‘Ai Weiwei’s Turandot,’ Behind-the-Scenes Look at His Radical Opera Production, Lands Sales Deal With Rise and Shine (EXCLUSIVE)
It features interviews with key players in Ai’s adaptation of “Turandot” including longtime friend, choreographer Chiang ...
The New York Times23d
Inside the Former ‘Underworld’ Where Ai Weiwei Makes Art
By Zoey Poll For part of the year, the artist and activist Ai Weiwei works in a cavernous 30,000-square-foot studio on the underground levels of a former 19th-century brewery in Berlin.
Northwest Asian Weekly17d
Ai Weiwei at SAM: Passion, playfulness, and protest on parade
She traveled to Berlin to meet with the artist for the first time ... The exhibit comes at a time when recent political developments form disconcerting parallels to Ai Weiwei’s struggles with the ...
Screen Daily9d
‘Animality’ review: Ai Weiwei explores our often shocking relationship with animals
Dir/scr: Ai Weiwei. Germany. 2025. 122mins. In China, men armed with poles work as a team to club to death the urban street ...
Ai Weiwei’s Seattle Art Museum takeover begins with ‘Ai, Rebel’
Legendary dissident artist Ai Weiwei is taking over Seattle Art Museum (and beyond) for an extended run, showcasing sharply ...
The Stranger22d
Unstable Foundation
This story appears in our Spring Art + Performance 2025 Issue, published on March 5, 2025. The title of Seattle Art Museum’s Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei has Isaac Asimov’s I ...
Variety14d
‘Ai Weiwei’s Turandot,’ Behind-the-Scenes Look at His Radical Opera Production, Lands Sales Deal With Rise and Shine (EXCLUSIVE)
Maxim Derevianko’s “Ai Weiwei’s Turandot” has been picked up by Berlin-based doc specialist Rise and Shine World Sales, ahead of its international premiere on March 21 in the Highlights ...