Ai Weiwei

♂ *1957 / China

Works

Solo exhibitions

Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle (US)
12 Mar 2025 – 7 Sep 2025
Neither Nor

Galleria Continua, San Gimignano (IT)
13 Apr 2024 – 15 Sep 2024
IN SEARCH OF HUMANITY

Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
30 Sep 2023 – 3 Mar 2024
In Search of Humanity

Albertina modern, Wien (AT)
16 Mar 2022 – 4 Sep 2022
The Liberty of Doubt

Kettle's Yard, Cambridge (GB)
12 Feb 2022 – 19 Jun 2022
The Pleasure of Home

neugerriemschneider, Berlin (DE)
29 Apr 2022 – 14 May 2022
Defend the Future

National Museum of Art, Seoul (KR)
11 Dec 2021 – 17 Apr 2022
Everything is art. Everything is politics

K20 Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf (DE)
18 May 2019 – 1 Sep 2019
Maybe, Maybe Not

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (IL)
2 Jun 2017 – 3 Mar 2018
D'ailleurs c'est toujours les autres

Musée cantonal des Beaux-arts , Lausanne (CH)
22 Sep 2017 – 28 Jan 2018
Law of the Journey

National Gallery Prague, Prague 1 (CZ)
1 Oct 2017 – 7 Jan 2018
Law of the Journey

National Gallery, Praha (CZ)
17 Mar 2017 – 7 Jan 2018
AI WEIWEI

Massimo de Carlo, Milano (IT)
12 Sep 2017 – 18 Nov 2017
#AiWeiwei

MoCP Contemporary Photo, Chicago (US)
13 Apr 2017 – 2 Jul 2017
Around Ai Weiwei

Photographs 1983 - 2016

CAMERA - Centro, Torino (IT)
20 Oct 2016 – 19 Feb 2017
Libero

Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze (IT)
23 Sep 2016 – 22 Jan 2017
Laundromat

Deitch Projects, New York (US)
5 Nov 2016 – 23 Dec 2016
Safe Passage

foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
16 Sep 2016 – 7 Dec 2016
On the Table

La Virreina Centre de la Imatge, Barcelona (ES)
5 Nov 2014 – 1 Feb 2015
Ai Weiwei

Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire (GB)
1 Oct 2014 – 14 Dec 2014
Framed

neugerriemschneider, Berlin (DE)
17 Sep 2014 – 1 Nov 2014
According to What?

Art Museum Miami, Miami (US)
4 Dec 2013 – 16 Mar 2014
According to What?

AGO Art Gallery Ontario, Toronto (CA)
17 Aug 2013 – 27 Oct 2013
Disposition

Zuecca Project Space, Venezia (IT)
29 May 2013 – 15 Sep 2013
Evidence

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
3 Apr 2013 – 13 Jul 2013
According to What?

Hirshhorn Museum, Washington (US)
1 Oct 2012 – 1 Feb 2013
New York

Carolina Nitsch Project Room, New York (US)
7 Sep 2012 – 3 Nov 2012
NEW YORK 1983-1993

Műcsarnok, Budapest (HU)
16 Aug 2012 – 21 Oct 2012
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Lisson Gallery, Milano (IT)
12 Apr 2012 – 25 May 2012
New York. 1983–1993

Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow (RU)
20 Apr 2012 – 13 May 2012
Interlacing

Jeu de Paume, Paris (FR)
21 Feb 2012 – 29 Apr 2012
Interlacing

Jeu de Paume, Paris (FR)
21 Feb 2012 – 29 Apr 2012
Ai Weiwei in New York

Fotografien 1983 – 1993

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
15 Oct 2011 – 18 Mar 2012
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Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek (DK)
18 Nov 2011 – 12 Feb 2012
absent

Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei (TW)
29 Oct 2011 – 29 Jan 2012
Interlacing

Kunsthaus Graz, Graz (AT)
17 Sep 2011 – 15 Jan 2012
Anfang gut. Alles gut

KUB Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz (AT)
16 Jul 2011 – 16 Oct 2011
Interlacing

Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)
28 May 2011 – 21 Aug 2011
New York Photographs 1983–1993

Asia Society, New York (US)
29 Jun 2011 – 14 Aug 2011
Hurt Feelings

Christine König , Wien (AT)
18 Sep 2010 – 6 Nov 2010
So Sorry

Haus der Kunst, München (DE)
12 Oct 2009 – 17 Jan 2010
According to What?

