiwei

    Jane Englefield | 7 August 2023 | Leave a comment
  • Photo of stones and design objects at the Ai Weiwei exhibition

    Five architecture and design events in July from Dezeen Events Guide

    UIA World Congress of Architects and the Ai Weiwei: Making Sense exhibition are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this July. More about Five architecture and design events in July from Dezeen Events Guide

    Sophie Chapman | 30 June 2023
  • Ai Weiwei at Design Museum London

    "The most important factor in design is time and place" says Ai Weiwei

    Design objects are a reflection of the issues humans face over time, says Ai Weiwei in this conversation with curator Justin McGuirk filmed exclusively by Dezeen for London's Design Museum. More about "The most important factor in design is time and place" says Ai Weiwei

    Jane Englefield | 25 May 2023 | Leave a comment
  • Ai Weiwei's Making Sense exhibition at the Design Museum

    Video reveals Ai Weiwei's Making Sense exhibition at the Design Museum

    Take a sneak peek at Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's first design-focused exhibition in this video created by Dezeen at the Design Museum in London. More about Video reveals Ai Weiwei's Making Sense exhibition at the Design Museum

    Tom Ravenscroft | 6 April 2023 | Leave a comment
  • Making Sense by Ai Weiwei

    Ai Weiwei's first design exhibition celebrates "how life goes on" after the pandemic

    Hundreds of thousands of cannonballs, donated Lego bricks and a marble toilet roll feature in Making Sense, the first design-focussed exhibition by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at London's Design Museum. More about Ai Weiwei's first design exhibition celebrates "how life goes on" after the pandemic

    Jane Englefield | 5 April 2023 | Leave a comment
  • Ai Wei Wei Life Jackets Quebec City

    Ai Weiwei covers historic Quebec City rampart in refugee life jackets

    Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has formed a wall from 2,000 life jackets that were used by Syrian refugees while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea as part of an installation in Quebec City. More about Ai Weiwei covers historic Quebec City rampart in refugee life jackets

    Ben Dreith | 16 August 2022 | Leave a comment
  • View of Ai Weiwei's cage-like Arch sculpture

    Ai Weiwei unveils cage-like Arch installation in Stockholm

    Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's steel sculpture Arch has been installed outside the Nationalmuseum gallery in Stockholm, ahead of getting a permanent home in the city. More about Ai Weiwei unveils cage-like Arch installation in Stockholm

    Cajsa Carlson | 12 July 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Salt Point Residence by Reddymade and Ai Weiwei

    Reddymade and Ai Weiwei add hexagonal extension to Salt Point home

    Architecture studio Reddymade has collaborated with Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei to design a corrugated metal extension with hexagonal ends for a weekend home in Salt Point, New York. More about Reddymade and Ai Weiwei add hexagonal extension to Salt Point home

    Jon Astbury | 11 August 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Ai Weiwei designs blue footprint flag to encourage people to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

    Ai Weiwei designs footprint flag as a symbol for human rights

    Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has designed a light blue flag with a white footprint, to raise awareness about the importance of human rights. More about Ai Weiwei designs footprint flag as a symbol for human rights

    Natashah Hitti | 10 December 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Ai Weiwei's Beijing studio demolished

    Ai Weiwei's Beijing studio demolished by Chinese authorities

    Artist and activist Ai Weiwei took to Instagram to show Chinese authorities knocking down his studio in Beijing, with many of his artworks still inside. More about Ai Weiwei's Beijing studio demolished by Chinese authorities

    India Block | 6 August 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Fences by Ai Weiwei

    Ai Weiwei protests border walls with huge New York installations

    Chinese artist and human-rights activist Ai Weiwei has used metal fencing to create three monumental structures, in a campaign against Donald Trump's border-control measures. More about Ai Weiwei protests border walls with huge New York installations

    Eleanor Gibson | 11 October 2017 | 19 comments
  • Good Fences Make Good Neighbors by Ai Weiwei

    Ai Weiwei launches Kickstarter to build security-fence installations in New York

    Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is crowdsourcing funds to erect more than 300 artworks based on themes of immigration, division and borders, in locations across New York City. More about Ai Weiwei launches Kickstarter to build security-fence installations in New York

    Dan Howarth | 25 August 2017 | 13 comments
  • Artists including Anish Kapoor and Ai Weiwei create magazine covers dedicated to recent London tragedies

    Wolfgang Tillmans, Anish Kapoor and Ai Weiwei are among the six artists that have designed covers for ES Magazine celebrating the "resilience of London" in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire and recent terror attacks. More about Artists including Anish Kapoor and Ai Weiwei create magazine covers dedicated to recent London tragedies

    Alice Morby | 6 July 2017 | 2 comments
  • Herzog and Ai Weiwei at Park Avenue Armory

    Drones stalk visitors to Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei's Park Avenue Armory installation

    The movements of visitors navigating this installation, by architects Herzog & de Meuron and artist Ai Weiwei, are tracked by drones and played back to them – in a comment on surveillance in public spaces. More about Drones stalk visitors to Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei's Park Avenue Armory installation

    Dan Howarth | 12 June 2017 | Leave a comment
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    Chinese government sees architectural discussion as "dangerous" threat, says Ai Weiwei

    China's "fatalist" government is causing the country's architectural profession to stagnate, according to artist and political activist Ai Weiwei. More about Chinese government sees architectural discussion as "dangerous" threat, says Ai Weiwei

    Jessica Mairs | 8 August 2016 | 16 comments
  • F Lotus by Ai Weiwei

    Ai Weiwei creates lotus-like installation from refugee life jackets

    Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has arranged 1,005 life jackets from refugees into the shape of lotus flowers for a floating installation in Vienna (+ slideshow). More about Ai Weiwei creates lotus-like installation from refugee life jackets

    Eleanor Gibson | 20 July 2016 | 5 comments
  • Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei

    Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion paid homage to its predecessors

    Movie: in the next instalment of our exclusive video series, gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones explains why Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei dug into the ground to create their 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. More about Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion paid homage to its predecessors

    Benedict Hobson | 14 February 2016 | Leave a comment
  • Ai Weiwei for Le Bon Marche exhibition

    Ai Weiwei installs monstrous sculptures at Le Bon Marché to "speak to our inner child"

    Artist Ai Weiwei has used traditional Chinese kite-making techniques to create mythological characters and creatures for windows, atriums and the gallery at Paris department store Le Bon Marché (+ slideshow). More about Ai Weiwei installs monstrous sculptures at Le Bon Marché to "speak to our inner child"

    Dan Howarth | 25 January 2016 | 1 comment
  • Gold jewellery by Ai Wei Wei at the London jewellery gallery, Elisabetta Cipriani

    Ai Weiwei's first jewellery collection is cut from a rod of gold rebar

    Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has partnered with a London jewellery gallery to create "wearable sculptures" designed to look like reinforcing bars used in construction (+ slideshow). More about Ai Weiwei's first jewellery collection is cut from a rod of gold rebar

    Emma Tucker | 11 November 2015 | 1 comment
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