To mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, artist Ai Weiwei has created a flag to celebrate universal human rights.
Arts organisations and human rights charities invite you to Fly The Flag for human rights on 24 — 30 June 2019. From the Highlands of Scotland to the coast of Cornwall via cities, towns and villages across the UK, in galleries and theatres, shopping centres and offices, schools and libraries, both physically and online, people will come together to celebrate that human rights are for everyone, every day.
“I am honoured to have the opportunity to design a flag for the 70th anniversary for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As we all come to learn, human rights are the precious result from generation after generation’s understanding of the human struggle. I am proud to be a part of this force.”
The most personal documentary ever made about Ai WeiWei will be exclusively screened at Glastonbury Festival 2022 this weekend ahead of the documentary’s release in the UK.
The new-look platform premiers exclusive cultural commissions from Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter, visual artist Solange Knowles, alongside artist and activist Ai Weiwei and author Megan Nolan.
Ai Weiwei is one of the most important contemporary artists operating today so it’s quite the coup for Kettle’s Yard to be hosting an exhibition of his work — though of course, it helps that Ai now lives in Cambridge so is close by.
