Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Thursday, October 24

7:30 PM

DFAB 131 (The Humanities Room)

The second film of the fall in our Art That Moves series will be Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, a film by director Alison Klayman.

Ai Weiwei is China's most famous international artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic. Against a backdrop of strict censorship and an unresponsive legal system, Ai expresses himself and organizes people through art and social media. In response, Chinese authorities have shut down his blog, beat him up, bulldozed his newly built studio, and held him in secret detention.

Released in 2012, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is the inside story of a dissident for the digital age who inspires global audiences and blurs the boundaries of art and politics. First-time director Alison Klayman gained unprecedented access to Ai while working as a journalist in China.

From 2008 to 2010, Klayman documented Ai's artistic process in preparation for major museum exhibitions, his intimate exchanges with family members and his increasingly public clashes with the Chinese government. Klayman's detailed portrait of the artist provides a nuanced exploration of contemporary China and one of its most compelling public figures.

Please join us in Room 131 of the Dickey Fine Arts Building at 7:30 PM on Thursday, October 24, for a film that celebrates the life and work of an artist who has made it his mission to fight social injustices in his native country.