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Ai Weiwei and Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian:
September 5 - October 21, 2023
Sacred and Profane GeometriesHaines Gallery proudly presents Sacred and Profane Geometries, two solo exhibitions by artists Ai Weiwei and Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian . Shaped by experiences of diaspora and exile and informed by...Read more -
Ai Weiwei: Everyday Monuments
June 4 - August 27, 2022Ai Weiwei (b. 1957, Beijing, China; lives and works in Portugal) is celebrated for his enduring and iconic artworks that address our shared urgencies. His sculptures and installations often reveal...Read more -
Chromotherapy
July 8 - September 5, 2021Haines Gallery is pleased to announce our reopening to the public with Chromotherapy, a group exhibition celebrating the transfor-mative powers of color. Opening on Thursday, July 8, our first exhibition...Read more -
Ai Weiwei: Overrated
April 28 - July 2, 2016This spring, Haines Gallery presents an exhibition of important works by the internationally renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei . Entitled Overrated, the exhibition finds the artist grappling with...Read more -
Fundamental Abstraction III
January 9 - March 1, 2014Haines Gallery is pleased to present Fundamental Abstraction III, a group exhibition featuring an international selection of artists concerned with the formal aspects of line, color, shape and composition as...Read more -
Poetics of Construction
January 18 - February 23, 2013Our intervention with the world is invariably shaped by the composed form. Even in the seemingly limitless digital society with which we are obliged to interact, our negotiations with physical...Read more
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News
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Ai Weiwei | Museum Exhibition
Light Years
Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada
Opening November 2024A prodigious collector of contemporary art, the late Phil Lind (1943-2023) was drawn to artworks that illuminated social and political histories. The exhibition Light Years at the Art Gallery of... -
Ai Weiwei | Museum exhibition
Mythical Creatures: China and the World
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
December 21, 2023 – June 1, 2025Displaying a diversity of mythical creatures from different cultures, the exhibition Mythical Creatures: China and the World explores the similarities, differences and purpose of mythical creatures. On view are collection... -
Ai Weiwei | Publication
Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir
Penguin Random House, New York (2024)In this beautifully illustrated and deeply philosophical graphic memoir, Ai Weiwei is inspired by the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac and their associated human characteristics. He masterfully interweaves ancient...
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Press
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Jonathon Landreth, “Ai Weiwei’s ‘Zodiac’ is a Mystical Memory Tour,” The New York Times, February 7, 2024
Melissa Chan, “Art, Freedom, and a Menagerie: On Ai Weiwei’s ‘Zodiac’,” Los Angeles Review of Books, January 30, 2024
Jo Lawson-Tancred, "Ai Weiwei Takes on A.I. for a New Public Art Exhibition in London's Piccadilly Circus," Artnet, January 11, 2024
Jay Cheshes, "Ai Weiwei's Latest Work Is a Monument to His Past," Smithsonian Magazine, January/February Issue, 2024
Alexander Morrison, "Art history meets Lego in two of Ai Weiwei's latest works," The Art Newspaper, December 7, 2023
Maev Kennedy, "Spectacular Lumiere art festival lights up UK city of Durham," The Art Newspaper, November 16, 2023
Lizzie Cohan, “Gorilla Masks and Public Indecency: 5 Artists Who Made Politics Their Practice,” Cultured Magazine, August 17, 2023
Jane Englefield, “Every recognisable object is a "political work" says Ai Weiwei,” Dezeen, August 7, 2023
Yaxue Cao, "An Interview with Ai Weiwei, Part Three: China, the World, and Freedom of Expression," China Change, July 6, 2023
Yaxue Cao, "An Interview with Ai Weiwei, Part Two: Ruins. Rebars. Water Lilies.," China Change, June 30, 2023
Yaxue Cao, "An Interview with Ai Weiwei, Part One: The Year 2008," China Change, June 29, 2023
Wenny Teo, "Ai Weiwei: Between Authenticity and Appropriation," ArtReview, June 29, 2023
Farah Nayeri, "From Bronze in Motion to Fake Iron Trees: Public Art at Art Basel," The New York Times, June 13, 2023
Rowan Moore, "Ai Weiwei: Making Sense review — horror, playfulness and delight," The Guardian, April 9, 2023
Gareth Harris, "'It is a crime against humanity': Ai Weiwei discusses refugees in the UK, moving on from Covid and why Lego is his medium of choice," The Art Newspaper, April 5, 2023
Precious Adesina, "Ai Weiwei interview: Everyday objects that reveal the truth," BBC, April 5, 2023
Steve Rose, "Ai Weiwei finds peace in Portugal: 'I could throw away all my art and not feel much'," The Guardian, April 3, 2023
Sarah Rose Sharp, "Ai Weiwei Recereates Monet's "Water Lilies" Using 650,000 LEGOS," Hyperallergic, March 28, 2023
TF Chan, "Ai Weiwei at the Design Museum: a snapshot of design history across eight millenia," Wallpaper, March 9, 2023
Vivienne Chow, "'I'm Quite Cynical': Why Chinese Artist-Activist Ai Weiwei Thinks the Country's Widespread Protests Won't Last," Artnet News, November 29, 2022
"Interview: Introucing New Praemium Imperiale Laureate Ai Weiwei," Japan Forward, October 30, 2022
Sharpe Xie, "Ai Weiwei Receives 2022 Praemium Imperiale Laureate Prize," ArtAsiaPacific, September 16, 2022
Katy Gillett, "Ai Weiwei opens Venice exhibition with impressive nine-metre-tall galss sculpture," The National, August 28, 2022
Adam Bradley, "The Artists Taking on Mass Incarceration," The New York Times Style Magazine, August 11, 2022