This is the first Art Diary of 2025. Viewing art, as with its making, involves paying attention. As Simone Weil once pointed out, paying attention equates to prayer.
Ai Weiwei: First, I always like to have a new possibility ... At least in the beginning of art. But that’s not your goal. That’s not my goal, but the problem is in the question ...
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 ...
Ai Weiwei, The U.S. Navy collecting the remnants ... commonly used by those masses and offers his viewers a way into the art. Other key points of entry are images and subjects drawn from pop ...
Ai Weiwei, “Last U.S. Soldier Leaving Afghanistan” (2022), toy bricks (LEGO), ~104 3/4 X 104 3/4 inches (266 x 266 cm) Get the latest art news, reviews and opinions from Hyperallergic.