Press Coverage: @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz

Devin Katayama, “What Ai Weiwei’s New Passport Means for the Artist’s Career,” KQED, July 24, 2015. Listen online or download PDF

Katie McMurran, “Art and Activism Collide on Alcatraz Island,” KPCC, April 3, 2015. Listen online

Lee Romney, “In Ai Weiwei Show at Alcatraz, Tourism and Human Rights Go Hand in Hand,” Los Angeles Times, April 22, 2015. Read online or download PDF

Jane Ingram Allen, “Review: @Large Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz,” Sculpture, April 2015. Download PDF

Home & Design Trends, Vol. 2 No. 9 2015. Download PDF

Henri Neuendorf, “Ai Weiwei Urges Visitors to Alcatraz Exhibition to Write to Political Prisoners,” Artnet, February 26, 2015. Read online or download PDF

Julia Halperin, “Thousands Write to Prison Pen Pals Through Alcatraz Art Installation,” The Art Newspaper, February 24, 2015. Read online or download PDF

Annie Buckley, “Critics Picks: Ai Weiwei,” Artforum, February 5, 2015. Read online or download PDF

Carla Escoda, “The Artist is Absent: Ai Weiwei @Large on Alcatraz,” Huffington Post, January 15, 2015. Read online

Robert Atkins, Art in America, January 2015. Download PDF

Christian Frock, KPFA.org’s APEX Express, November 20, 2014. Listen online

Jon Carroll, “Some Things Need Remembering; Come to Alcatraz,” SF Gate, November 19, 2014. Read online or download PDF

“Ai Weiwei’s Newest Collection Turns Alcatraz into a Statement on Freedom,” Fusion’s America with Jorge Ramos, November 13, 2014. Watch online

“How Alcatraz Became a Canvas for Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei,” KQED’s Forum, October 22, 2014. Listen online

Madison Park, “On Alcatraz, Ai Weiwei Raises a Voice on Dissent,” CNN, October 22, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Shane Bauer, “Dragons, Legos, and Solitary: Ai Weiwei’s Transformative Alcatraz Exhibition,” Mother Jones, October 11, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Lee Rosenbaum, “‘Don’t Retreat. Retweet’: My Twitter Tour of Ai Weiwei’s Installation at Alcatraz,” CultureGrrl, October 10, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Carol Strickland, “Ai Weiwei Breaks Into Alcatraz,” Art in America, October 9, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Mina Kim, “Artist Ai Weiwei Explores Definition of Freedom at Alcatraz,” PBS Newshour, October 8, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Sandhya Dirks, “A Chinese Artist Transforms Alcatraz Into a Lego-Carpeted Political Statement,” PRI’s The World, October 2, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Christina Larson, “Escape to Alcatraz,” Smithsonian, October 2014. Read online or download PDF

Stav Ziv, “Ai Weiwei’s @Large Exhibit Opens at Alcatraz,” Newsweek, September 27, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Caille Millner, “Ai Weiwei Exhibition Is More Than a ‘Big Event,’ ” San Francisco Chronicle, September 27, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Mina Kim, “Confined in China, Ai Weiwei Directs Alcatraz Exhibit from Afar,” Morning Edition, September 27, 2014. Listen online

Christopher Knight, “‘@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz’ a Powerful Meditation on Repression,” Los Angeles Times, September 26, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Sara Johnson, “Ai Weiwei Designs Exhibition for Alcatraz,” Architects, September 26, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Christian L. Frock, “Postcard from the Rock: A Review of Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz,” KQED Arts, September 26, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Melissa Chan, “Ai Weiwei’s Art Activism on Alcatraz (AJ+ Asks),” Al Jazeera America, September 26, 2014. Watch online.

