“Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads,” the public artwork by detained artist Ai WeiWei is now on display at Londons Somerset House. The installation follows the huge success of his recent “Sunflower Seeds“ exhibition at the Tate Modern and is alongside a showing of key works from the last 6 years at the Lisson Gallery. WeiWei’s “Cirle of Animals”…

Internationally acclaimed Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei has re-interpreted the twelve bronze animal heads representing the traditional Chinese zodiac that once adorned the famed fountain-clock of the Yuanming Yuan, an imperial retreat in Beijing. Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads is his first major public sculpture project and will the exhibition will be presented in the United States,…