Ai Weiwei at Alcatraz, Another Ace Hotel Collaboration and More From the Cultural Calendar

T Magazine: Ai Weiwei at Alcatraz, Another Ace Hotel Collaboration and More From the Cultural Calendar


An installation view of "With Wind," Ai Wei Wei's exhibition at Alcatraz.Credit 
Jan Sturmann, courtesy FOR-SITE Foundation

Mon, San Francisco

Ai Weiwei takes over Alcatraz

The Chinese artist and politics dissident Ai Weiwei’s newest installation series is arguably one of the most talked-about artwork events in the world right now. By taking over the historic San Francisco prison site Alcatraz and incorporating seven site-specific installations in seven of the compound’s area to area, Weiwei, whose recent history is peppered with arrests and heavy monitoring by the Chinese government, is shining a light on what it means to be a captive, and what it takes to believe in freedom.

On display until April twenty six, 2015. Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, for-site. org

Tuesday, Paris

Raquel Allegra’s fashion-meets-art installation at Merci in Paris

The Los Angeles-based designer Raquel Allegra has just unveiled an installation at the Paris fashion as well as interiors boutique Merci that incorporates a phalanx of hand-dyed clothing and a 20-foot-high hand-crocheted, hand-dyed tapestry comprised of nearly 1, 000 back yards of cotton gauze.

On view until October 11 at Pitié, 111 Boulevard Beaumarchais, Paris, merci-merci. com.

Friday, Dallas

The Joule Hotel debuts a chic new cocktail lounge

Dallas’s most happening resort, the Joule, is opening a new cocktail lounge called the Midnight Rambler. The Los Angeles-based boutique and design firm TenOverSix created the decorations; the New York-based cocktail sommeliers Cuffs & Buttons crafted the 19-century-inspired drink menu. Like the hotel’s lobby, the lounge is home to numerous artworks, including some from Vivian Maier, the early 20th-century photographer whose functions started gathering international interest after her death in 2009.

Photo

Left: "Hinged Painting (Halleck Street, Brooklyn)" by Lisa Sigal, one of the works featured in "“Crossing Brooklyn" at the Brooklyn Museum. Right: A look from the No. 6 collaboration with Atelier Ace. Jacket ($475), dress ($320) and wedge clogs ($285).Credit

And Friday in 

A museum survey of Brooklyn artists in Brooklyn

The Ace Hotel collaborates with No. 6 Store in Los Angeles (and New York)

A painter’s striking renderings of movie stars and models in London

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