Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds at Tate Modern

Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds installation, now on display in the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in London, is a staggering collection of millions of porcelain sunflower seeds, each hand-crafted by specialists in the Chinese city of Jingdezhen. The installation is a symbol of the people of China, each unique and working together to create a unified whole.

The artist, who has been controversial for his political beliefs, was arrested April 4 by the Chinese authorities as he boarded a plane to Hong Kong. His wherabouts are currently unknown.

Sunflower Seeds is on display through May 2 and is certainly worth a visit.

For more info, visit: www.tate.org.uk/modern

Designer to Watch: Alex Trochut

Check out the beautiful work—and range—of Barcelona-based Alex Trochut, an Art Director’s Club Young Gun Winner. 

Photographer to Watch: Suren Manvelyan

Suren Manvelyan is a PhD-holding Armenian physicist who is also a professional photographer.  Check out his otherworldly series of macro shots of the human eye on behance.

ArtForum's Art Basel Miami Beach Roundup

ArtForum has posted some nice coverage of Art Basel Miami Beach. Check it out.

Photo via ArtForum… Left: Artist Julian Schnabel with Steve Martin. (Photo: Linda Yablonsky) Right: LCD Soundsystem. (Photo: Andy Guzzonatto)

ArtInfo's 10 Best Booths at Art Basel Miami Beach

Courtesy Galleria Franco Noero (via ArtInfo)ARTINFO has put together a list of the 10 booths not to miss at this weekend’s Art Basel Miami.

stated will be there.  Will you?