Legendary dissident artist Ai Weiwei is taking over Seattle Art Museum (and beyond) for an extended run, showcasing sharply ...

By Zoey Poll For part of the year, the artist and activist Ai Weiwei works in a cavernous 30,000 ... helped turn Ai into one of the most famous dissident artists of the past few decades.

This spring, the Seattle Art Museum hosts a moveable feast of Ai Weiwei, presenting for the first time the work of one artist across all three locations. It has hosted a huge spider and a pickled ...

16.5 x 16.5 x 16.5 in. (41.9 x 41.9 x 41.9 cm.) London, Tate, The Unilever Series: Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds, exh. cat., 2010-2011, p. 63, no. 47 (another unique ...

“Either you do all of Ai Weiwei or nothing at all,” the ... Rebel” also includes a poem by Ai’s father, the famous poet Ai Qing. Art, like poetry, “uses a limited language to explain ...

Click the FOLLOW button to be the first to know about this artist's upcoming lots, sold lots, exhibitions and articles Three of these are dedicated solo exhibitions, like “Ai, Rebel: The Art and ...

You might expect a world-famous artist like Ai Weiwei — who has poked critically at value systems and institutions for decades with his provocative, interrogating art — to be more bombastic.

Now, Seattle will host his most expansive U.S. exhibition yet. Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei, opening this week at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), spans 40 years of work—over 130 ...

The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei (March 12–September 7, 2025), the largest-ever US exhibition of works by the globally renowned conceptual artist. Ai, Rebel surveys Ai Weiwei's career over four ...

“Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei” runs through Sept. 7 at Seattle Art Museum. “Ai Weiwei: Water Lilies” opens at the Seattle Asian Art Museum on March 19, and “Circle of Animals/Zodiac ...