Mori Art Museum, Tôkyô (JP)
25 Jul 2009 – 8 Nov 2009
Fairytale

IMA - Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
23 Aug 2008 – 11 Oct 2008
Cityscapes

Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
15 Sep 2006 – 22 Oct 2006
Serge Spitzer und Ai Wei Wei

MMK Museum, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
13 May 2006 – 27 Aug 2006
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Robert Miller Gallery, New York (US)
9 Sep 2004 – 9 Oct 2004
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Caermersklooster , Gent (BE)
30 Apr 2004 – 13 Jun 2004

Group

FRAGILE BEAUTY

Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection

Jeu de Paume, Paris (FR)
12 Jun 2026 – 27 Sep 2026

with Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, William Eggleston, Nan Goldin, Horst P. Horst, Peter Hujar, William Klein, An-My Le, Herman Leonard, Herbert List, Sally Mann, Robert Mapplethorpe …
LOVE

Art-Icon, Paris (FR)
26 May 2026 – 28 May 2026

with Marina Abramovic, Jacob Aue Sobol, Roger Ballen
View Finding

Selections from The Walther Collection

Metropolitan Museum 5th Ave, New York (US)
28 Oct 2025 – 3 May 2026

with Vito Acconci, Claudia Andujar, Dieter Appelt, Nobuyoshi Araki, Martina Bacigalupo, Yto Barrada, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Karl Blossfeldt, HAI Bo, Mimi Cherono Ng Ok, William Christenberry, Bruce Davidson …
Fragile Beauty

Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection

V&A Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
18 May 2024 – 5 Jan 2025

with Diane Arbus, William Eggleston, Horst P. Horst, An-My Le, Herman Leonard, Sally Mann, Robert Mapplethorpe, Tyler Mitchell, Zanele Muholi, Trevor Paglen, Irving Penn, Herb Ritts …
WORLD CLASSROOM

Contemporary Art through School Subjects

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (JP)
19 Apr 2023 – 24 Sep 2023

with Johanna Billing, Luke Ching, Manon de Boer, Sam Falls, Fischli & Weiss, Shilpa Gupta, Naoya Hatakeyama, Aziz Hazara, Susan Hiller, Yee I-Lann, Christian Jankowski, Tomoko Maezawa …
Trace - Formations of Likeness

Photography and Video from The Walther Collection

Haus der Kunst, München (DE)
14 Apr 2023 – 23 Jul 2023

with Richard Avedon, Martina Bacigalupo, Yto Barrada, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jodi Bieber, Karl Blossfeldt, Edson Chagas, SONG Dong, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Samuel Fosso, YANG Fudong, David Goldblatt …
How to Win at Photography

Photographers' Gallery, London (GB)
24 Jun 2022 – 25 Sep 2022

with Cory Arcangel, Aram Bartholl, Dorothee Baumann, Justin Berry, Alan Butler, Claude Cahun, Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, Dries Depoorter & Max Pinckers, Constant Dullaart, Harun Farocki, Gloria López Cleries & Sive Hamilton Helle, Christopher Graves …
How to Win at Photography

Image-Making as Play / Die Fotografie als Spiel

Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)
5 Jun 2021 – 10 Oct 2021

with Cory Arcangel, Aram Bartholl, Dorothee Baumann, Justin Berry, Julius Brauckmann, Alan Butler, Claude Cahun, Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, Philipp Dorl, Dries Depoorter & Max Pinckers, Constant Dullaart, Harun Farocki …
How the light gets in

Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca (US)
7 Sep 2019 – 8 Dec 2019

with John Akomfrah, Kader Attia, Andrea Bowers, Mona Hatoum
Then and Now

Life and Dreams Revisited

The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm (DE)
6 May 2019 – 27 Oct 2019

with HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, SONG Dong, YANG Fudong, WANG Gongxin, ZHENG Guogu, Zhang Hai'er, HONG Hao, ZHANG Huan, ZHUANG Hui, WANG Jinsong, Sze Tsung LEONG …
Mobile / Immobile - Transphotographiques 2019

Artistes et chercheurs explorent nos modes de vie

Maison de la Photographie , Lille (FR)
15 Jun 2019 – 15 Sep 2019

with Sylvie Bonnot, Alain Bublex, Claire Chevrier, Olivier Culmann, Caroline Delmotte, Patrizia Di Fiore, WANG Gongxin, Hans Haacke, Geraldine Lay, Juergen Nefzger, Gael Peltier, Marion Poussier …
Art and China after 1989

Theater of the World

SF Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (US)
10 Nov 2018 – 24 Feb 2019

with CHEN Chieh-Jen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, YANG Fudong, WANG Gongxin, Cai Guo-Qiang, HONG Hao, ZHANG Huan, WANG Jianwei, LIANG Juhui, MA Liuming …
Catastrophe and the Power of Art

What art can do in chaotic times where the future is uncertain

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (JP)
6 Oct 2018 – 20 Jan 2019

with Miriam Cahn, Sheba Chhachhi, Chim-Pom, Thomas Demand, Christoph Draeger, Naoya Hatakeyama, Mona Hatoum, Khaled Hourani, Isaac Julien, Hiwa K, Oliver Laric, Eva & Franco Mattes …
Life & Dreams

Photography & Media Art in China since the 1990s

The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm (DE)
13 May 2018 – 18 Sep 2018

with Qiu Anxiong, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, YANG Fudong, ZHANG Huan, ZHANG Peili, Sun Xun, Lu Yang
Face to Face

Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (IE)
29 Jun 2018 – 18 Aug 2018

with Fiona Banner, Dirk Braeckman, Fiona Tan, Jeff Wall
Landscapes after Ruskin

Redefining the Sublime

Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York (US)
17 Apr 2018 – 7 Jul 2018

with Christiane Baumgartner, Spencer Finch, Naoya Hatakeyama, Florian Maier-Aichen, Michal Rovner, Joel Sternfeld, David Wojnarowicz
ISelf Collection The Upset Bucket

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (GB)
5 Dec 2017 – 1 Apr 2018

with Lynda Benglis, Walead Beshty, Martin Boyce, Thomas Demand, William Eggleston, Ceal Floyer, Ellen Gallagher, Mona Hatoum, Georg Herold, Gabriel Kuri, Jim Lambie, Linder …
The Fuck Off Generation

Chinese Art in the Post-Mao Era

Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York (US)
31 Jan 2018 – 20 Mar 2018

with ZHANG Dali, XIAO Lu, HUANG Yan, QIU Zhijie
Extra Bodies

The Use of the "Other Body" in Contemporary Art

migros museum, Zürich (CH)
18 Nov 2017 – 4 Feb 2018

with Vanessa Beecroft, Guy Ben-Ner, Oscar Bony, Christoph Büchel, Clegg & Guttmann , Maria Eichhorn, Jens Haaning, Teresa Margolles, L.A. Raeven, Edwin Sanchez, Christoph Schlingensief, Santiago Sierra …
SURVEILLANCE INDEX

Performing Books #1

LE BAL, Paris (FR)
10 Jan 2018 – 27 Jan 2018

with Laia Abril, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Merry Alpern, Viktoria Binschtok, Mohamed Bourouissa, Sophie Calle, Edmund Clark, Anne Collier, Tiane Doan na Champassak, Uri Gershuni, John Gossage, Fred Huening …
Reenacting History_Collective Actions and Everyday Gestures

National Museum of Art, Seoul (KR)
22 Sep 2017 – 21 Jan 2018

with SONG Dong, Willi Dorner, Olafur Eliasson, David Hinton, ZHANG Huan, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Gabriella & Silvana Mangano, Koizumi Meiro, Mika Rottenberg, Zbigniew Rybczynski, Santiago Sierra, Hito Steyerl …
Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World

Guggenheim New York, New York (US)
6 Oct 2017 – 7 Jan 2018

with ZHAO Bandi, Xu Bing, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, Cai Guo-Qiang, WANG Jianwei, Geng Jianyi, OU Ning, ZHOU Tiehai, LIU Wei (*1965), ZHANG Xiaogang, QIU Zhijie
Chinese Summer

Astrup Fearnley MoMa, Oslo (NO)
2 Jun 2017 – 10 Sep 2017

with Qiu Anxiong, LU Chunsheng, Zhang Ding, CAO Fei, YANG Fudong, Cai Guo-Qiang, ZHANG Huan, DUAN Jianyu, LIU Wei (*1972), KAN Xuan, Sun Xun, XU Zhen
Body, Self, Society

Chinese Performance Photography of the 1990s

The Walther Collection, New York (US)
14 Apr 2017 – 19 Aug 2017

with SONG Dong, ZHANG Huan, ZHUANG Hui, MA Liuming, CANG Xin, HUANG Yan
WATCHED!

Surveillance Art & Photography

C/O Berlin, Berlin (DE)
18 Feb 2017 – 23 Apr 2017

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Viktoria Binschtok, James Bridle, Paolo Cirio, Hassan Elahi, Jill Magid, Trevor Paglen, Julian Roeder, Ann-Sofi Siden, Hito Steyerl
Die Ordnung der Dinge

Neupräsentation: Fotografie aus The Walther Collection

The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm (DE)
29 May 2016 – 13 Nov 2016

with Dieter Appelt, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Avedon, Martina Bacigalupo, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Karl Blossfeldt, SONG Dong, Samuel Fosso, ZHANG Huan, ZHUANG Hui, Hiroh Kikai, Les Krims …
Chinese Whispers

Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern (CH)
19 Feb 2016 – 25 Sep 2016

with ZHAO Bandi, CHEN Chieh-Jen, Xu Di, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, ZHENG Guogu, ZHUANG Hui, JIN Jiangbo, SHI Jinsong, YAN Lei, Feng Mengbo, Wang Qingsong …
EAST ASIAN VIDEO FRAMES

SHADES OF URBANIZATION

Pori Art Museum, Pori (FI)
12 Feb 2016 – 28 Aug 2016

with HUNG Keung
A New Dynasty - Created in China

ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus (DK)
21 Nov 2015 – 22 May 2016

with Xu Bing, ZHANG Dali, SONG Dong, Maleonn (Ma Liang), MIAO Xiaochun
After Eden

The Walther Collection

La Maison Rouge, Paris (FR)
17 Oct 2015 – 24 Jan 2016

with Dieter Appelt, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Avedon, Sammy Baloji, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Alphonse Bertillon, Jodi Bieber, Karl Blossfeldt, Candice Breitz, SONG Dong, Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin …
Temporary Boundary

