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Exhibitions
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Material Matters
July 19 - August 31, 2024Haines Gallery is pleased to present Material Matters , a group exhibition bringing together eight artists whose highly inventive use of materials is central to their practices. The exhibition includes...Read more -
Ai Weiwei and Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian:
September 5 - October 21, 2023
Sacred and Profane GeometriesHaines Gallery proudly presents Sacred and Profane Geometries , two solo exhibitions by artists Ai Weiwei and Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian . Shaped by experiences of diaspora and exile and informed...Read more -
Ai Weiwei: Everyday Monuments
June 4 - August 27, 2022Ai Weiwei (b. 1957, Beijing, China; lives and works in Portugal) is celebrated for his enduring and iconic artworks that address our shared urgencies. His sculptures and installations often reveal...Read more -
Chromotherapy
July 8 - September 5, 2021Haines Gallery is pleased to announce our reopening to the public with Chromotherapy , a group exhibition celebrating the transfor-mative powers of color. Opening on Thursday, July 8, our first...Read more -
Ai Weiwei: Overrated
April 28 - July 2, 2016This spring, Haines Gallery presents an exhibition of important works by the internationally renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei . Entitled Overrated , the exhibition finds the artist grappling...Read more -
Fundamental Abstraction III
January 9 - March 1, 2014Haines Gallery is pleased to present Fundamental Abstraction III , a group exhibition featuring an international selection of artists concerned with the formal aspects of line, color, shape and composition...Read more -
Poetics of Construction
January 18 - February 23, 2013Our intervention with the world is invariably shaped by the composed form. Even in the seemingly limitless digital society with which we are obliged to interact, our negotiations with physical...Read more
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News
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Ai Weiwei
Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei
Solo Exhibition
Seattle Art Museum, WA
March 12 - September 7, 2025The Seattle Art Museum presents Ai Weiwei's first US retrospective in over a decade — and his largest-ever exhibition in the US. Opening March 2025, Ai, Rebel will explore over... -
Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei: Water Lilies
Solo Exhibition
Seattle Asian Art Museum, WA
March 19, 2025 - March 15, 2026Nearly 50 feet in length and made from 650,000 LEGO blocks, Ai Weiwei’s Water Lilies (2022) is the artist’s largest and most ambitious LEGO work to date. This is the... -
Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads (Bronze)
Public Art
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA
May 17, 2025 - May 17, 2027Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads (Bronze) consists of 12 zodiac head sculptures standing over 10 feet tall and weighing over 1,500 pounds per piece. They are arranged in a...
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Press
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Michael Janofsky, "In Seattle, a Deep Dive into the Provocative and Creative World of Ai Weiwei," The New York Times, April 21, 2025
Louis Bury, "In His Retrospectove, Ai Weiwei Takes Old Ideas to new Extremes," Art in America, April 21, 2025
Eana Kim, "Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei," The Brooklyn Rail, April 2025
Hadani Ditmars, "Ai Weiwei's major retrospective in Seattle is a timely and provocative exploration of human rights," Wallpaper, March 24, 2025
Claire Valentine, "Ai Weiwei Reflect on 40 Years of Rebellion With His First U.S. Retrospective in 10 Years," W, March 12, 2025
Gayle Clemans, "Ai Weiwei's Seattle Art Museum takeover begins with 'Ai, Rebel'," The Seattle Times, March 11, 2025
Zoey Poll, "Inside the Former 'Underworld' Where Ai Weiwei Makes Art," T: The New York Times Style Magazine, March 10, 2025
Giorgio Verzotti, "Ai Weiwei," Artforum, October 2024
Alex Greenberger, "Ai Weiwei to Get His First US Retrospective in a Decade at Seattle Art Museum," ARTnews, May 22, 2024
Jonathon Landreth, “Ai Weiwei’s ‘Zodiac’ is a Mystical Memory Tour,” The New York Times, February 7, 2024
Melissa Chan, “Art, Freedom, and a Menagerie: On Ai Weiwei’s ‘Zodiac’,” Los Angeles Review of Books, January 30, 2024
Jo Lawson-Tancred, "Ai Weiwei Takes on A.I. for a New Public Art Exhibition in London's Piccadilly Circus," Artnet, January 11, 2024
Jay Cheshes, "Ai Weiwei's Latest Work Is a Monument to His Past," Smithsonian Magazine, January/February Issue, 2024
Alexander Morrison, "Art history meets Lego in two of Ai Weiwei's latest works," The Art Newspaper, December 7, 2023
Maev Kennedy, "Spectacular Lumiere art festival lights up UK city of Durham," The Art Newspaper, November 16, 2023
Lizzie Cohan, “Gorilla Masks and Public Indecency: 5 Artists Who Made Politics Their Practice,” Cultured Magazine, August 17, 2023
Jane Englefield, “Every recognisable object is a "political work" says Ai Weiwei,” Dezeen, August 7, 2023
Yaxue Cao, "An Interview with Ai Weiwei, Part Three: China, the World, and Freedom of Expression," China Change, July 6, 2023
Yaxue Cao, "An Interview with Ai Weiwei, Part Two: Ruins. Rebars. Water Lilies.," China Change, June 30, 2023
Yaxue Cao, "An Interview with Ai Weiwei, Part One: The Year 2008," China Change, June 29, 2023
Wenny Teo, "Ai Weiwei: Between Authenticity and Appropriation," ArtReview, June 29, 2023
Farah Nayeri, "From Bronze in Motion to Fake Iron Trees: Public Art at Art Basel," The New York Times, June 13, 2023
Rowan Moore, "Ai Weiwei: Making Sense review — horror, playfulness and delight," The Guardian, April 9, 2023
Gareth Harris, "'It is a crime against humanity': Ai Weiwei discusses refugees in the UK, moving on from Covid and why Lego is his medium of choice," The Art Newspaper, April 5, 2023
Precious Adesina, "Ai Weiwei interview: Everyday objects that reveal the truth," BBC, April 5, 2023
Steve Rose, "Ai Weiwei finds peace in Portugal: 'I could throw away all my art and not feel much'," The Guardian, April 3, 2023
Sarah Rose Sharp, "Ai Weiwei Recereates Monet's "Water Lilies" Using 650,000 LEGOS," Hyperallergic, March 28, 2023
TF Chan, "Ai Weiwei at the Design Museum: a snapshot of design history across eight millenia," Wallpaper, March 9, 2023
Vivienne Chow, "'I'm Quite Cynical': Why Chinese Artist-Activist Ai Weiwei Thinks the Country's Widespread Protests Won't Last," Artnet News, November 29, 2022
"Interview: Introucing New Praemium Imperiale Laureate Ai Weiwei," Japan Forward, October 30, 2022
Sharpe Xie, "Ai Weiwei Receives 2022 Praemium Imperiale Laureate Prize," ArtAsiaPacific, September 16, 2022
Katy Gillett, "Ai Weiwei opens Venice exhibition with impressive nine-metre-tall galss sculpture," The National, August 28, 2022
Adam Bradley, "The Artists Taking on Mass Incarceration," The New York Times Style Magazine, August 11, 2022
