For additional exhibitions, please see our Calendar
Color Mushroom Cloud
Realized above the former CP-1 site, University of Chicago, December 2, 3:25 pm. Color comets and PixelBurst™ Aerial shells, 75 meters tall. Commissioned by UChicago Arts and the Smart Museum of Art.
Cai Guo-Qiang's daytime explosion event Color Mushroom Cloud reflects on the 75th anniversary of the first controlled, self-sustained nuclear chain reaction. Organized and curated by Laura Steward, the Curator of Public Art and Director of the Open Practice Committee.
Cai Guo-Qiang Solo Exhibition at the Prado Museum: Exploring the Spirit of Painting
Dates: October 24, 2017 - March 4, 2018
Venue: Prado Museum
The Prado Museum announces a solo exhibition by contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang. Cai Guo-Qiang at the Prado: The Spirit of Painting will be open from October 24, 2017 to March 4, 2018. This will be the second solo exhibition by a living artist since the museum’s founding in 1819, following an exhibition by the late Cy Twombly organized in 2008. The Spirit of Painting is co-curated by the museum’s director Miguel Zugaza and senior curator Alejandro Vergara.
Cai Guo-Qiang, Detail of The Spirit of Painting, 2017. Gunpowder on canvas, 300 x 1800 cm.
Photo © Museo Nacional del Prado
"Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang" releases on Netflix
Netflix Launching Date: October 14, 2016
In his latest feature documentary, Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald (One Day In September, The Last King Of Scotland) has unfettered access to world-renowned contemporary artist, Cai Guo-Qiang. Told through the artist’s own words and those of family, friends, colleagues, and critics, Sky Ladder traces Cai’s meteoric rise from childhood in Mao’s China to pre-eminent global artist. We witness as Cai struggles with how to affect social change through art, and navigate the compromises and complexities that arise when you’ve made it to the top. When you’ve gone as far as he has, how do you challenge yourself?
Watch on Netflix.com