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Ai Weiwei's bicycle, positioned outside the entrance to his studio complex

Inside the Academy

< 6 years ago

Cats and conversations: laying out the exhibition with Ai Weiwei

At a meeting in his Beijing studio, Ai Weiwei and curator Adrian Locke plan the gallery layout for the artist’s major RA show this year.
Ai Weiwei and Tim Marlow, the RA's Director of Artistic Programming, look at floor plans of the RA's Main Galleries while 'meeting cat' looks on

RA Exhibitions

6 years ago

From Mayfair to Beijing: planning an exhibition with Ai Weiwei

How to put a major exhibition together when the artist in question can’t leave his home country? Ai Weiwei has a virtual tour of our galleries before curator Adrian Locke visits him (and his cats) in Beijing.