A survey on China censured videos and photographs

PARIS-B, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2015 – 19 Dec 2015

with LIU Bolin, ZHANG Dali, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), REN Hang, CHI Peng, CHEN Shaoxiong, Xu Yong, JIANG Zhi
[7P] - [7] Orte [7] Prekäre Felder: Urbanismus und Real Estate

6. Fotofestival Mannheim-Ludwigshafen-Heidelberg

ZEPHYR, Mannheim (DE)
18 Sep 2015 – 15 Nov 2015

with Taysir Batniji, Laurence Bonvin, Sylvain Couzinet-Jacques, Hiroko Komatsu, Jules Spinatsch, Frank van der Salm, Nick Waplington
[7P] - [7] Places [7] Precarious Fields

6th Fotofestival Mannheim-Ludwigshafen-Heidelberg

Biennale aktuelle Fotografie, Mannheim (DE)
18 Sep 2015 – 15 Nov 2015

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Ilit Azoulay, Gaëlle Boucand, Edmund Clark, Sylvain Couzinet-Jacques, Melanie Gilligan, Mishka Henner, Thomas Hirschhorn, Trevor Paglen, Rico Scagliola &Michael Meier, Maya Rochat, Dayanita Singh …
The Order of Things / Die Ordnung der Dinge

Photography from The Walther Collection

The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm (DE)
17 May 2015 – 27 Sep 2015

with Otl Aicher, Dieter Appelt, Nobuyoshi Araki, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon, Martina Bacigalupo, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Karl Blossfeldt, William Christenberry, SONG Dong, Samuel Fosso, ZHANG Huan …
THE DAY WILL COME

When we share more than ever

Museum Kunst & Gewerbe, Hamburg (DE)
19 Jun 2015 – 20 Sep 2015

with Laia Abril, Nobuyoshi Araki, Francis Bedford, Felix Bonfils, Natalie Bookchin, Adolphe Braun, Natascha A. Brunswick, Heman Chong, Harold E. Edgerton, Tsuneo Enari, Andreas Feininger, Aurelien Froment …
SELF: Portraits of Artists in Their Absence

National Academy Museum, New York (US)
29 Jan 2015 – 3 May 2015

with Marina Abramovic, Boushra Almutawakel, William Anastasi, John Baldessari, Mel Bochner, Chuck Close, Gohar Dashti, Thomas Eakins, Louis Faurer, Saul Fletcher, Shadi Ghadirian, Amir Ali Ghasemi …
The Tears of Things

Fundación Helga de Alvear, C (ES)
26 Apr 2014 – 5 Apr 2015

with Francis Alys, Bernd & Hilla Becher, James Casebere, Stan Douglas, Fischli & Weiss, Nan Goldin, Andreas Gursky, Robert Mapplethorpe, Gordon Matta-Clark, Gabriel Orozco, Thomas Ruff, Ed Ruscha
POST CONFLICT

TILLOU FINE ART, Brooklyn (US)
23 Nov 2014 – 7 Feb 2015

with Pieter Hugo, Alfredo Jaar, Lana Mesic, Richard Mosse, Adam Pendleton
Manifesto!

An Alternative History of Photography

Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)
13 Sep 2014 – 23 Nov 2014

with Shahidul Alam, Nobuyoshi Araki, Keith Arnatt, Mel Bochner, Victor Burgin, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Louis Darget, Peter Henry Emerson, William Henry Fox Talbot, Francis Frith, Luigi Ghirri …
ART IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow (RU)
25 Sep 2014 – 18 Oct 2014

with Marina Abramovic, Matthew Barney, William Kentridge, Barbara Kruger, Bruce Nauman, Richard Serra, Cindy Sherman
The Walther Collection

Typologie, Taxinomie et classement sériel

Espace van Gogh, Arles (FR)
7 Jul 2014 – 21 Sep 2014

with Dieter Appelt, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Avedon, Martina Bacigalupo, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Karl Blossfeldt, SONG Dong, Samuel Fosso, Kay Hassan, ZHANG Huan, Seydou Keita, Zanele Muholi …
Les Rencontres d'Arles 2014

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
7 Jul 2014 – 21 Sep 2014

with Milou Abel, Benoit Aquin, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Avedon, Ilit Azoulay, David Bailey, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Semâ Bekirovic, Karl Blossfeldt, Melanie Bonajo, Kudzanai Chiurai, Lucien Clergue …
My Chinese friends

ALEXANDER OCHS PRIVATE, Berlin (DE)
28 Jun 2014 – 9 Aug 2014

with Xu Bing, ZHU Jinshi, RONG Rong, YANG Shaobin, Maurice Weiss, MIAO Xiaochun, Yin Xiuzhen, ZHAO Zhao
Moon

a project by Ai Weiwei and Olafur Eliasson

Christine König , Wien (AT)
16 May 2014 – 2 Aug 2014

with Olafur Eliasson
The German Pavilion 2013

France and Germany exchange Pavilions

Venice Biennale - DE, Venezia (IT)
1 Jun 2013 – 24 Nov 2013

with Romuald Karmakar, Santu Mofokeng, Dayanita Singh
Taiping Tianguo, A History of Possible Encounters

