When a world-famed artist and dissident icon was landing his first solo show in Bangkok, he didn’t settle for just one.
Two exhibitions by Ai Weiwei are on display at two Bangkok venues, marking the 63-year-old Chinese artist-in-exile’s first time showing in Thailand.
The first exhibition, Law of the Journey, is a 60-meter inflatable raft with 250 refugees aboard. With his piercing concern over the inhumanity facing diasporas during the past decade, the 2016 work remains his largest installation to date.
Law of the Journey is on display as part of the Bangkok Art Biennale, which spans 10 venues across the capital through the end of January.
Ai’s second exhibition, Year of the Rat, is running alongside Andy Warhol’s originals at riverside venue River City Bangkok. The collection, based…
