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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei launches first-ever solo show in his home country

Aug 20, 2019

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Beijing's 798 Art District.

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Megan Eaves is a travel author, consultant and advocate for sustainable travel and dark skies. She formerly served as Lonely Planet's North and Central Asia Destination Editor. Her writing appears in The Independent, BBC, CNN, Culture Trip, South China Morning Post, TimeOut, Travel Weekly, Horizon Guides and numerous others. She has written Lonely Planet guidebooks to China, South Korea and Tibet and edited dozens more, as well as DK guides to China, Shanghai and Beijing. Her other beats in…
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Chinese artist and political activitist Ai Weiwei has opened his first-ever solo exhibition in China. The exhibition opened at the Galleria Continua and Tang Contemporary Art in Beijing’s 798 Art District over the weekend. Devoid of Ai’s usual political overtones, the show consists of a Ming dynasty-era ancestral hall that was disassembled and then rebuilt within the two exhibition spaces. Everyday objects, such as broken teapots and traditional lanterns, surround the hall and live streams show the alternate exhibition space in each with the aim of creating a new ‘social context’ for the ancient hall. Since 2011, Ai has been barred from leaving China due to his outspoken political views. This is the first time the artist has been allowed to exhibit in China or able to attend the opening of one of his own solo shows. Read more: nytimes.com

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