Para Site, Hong Kong (CN)
8 Sep 2013 – 3 Nov 2013

with Tehching Hsieh
When Now is Minimal

Die unbekannte Seite der Sammlung Goetz

Neues Museum, Nürnberg (DE)
19 Jul 2013 – 20 Oct 2013

with Martin Boyce, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Anthony McCall, Katja Strunz, Wolfgang Tillmans, Rosemarie Trockel
SUMMER OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Carolina Nitsch Project Room, New York (US)
12 Jul 2013 – 21 Sep 2013

with Doug Aitken, Darren Almond, Nobuyoshi Araki, John Baldessari, Uta Barth, Peter Blake, Chuck Close, Anne Collier, William Eggleston, Fischli & Weiss, Adam Fuss, Robert Gober …
Freiheit!

Kunstpalais, Erlangen (DE)
12 Apr 2013 – 30 Jun 2013

with Alexander Apostol, Johanna Billing, Bouchra Khalili, Klara Liden, Nedko Solakov, Artur Zmijewski
Privat / Privacy

SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
1 Nov 2012 – 3 Feb 2013

with Michel Auder, Evan Baden, Evan Baden, Richard Billingham, Stan Brakhage, Stan Brakhage, Sophie Calle, Tracey Emin, Tracey Emin, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Leo Gabin, Leo Gabin …
More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness

Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe (US)
7 Jul 2012 – 2 Jan 2013

with Seung Woo Back, Thomas Demand, Leandro Erlich, CAO Fei, John Gerrard, Pierre Huyghe, An-My Le, Sharon Lockhart, Feng Mengbo, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Raqs Media Collective, Eve Sussman (+ Rufus Corporation)
Directors choice

Private Kunstsammlungen

Kunsthalle Münster, Münster (DE)
17 Nov 2012 – 1 Jan 2013

with Candida Hoefer, Anja Jensen, Jonathan Meese
Regarding Warhol

Sixty Artists, Fifty Years

Metropolitan Museum 5th Ave, New York (US)
18 Sep 2012 – 31 Dec 2012

with Cory Arcangel, Richard Avedon, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Gilbert & George, Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon, Andreas Gursky, Peter Hujar, Alfredo Jaar, Barbara Kruger, Christopher Makos …
A History of Chinese Photograhy

Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery, Brussels (BE)
13 Oct 2012 – 8 Dec 2012

with LIU Bolin, ZHANG Dali, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), ZHANG Huan, CHEN Jiagang, ZHU Ming, WANG Ningde, JIANG Pengyi, SHENG Qi, Wang Qingsong, RONG Rong, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen …
ARTandPRESS

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
23 Mar 2012 – 24 Jun 2012

with John Baldessari, Christian Boltanski, Gilbert & George, Douglas Gordon, Andreas Gursky, William Kentridge, Richard Prince, Thomas Ruff, Andy Warhol, Erwin Wurm
Lifelike

90works by more than 50 artists

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (US)
25 Feb 2012 – 27 May 2012

with Fischli & Weiss, Robert Gober, Charles Ray
Die Kunst der Entschleunigung

Bewegung und Ruhe in der Kunst von Caspar David Friedrich bis Ai Weiwei

Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg (DE)
12 Nov 2011 – 9 Apr 2012

with George Osodi
WHAT MADE US FAMOUS...

Olyvia Fine Art, London (GB)
14 Dec 2011 – 3 Feb 2012

with Marco Bolognesi, Bob Carlos Clarke, In Sook Kim, Yayoi Kusama, Sarah Lucas, Helmut Newton
Fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art - Rewriting Worlds

Moscow Biennale, Moscow (RU)
23 Sep 2011 – 30 Oct 2011

with Ahmet Oeguet, Victor Alimpiev, Kader Attia, Katerina Belkina, Bernadette Corporation, Michael Bielicky, Beni Bischof, Sergey Bratkov, Jim Campbell, Daniel Canogar, Marina Chernikova, Olga Chernysheva …
Die letzte Freiheit

Von den Pionieren der Land-Art der 1960er Jahre bis zur Natur im Cyberspace

Ludwig Museum, Koblenz (DE)
15 Apr 2011 – 16 Oct 2011

with Christo & Jeanne-Claude , Walter de Maria
MMK 1991-2011

20 Jahre Gegenwart

MMK Museum, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
19 Jun 2011 – 9 Oct 2011

with John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Christoph Brech, Fischli & Weiss
MMK 1991-2011

MMK Zollamt, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
19 Jun 2011 – 9 Oct 2011

with Francis Alys, John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Christoph Brech
Wir sind alle Astronauten

MARTa Herford, Herford (DE)
11 Jun 2011 – 18 Sep 2011

with Attila Csoergoe, Michel Francois, Simon Dybbroe Moeller, Tobias Putrih
Vermessung der Welt

