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Ai Weiwei Athens Exhibit Speaks Volumes Highlighting Europe's 'Immoral' Response to Refugee Crisis
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is no stranger to political activism and drawing attention to issues he finds of importance and human interest. His new exhibition is currently at display at the Athens Museum of Cycladic Art from May 30 to October...
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Ai Weiwei to Present First Solo Show in Greece
The Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens has announced a major exhibition with Ai Weiwei. The Chinese dissident artist and activist has become world-famous for his political and cultural criticism.
Sandra Marinopoulos, President of the Museum of Cycladic Art states,...
Greece
Idomeni Migrant Camp Speaks Volumes of Greek Administrative Inefficiency and Makes Mockery of EU Pledges to Human Rights
Greece has begun refugee transfers from the Greek border town of Idomeni where some 13,00 people are stuck after Balkan countries completely sealed off the migrant trail as part of an EU plan, although Germany has publicly denounced the...
Greece
Chines Artist Puts on a Performance in Idomeni for a Young Aspiring Syrian Pianist
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, who had announced plans earlier in the year to create a memorial on the Greek island of Lesbos for the plight of refugees, many of whom have lost their lives trying to reach Europe, made...
Greece
Ai Weiwei Returns to Champion Refugees' Cause at Idomeni; 'This is like a Second War,' Syrian Woman Says
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was at the side of the refugees in Greece once again on Thursday, this time at the tiny village of Idomeni on Greece's northern border with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and...
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Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Recreates Drowned Refugee Child Picture from Greece
Aylan Kurdi was the three-year-old child that drowned off the coast of the Greek island of Kos, in September 2015, along with his five-year-old brother Galip and their mother. The three people were on board an overcrowded dinghy fleeing...
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Greek Island of Lesvos: Peace Symbol Made from Refugee Life Jackets
Volunteers from various non-governmental organizations located on the Greek island of Lesvos sent their own New Year message in a unique fashion. They collected more than 2,500 life jackets left behind by the refugees arriving on the island in...
Greece
Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Meets Refugees on Greek Island of Lesvos
Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has been on the Greek island of Lesvos since this past weekend, witnessing the unfolding refugee crisis first hand.
With almost a million migrants and refugees having arrived in Europe in 2015, 491,646 of which entered the European Union through...