Ai Weiwei told the assembled media about a documentary film he is making on the migrant crisis. He has over 600 hours of footage and around 100 interviews.
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Ai Weiwei is a keen user of Instagram, telling a press conference: “What made me today is the internet”.
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“Death of Marat” (2011) by He Xiangyu. A depiction of Ai Weiwei from the “Chinese Whispers” joint show at the Zentrum Paul Klee and Kunstmuseum Bern. The exhibition features works from Swiss collector Uli Sigg. The former Swiss ambassador to China has the world’s biggest collection of contemporary Chinese art.
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Ai Weiwei and Jacques Herzog of the Swiss star architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron were reunited for a panel discussion in Bern on the role of architecture in China. The two previously collaborated on the Bird’s Nest Olympic stadium, among others.
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Moderator Martin Meyer led a discussion between artist Ai Weiwei, architect Jacques Herzog and collector Uli Sigg. All three are involved in a new museum in Hong Kong opening in 2019 showcasing some of the Sigg collection.
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“Chinese Whispers”, which will feature some 150 works, provides an opportunity to explore the vastness of China through the eyes of Chinese artists, from Ai Weiwei to Zhuang Hui, and gain an insight into the Chinese art scene of the past 15 years. The exhibitions will document the ways in which Chinese artists have carved out…
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