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Leading the Weiwei
Ai Weiwei at The Royal Academy of ArtsAi Weiwei at the Royal AcademyThe world has been waiting agog for the latest show at the Royal Academy of Arts: an impressive summation of works by contemporary artist and political activist Ai Weiwei. Featuring significant works from 1993 onwards, the year that Ai returned to China after more than a decade in New York, the exhibition is profound, powerful and deeply political.
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The Weiss Gallery, Cornelius Johnson, An Unknown Lady, Painted 1624, Oil on panel, 77.5 x 61 cm
We are coming to the end of London Art Week (3-10 July 2015), and Mayfair and St James’s has been awash with collectors, curators and art enthusiasts gallery-hopping from one dealer to another in an area historically famed for its arts community.