Heterotopien und Wissensräume in der Kunst

Kunsthaus Graz, Graz (AT)
11 Jun 2011 – 4 Sep 2011

with Marcel Broodthaers, Zoe Leonard, Sharon Lockhart, Vera Lutter, Nam June Paik, Thomas Struth, Hiroshi Sugimoto
Red Flag - Contemporary Chinese Art in Montreal Collection

Montreal Museum FA, Montréal (CA)
3 Mar 2011 – 5 Jun 2011

with GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), ZHANG Huan, CHEN Jiagang, Liu Jianhua, WANG Tiande, Zhan Wang
Staging Action: Performance in Photography since 1960

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
28 Jan 2011 – 9 May 2011

with Vito Acconci, Bas Jan Ader, Matthew Barney, Matthew Barney, Guenter Brus, Valie Export, Valie Export, Robert Filliou, Lee Friedlander, Gilbert & George, George Maciunas, George Maciunas …
29th Bienal de São Paulo

Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
25 Sep 2010 – 12 Dec 2010

with Albano Afonso, Chantal Akerman, Francis Alys, Maria Thereza Alves, Miguel Angel Rojas, Qiu Anxiong, Kutluğ Ataman, Pedro Barateiro, Yto Barrada, Artur Barrio, Yael Bartana, Zarina Bhimji …
The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
1 Aug 2010 – 1 Nov 2010

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Eleanor Antin, Eugene Atget, Hans Bellmer, Sibylle Bergemann, Constantin Brancusi, Brassai, Claude Cahun, ZHANG Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Roger Fenton …
Zeitgenössische chinesische Fotografie

Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg (DE)
1 Sep 2010 – 10 Oct 2010

with LIU Ding, YANG Fudong, Dinu Li, MA Liuming, Wang Qingsong, ZHAO Zhao, Liang ZHAO
Radical Conceptual

Positionen aus der Sammlung des MMK

MMK Museum, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
19 Feb 2010 – 22 Aug 2010

with John Baldessari, Jeroen de Rijke & Willem de Rooij
Mahjong

Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem (US)
21 Feb 2009 – 17 May 2009

with HAI Bo, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), HONG Hao, ZHANG Huan, SHI Jinsong, CHEN Lingyang, MA Liuming, Feng Mengbo, WANG Ningde, Wang Qingsong …
Map games: Dynamic of change

Today Art Museum, Beijing (CN)
18 Jun 2008 – 28 Jun 2008

with WANG Jianwei, Michael Najjar, CHEN Shaoxiong, Hugo Tillman
Selections from the Hara Museum's Permanent Collection

Hara Museum Contemp Art, Tôkyô (JP)
1 Mar 2008 – 1 Jun 2008

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Yasumasa Morimura, Wilhelm Sasnal, Malick Sidibe, Hiroshi Sugimoto
China now

Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Amstelveen (NL)
29 Sep 2007 – 27 Jan 2008

with HAI Bo, SONG Dong, ZHUANG Hui, SHEN Jianhua, MA Liuming, CHI Peng, RONG Rong, Huang Rui, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen, YANG Shaobin, LIU Wei (*1972), MIAO Xiaochun …
Chinese Video: Chord Changes in the Megalopolis

Morono Kiang Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
13 Sep 2007 – 17 Nov 2007

with CHEN Chieh-Jen, WANG Jianwei, Dong Jun, CHENG Ran, WANG Wei , LIN Yilin, Liang ZHAO, XU Zhen, YANG Zhenzhong, JIANG Zhi
The Real Thing: Contemporary Art from China

Tate Liverpool, Liverpool (GB)
30 Mar 2007 – 10 Jun 2007

with CAO Fei, WANG Peng, XU Zhen
Dragon's Evolution

Chinese Contemporary Photography <br>Curated by Zhu Qi

ChinaSquare New York, New York (US)
10 May 2007 – 9 Jun 2007

with HAN Bing, CHEN Chieh-Jen, XING Danwen, WU Daxin, LIAN Dongya, LU Feifei, WENG Fen, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Guofeng, ZHENG Guogu, SHI Guorui, Zeng Han …
Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
5 Dec 2006 – 27 May 2007

with YANG Fudong, Dinh Q. Le, Viet Linh, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, YANG Zhenzhong
CHINA NOW

Die junge chinesische Avantgarde

Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg (AT)
15 Sep 2006 – 25 Feb 2007

with HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, CHI Peng, RONG Rong, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen, MIAO Xiaochun
Mahjong

Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (DE)
14 Sep 2006 – 18 Feb 2007

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), ZHUANG Hui, WANG Jianwei, WANG Jin, HONG Lei, CHEN Lingyang, MA Liuming, Feng Mengbo …
A Continuous Dialogue

Galleria Continua, Beijing (CN)
2 Sep 2006 – 12 Nov 2006

with GU Dexin, CAO Fei, ZHENG Guogu, ZHUANG Hui
Zones of Contact: 2006 Biennale of Sydney

Art Gallery NSW, Sydney (AU)
8 Jun 2006 – 27 Aug 2006

with Ghada Amer, Olga Chernysheva, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Daido Moriyama, Damian Ortega, Fiona Tan, QIN Yufen
Black and Blue