Monika Auger, “Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Brings Exhibit to Alcatraz,” Wall Street Journal, September 26, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Katy Steinmetz, “@Large: Inside Ai Weiwei’s Unprecedented Exhibit on Alcatraz,” Time, September 25, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Whitney Phaneuf, “Ai Weiwei’s Songs of Freedom on Alcatraz,” Hyperallergic, September 25, 2014. Read online

Jason Farago, “@Large: Ai Weiwei Takes Over Alcatraz with Lego Carpets and a Hippie Dragon,” Guardian, September 24, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Kenneth Baker, “Ai Weiwei Installation on Alcatraz: No Breakout,” San Francisco Chronicle, September 23, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Jori Finkel, “Art Man of Alcatraz: Ai Weiwei Takes His Work to Prison,” New York Times, September 18, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Sam Whiting, “Chinese Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei Hits Alcatraz,” San Francisco Chronicle, September 18, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Avital Andrews, “Alcatraz to Host Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei’s Exhibit,” Los Angeles Times, September 16, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Emily Wilson, “Alcatraz Will Become an Art Gallery: Ai Weiwei Exhibit,” SFWeekly, September 15, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Christian L. Frock, “No Man Is an Island: Ai Weiwei’s Life and Art Before Alcatraz,” KQED Arts, September 15, 2014. Read online or download PDF

David Ng, ” ‘@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz’ to Explore Artistic Liberty and More,” Los Angeles Times, September 12, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Barbara Pollack, “Cell Block Ai,” ARTnews, September 2014. Download PDF

“Prison Break,” W, September 2014. Download PDF

“Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz,” San Francisco Cottages and Gardens, September 2014. Download PDF

Sara Johnson, “Ai Weiwei Designing Installations for Alcatraz,” Architect, June 12, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Jason Rehel, “Ai Weiwei Exhibit Headed to Alcatraz While New York Banker Plans Museum Dedicated to the Chinese Dissident Artist,” National Post, May 15, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Jacob Kastrenakes, “Ai Weiwei Exhibition Coming to Alcatraz’s Off-Limit Areas,” The Verge, May 14, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Susan Cheng, “Finally, Details about Ai Weiwei’s ‘@Large’ Exhibition on Alcatraz Island Have Been Released,” Complex, May 14, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Cyrus Musiker, “Alcatraz Tickets Expected to Become Scarce During Ai Weiwei Installation,” KQED Arts, May 13, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Sam Whiting, “‘@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz’ Tickets Go on Sale June 27,” SFGate, May 13, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Andrew Dalton, “Ai Weiwei’s Exhibition ‘@Large’ Opens September 27th,” SFist, May 13, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Leigh Anne Miller, “Get Your Tickets to Ai Weiwei’s Alcatraz,” Art in America, May 13, 2014. Read online or download PDF

Allison Meier, “Art Movements,” Hyperallergic, December 6, 2013. Read online or download PDF

Sam Whiting, “Ai Weiwei Alcatraz Installation Finalized,” San Francisco Chronicle, December 5, 2013. Read online or download PDF

“Ai Weiwei to Take Over Alcatraz in 2014,” Artobserved, December 5, 2013. Read online or download PDF

Jason Diamond, “How Ai Weiwei’s Alcatraz Project Changes the Meaning of Prisons as Public Art Sites,” Flavorwire, December 4, 2013. Read online or download PDF

Jori Finkel, “Chinese Dissident Ai Weiwei to Take His Art to Alcatraz,” International Herald Tribune, December 4, 2013. Read online

“Ai Weiwei to Display New Works at Alcatraz,” Artinfo, December 4, 2013. Read online or download PDF

“Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Commissioned to Create New Site-Specific Works on Alcatraz Island,” artdaily.org, December 4, 2013. Read online or download PDF

Andrew Dalton, “Ai Weiwei Talks Alcatraz Exhibition,” SFist, December 3, 2013. Read online or download PDF

Jori Finkel, “Chinese Dissident Ai Weiwei to Take His Art to Alcatraz,” New York Times, December 3, 2013. Read online or download PDF

David Ng, “Ai Weiwei to Create Art Installations for Alcatraz,” Los Angeles Times, December 3, 2013. Read online or download PDF

Delia Paunescu, “Ai Weiwei Will Do a Show at Alcatraz,” Vulture, December 3, 2013. Read online or download PDF

Leigh Silver, “Ai Weiwei Is Officially Staging an Exhibition at Alcatraz Island,” Complex, December 3, 2013. Read online or download PDF

Benjamin Sutton, “Ai Weiwei Taking Over Alcatraz in 2014,” Artinfo, December 3, 2013. Read online or download PDF

Sam Whiting, “Chinese Activist/Artist Weiwei to Create Installation on Alcatraz,” SFGate, December 3, 2013. Read online or download PDF

“TED News in Brief: The (real) secret to a great infographic, Ai Weiwei at Alcatraz, and more,” TED, December 3, 2013. Read online or download PDF