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Ai Weiwei meditates on freedom at Alcatraz
Stuff, Entertainment. New Zealand

Alcatraz is perhaps the world's most famous prison. And Ai Weiwei is arguably China's best known artist. Now they have come together in a viscerally powerful show in the notorious former jail.

Ai Weiwei meditates on freedom in Alcatraz show
The Daily Star. Lebanon

Alcatraz is perhaps the world’s most famous prison. Ai Weiwei is arguably China’s best-known artist. Now they have come together in a viscerally powerful show in the notorious former jail.

Prisoners of conscience become art
Bay Area Reporter

An exhibition marrying the work of Ai Weiwei, the world-famous Chinese political dissident artist, and Alcatraz, the notorious federal "ghost" prison with spectacular vistas of San Francisco Bay.

Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz, Trace exhibit
Alcatraz plays host to Ai Weiwei installation
Yahoo News. Singapore

An installation featuring seven new sculpture, sound, and mixed-media works by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has opened on the historic prison island of Alcatraz.

Dissenting Voices: Ai Weiwei Brings Out the Quiet Patriotism of the Parks
SF Weekly

The words of dissidents, political prisoners, and free speech advocates are everywhere in "@Large," a multi-work exhibition by renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei now open on Alcatraz Island — embossed on kites, represented in LEGO portraits, and echoing from speakers hidden behind jail cell vents.

Ai Weiwei Escapes to Alcatraz
The Daily Beast

The confined Chinese dissident’s new exhibition raises important questions about human rights at a site that’s home to America’s own notorious past.

@Large: Ai Weiwei Alcatraz Exhibit Pays Tribute to Political Prisoners With Lego Bricks And a Paper Dragon
NBC Bay Area

Ai Weiwei's exhibit on this former federal penitentiary raises questions about freedom of expression and human rights.

@Large: Inside Ai Weiwei’s Unprecedented Exhibit on Alcatraz
Time

The Chinese artist's seven installations on America's most notorious island champion human rights and recall America's dark past

Art on Alcatraz: Exhibit by Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei opens at America's most infamous prison
FOX News

A highly anticipated exhibition at America’s most famous prison by one of China’s most prolific contemporary artists will open to the public Saturday, September 27.

Photos: Artist Ai Weiwei's @Large Installation Inside Alcatraz
SFist

Chinese dissident artist and architect Ai Weiwei's major installation @Large opens this weekend inside the former prison building of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.

@Large: Ai Weiwei takes over Alcatraz with Lego carpets and a hippie dragon
The Guardian (UK)

The big man of Beijing's new show fills the former prison with a giant rainbow dragon and Lego models of 175 prisoners of conscience, from Nelson Mandela to Edward Snowden. The artist's bravery and commitment are extraordinary

Alcatraz Exhibit is Tribute to Political Prisoners
ABC 7 News

Alcatraz is undergoing a big change. The former prison which was home to Machine Gun Kelly and Al Capone is now hosting what many say is the most anticipated contemporary art show of the year.