HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND WHITE BOX PRESENT
Mary Mattingly
Nathalie Talec
Pat Steir
Paul D. Miller
Peter Fend
Stefano Cagol
Teresa Margolles
Tim Rollins and K.O.S.
Ushio Shinohara
Vitaly Komar
Adrian Piper
Agnes Denes
Ai Weiwei
Andres Serrano
Alfredo Jaar
Ali Hossaini
Anna Kunz
Anton S. Kandinsky
Ben Sakoguchi
Braco Dimitrijevic
Christophe Draeger
Cris Gianakos
Dan Graham
Dara Birnbaum
David Medalla
Dennis Oppenheim
Gary Hill
Hans Breder
Ida Applebroog
Ivan Navarro
Jerry Kearns
Jorge Tacla
Leon Golub
Lorna Simpson
Luis Cruz Azaceta
Luis Jimenez
Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung
Kimsooja
Komar and Melamid
Maripol
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS (click to view artwork)



LIVE WEB CAST

In collaboration with Human Rights Watch, White Box will present WHERE IS AI WEIWEI? - a special exhibition and fundraiser event on June 7th to benefit Human Rights Watch and White Box's Global Outreach Initiatives.   

White Box will honor Ai Weiwei with the first 2011 Richard Massey Foundation White Box Arts Award for his distinguished contributions to world art and culture.  Due to the urgency of Ai Weiwei's continued detainment, White Box has decided to honor the artist on June 7, 2011 in conjunction with its benefit.  This award pays tribute to Ai Weiwei as an unparalleled defender of the freedom of speech and recognizes his brilliant career as an artist, architect, global citizen, activist and Chinese patriot.    
 
At 7 pm there will be a symposium titled WHO IS AI WEIWEI? and from 6-9 pm there will be screenings of selected video works by Ai Weiwei as well as an excerpt from Alison Klayman's documentary, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.  The benefit exhibition, symposium, and video screenings will take place at White Box located at 329 Broome Street in the Bowery/Lower East Side art district in New York City.  Artists have been invited to contribute works with social/political conscience that in some measure respond to Ai Weiwei's incarceration. 

White Box plans to present a follow-up benefit event and auction in October 2011, at which time it is hoped that the artist will be present to accept the award in person.

All proceeds will equally benefit Human Rights Watch and White Box's Global Outreach Initiatives.

Download invite postcard PDF HERE

Download Media Kit HERE

See Jerome A. Cohen's interview HERE

 



NONNA'S LES PIZZERIA

 

WHERE IS AI WEIWEI?
Special Exhibition + Screenings + Performances + Benefit Art Sale
June 7, 2011 | 6 - 9 PM

MC: Tim Rollins

6 PM - Performances by Margaret Leng Tan | Lutz Rath | Tim Rollins and K.O.S.  Poetry by Anthony Haden-Guest

7 PM - Symposium moderated by Jerome A. Cohen
Panelists - Alfredo Jaar | Eleanor Heartney | Carroll Bogert | Melik Kaylan | Alexander Melamid  | Joan Lebold Cohen

8 PM - Benefit Art Sale
Previews June 6-7, 11am - 6pm

6 - 9 PM
Screenings of videos works by Ai Weiwei and excerpt from Alison Klayman's documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Suggested Admission: $50

Donations (tax-deductible): http://whereisaiweiwei.eventbrite.com/

$100 Receive Limited Edition 3-D Ai Weiwei T-shirt by Ali Hossaini
$200 Receive Limited Edition Signed Photo by Christoph Draeger

Rsvp to: benefit@whiteboxny.org

Proceeds will equally benefit Human Rights Watch and the White Box Global Outreach Program