What an incredible ferment there is in the Art Lantern today! I haven’t found this feeling elsewhere and am really enthralled by the articles that I read, as they are so right on target and out of the ordinary. I only wish that you covered more about what’s going on in the art world in Asia (including Australia), South America the Middle East and Africa.
I was deeply disturbed to hear the news about Ai Weiwei’s Beijing studio being demolished by the local authorities for being a government critic. He still had a number of his works inside his studio. If this is what they do to the work of this very talented and respected artist worldwide, what are they doing in China to the unknowns? I have posted this comment here because I can’t find anywhere else to comment on art news in the world, and I couldn’t not comment on something so important.
I totally agree with you Samuel! We had his Circle of Animal Heads here in Chicago, and they were truly spectacular. The photos don’t do the works justice, but they were really amazing. They arrived covered in hoods to show the Chinese repression.
What an incredible ferment there is in the Art Lantern today! I haven’t found this feeling elsewhere and am really enthralled by the articles that I read, as they are so right on target and out of the ordinary. I only wish that you covered more about what’s going on in the art world in Asia (including Australia), South America the Middle East and Africa.
I was deeply disturbed to hear the news about Ai Weiwei’s Beijing studio being demolished by the local authorities for being a government critic. He still had a number of his works inside his studio. If this is what they do to the work of this very talented and respected artist worldwide, what are they doing in China to the unknowns? I have posted this comment here because I can’t find anywhere else to comment on art news in the world, and I couldn’t not comment on something so important.
https://globalnews.ca/video/4371506/ai-wei-weis-beijing-studio-demolished-by-chinese-authorities
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/aug/04/ai-weiwei-beijing-studio-razed-by-chinese-authorities
I totally agree with you Samuel! We had his Circle of Animal Heads here in Chicago, and they were truly spectacular. The photos don’t do the works justice, but they were really amazing. They arrived covered in hoods to show the Chinese repression.
https://www.chicagoparksfoundation.org/seeinggreen/2017/10/2/public-art-in-chicago-ai-weiweis-circle-of-animalszodiac-heads