Robert Miller Gallery, New York (US)
7 Jun 2006 – 30 Jul 2006

with Diane Arbus, Horace Bristol, Bill Henson, Herbert List, Patricia Piccinini
Herzog & de Meuron. No. 250. Eine Ausstellung

Haus der Kunst, München (DE)
12 May 2006 – 30 Jun 2006

with Zilla Leutenegger, Thomas Ruff, Margherita Spiluttini, Michael Wesely
Zwischen Vergangenheit und Zukunft - Neue Fotografie und Video aus China

Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)
24 Mar 2006 – 14 May 2006

with HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin, ZHENG Guogu, HONG Hao …
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

V&A Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
15 Sep 2005 – 15 Jan 2006

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Mahjong

Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg

Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern (CH)
13 Jun 2005 – 16 Oct 2005

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), ZHUANG Hui, WANG Jianwei, HONG Lei, CHEN Lingyang, MA Liuming, Feng Mengbo, WANG Ningde …
La Cina

Spazio Oberdan, Milano (IT)
28 Jun 2005 – 2 Oct 2005

with HAI Bo, HONG Hao, MA Liuming, LIN Tianmiao, Gu Wenda, HUANG Yan, QIU Zhijie
A Strange Heaven - Contemporary Chinese photography

HAM Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki (FI)
22 Jun 2005 – 28 Aug 2005

with HE An, ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, Chien Chi Chang, Leung Chi-Wo, CHEN Chieh-Jen, CHING Chin-Wai, WENG Fen, JIN Feng, YUAN Goang-Ming, ZHENG Guogu, HONG Hao …
The Venice Biennale - Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video From China

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
9 Jun 2005 – 15 Aug 2005

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Living in Interesting Times - A Decade of New Chinese Photography

The Open Museum of Photography at Tel Ha, Tel-Hai (IL)
5 Feb 2005 – 30 Jun 2005

with MU Chen, ZHU Fadong, WENG Fen, ZHENG Guogu, HONG Hao, ZHUANG Hui, WANG Jinsong, HONG Lei, Feng Mengbo, OU Ning, WANG Ningde, RONG Rong …
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle (US)
10 Feb 2005 – 8 May 2005

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Dreaming of the Dragon's Nation: Contemporary Art from China

A major exhibition by some 50 contemporary Chinese artists

Irish Museum Modern Art, Dublin (IE)
27 Oct 2004 – 6 Feb 2005

with ZHAO Bandi, YANG Fudong, ZHANG Peili
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
2 Oct 2004 – 16 Jan 2005

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China

The Smart Museum of Art, Chicago (US)
2 Oct 2004 – 15 Jan 2005

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
The 9th International Architecture Exhibition - Photographic section

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
12 Sep 2004 – 7 Nov 2004

with Annelies Strba, Nobuyoshi Araki, Kim Sop Boninsegni, Rene Burri, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Peter Downsbrough, Elizabeth Diller & Ricardo Scofidio, Leo Fabrizio, Kay Fingerle, Dan Graham, Guido Guidi, Andreas Gursky …
Piss Off

International Artists United by a Heavy Dose of Attitude

Museum of New Art (mona), Pontiac (US)
2 Oct 2004 – 31 Oct 2004

with Doug Aitken, Yolanda Andrade, GAO Bo, Pablo Cabado, Christina Calderón, Maurizio Cattelan, Douglas Gordon, Rip Hopkins, Mike Kelley, Zofia Kulik, Sean Landers, Sarah Lucas …
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video From China

Curated by Christopher Phillips and Wu Hung

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
11 Jun 2004 – 5 Sep 2004

with ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, GAO Brothers (Zhen & Qiang), WANG Gongxin …
On the Edge - Contemporary Chinese Photography & Video

Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York (US)
30 Jun 2004 – 30 Jul 2004

with ZHAO Bandi, CHEN Baohong, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, XING Fei, AN Hong, ZHANG Jianjun, WANG Jinsong, FANG Ke, ZHOU Ming, WANG Peng, ZHANG Quan …
Le Printemps de Chine

Crac Alsace, Altkirch (FR)
14 Mar 2004 – 23 May 2004

with HAI Bo, ZHUANG Hui, Lin Lin & Jia Wen Hou, Lin Xi & Fish, TANG Nan Nan, MIAO Xiaochun, DONG Xing
A Strange Heaven - Contemporary Chinese Photography

Galerie Rudolfinum, Praha (CZ)
4 Sep 2003 – 29 Nov 2003

with HE An, ZHAO Bandi, HAI Bo, Chien Chi Chang, Leung Chi-Wo, CHEN Chieh-Jen, CHING Chin-Wai, WENG Fen, JIN Feng, YANG Fudong, YUAN Goang-Ming, ZHENG Guogu …
The First Guangzhou Triennial

Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art (1990-2000)

Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (CN)
18 Nov 2002 – 19 Jan 2003

with ZHAO Bandi, Xu Bing, HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, XING Danwen, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, WU Ershan, WENG Fen, FENG Feng, YANG Fudong, WANG Gongxin …

