Cai Guo-Qiang’s Explosive New Retrospective Traces the Artist’s Journey Home

When I think of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, I mostly remember my mother’s reaction to the opening ceremony. No other nation, according to her, could orchestrate and design a fireworks display as spectacularly as China. Years later, I would discover that the showcase that made my mother beam with pride was conceived of not by a nation but by a singular Chinese artist, the renowned Cai Guo-Qiang read more