Ai Wei Wei Exhibition in Berlin: Record Attendance and a Missing Artist

Iconic objects of art: 6.000 wooden stools for "Evidence", Ai Wei Wei's Berlin exhibition
Iconic objects of art: 6.000 wooden stools for “Evidence”, Ai Wei Wei’s Berlin exhibition

“Evidence”, Ai Wei Wei’s most recent exhibition in Berlin, Germany, closes with a record attendance of almost 250.000 visitors within 14 weeks. The exhibition was one of the largest ones by the Chinese artist so far, with Berlin’s famous Martin Gropius museum building being the ideal location, offering spacious exhibition halls for Ai Wei Wei’s art installations.

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China’s Movie Industry – the Asian Hollywood?

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Movie theater announcement of Hollywood blockbusters

Enormous investments have been put into China’s film industry and the efforts paid off: In 2012 China became the second largest movie market after the US, thus having overtaken Japan. Box office earnings were at around 17 billion Chinese Yuan (approx. 2 billion Euros). If the craze continues, China will be the biggest film market worldwide in a few years.

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