Events

ArteFiera 2026

curated section: photography and video (Photography and moving images)

Bologna Fiere, Bologna (IT)
6 Feb 2026 – 8 Feb 2026

with Darren Almond, Carlos Amorales, Stefano Arienti, David Armstrong, Hamza Badran, John Baldessari, Rosa Barba, Per Barclay, Yael Bartana, Matteo Basile, Elisabetta Benassi, Jacopo Benassi …
Art Miami 2024

The Art Miami Pavilion, Miami (US)
3 Dec 2024 – 8 Dec 2024

with Derrick Adams, Alia Ali, Bill Armstrong, Richard Avedon, Cara Barer, Peter Beard, Carolle Benitah, Harry Benson, Antony Cairns, Richard Caldicott, Giovanni Castell, Sophie Delaporte …
SP-ARTE 2024

Sao Paulo Arte, Sao Paolo (BR)
3 Apr 2024 – 7 Apr 2024

with Laura Belem, Rodrigo Braga, Luiz Braga, Trisha Brown, Joao Castilho, Marcos Chaves, Rochelle Costi, Valdir Cruz, Pedro David , Lenora de Barros, León Ferrari, Ayrson Heraclito …
st'art 2023 - Foire d'art contemporain

St-art Foire art , Strasbourg (FR)
24 Nov 2023 – 26 Nov 2023

with Katerina Belkina, Robert Combas, Brooke DiDonato, Jim Dine, Maia Flore, Formento & Formento, Hans Hartung, Fabrice Hyber, Wolfgang Volz, Erwin Wurm
The Armory Show 2022

The Armory Show, Inc., New York (US)
9 Sep 2022 – 11 Sep 2022

with Marina Abramovic, AES+F, Doug Aitken, David Alekhuogie, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Ljubodrag Andric, Roger Ballen, Valerie Belin, Cecilia Bengolea, Viktoria Binschtok, Matt Black, Sebastiaan Bremer …
Photoville 2021

Photoville, Brooklyn (US)
18 Sep 2021 – 1 Dec 2021

with Evi Abeler, Inbal Abergil, Sameer Al-Doumy, Sama Alshaibi, Oded Balilty, Arlette Bashizi, Sheila Pree Bright, Pablo Bronstein, Elinor Carucci, Renee Cox, Gerald Cyrus, Luisa Doerr …
Bangkok Art Biennale 2020

Bangkok ArtBiennale, Bangkok (TH)
29 Oct 2020 – 31 Jan 2021

with Marina Abramovic, John Akomfrah, Martha Atienza, Massimo Bartolini, Elina Brotherus, Carlos Casas, Maisie Cousins, Nezaket Ekici, Leandro Erlich, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Christian Jankowski, Choy Ka Fei …
Transphotographiques 2019

Transphotographiques, Lille (FR)
15 Jun 2019 – 15 Sep 2019

with Evelyn Bencicova, Giulia Bersani, Sylvie Bonnot, Alain Bublex, Claire Chevrier, Olivier Culmann, Caroline Delmotte, Patrizia Di Fiore, Maria Gawryluk, WANG Gongxin, Hans Haacke, Geraldine Lay …
Art Basel 2018

Art Basel, Basel (CH)
14 Jun 2018 – 17 Jun 2018

with Marina Abramovic, Robert Adams, Dove Allouche, Darren Almond, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Primoz Bizjak, Carina Brandes, Candice Breitz, Edward Burtynsky, Gerard Byrne, James Casebere, Andre Cepeda …
21st Biennale of Sydney

SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement

Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (AU)
16 Mar 2018 – 11 Jun 2018

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Brook Andrew, Sammy Baloji, Marc Bauer, Oliver Beer, Miriam Cahn, Francisco Gonzalez Camacho, Tiffany Chung, Lili Dujourie, Luciano Fabro, Sam Falls, Marco Fusinato …
Yokohama Triennale 2017

Islands, Constellations and Galapagos

Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama (JP)
4 Aug 2017 – 5 Nov 2017

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Sam Durant, Olafur Eliasson, Alex Hartley, Naoya Hatakeyama, Christian Jankowski, Ragnar Kjartansson, Paola Pivi, Anri Sala, Wael Shawky, The Propeller Group, ZHAO Zhao
Amsterdam Art Weekend 2016

Amsterdam Art Weekend, Amsterdam (NL)
24 Nov 2016 – 27 Nov 2016

with Melanie Bonajo, Charlotte Dumas, Douglas Gordon, Johan Grimonprez, Scarlett Hooft Graafland
Fairytale

mit einer Einführung von Prof. Dr. Wulf Herzogenrath

Theatergalerie, Bremen (DE)
27 Oct 2009
Ai Weiwei: Beijing Photographs 1993 - 2003

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (US)
Ai Weiwei - Evidence

arte TV, Funk & Fernsehen (DE)
Artists in Conversation

Galerie—Peter—Sillem, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)

with LIU Xia