Ai Weiwei

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"Ai Weiwei's work thinks big: big politics, big history, big issues, big materials," said Charles Mudede in The Stranger . So it's fitting that the first U.S. exhibition of Ai's art in more than a decade is also the biggest yet. More than 130 of the Chinese artist-activist's works are…

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UPDATED to note producer and executive producer of Ai Weiwei’s Turandot. CPH:DOX, the renowned documentary festival in Copenhagen, is presenting what might be called an Ai Weiwei double feature. On Wednesday, the festival hosts the world premiere of Animality , the great Chinese artist’s latest documentary. And later today it…

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A large porcelain sculpture by the Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei was left shattered Friday after a man smashed the artwork on display at a museum in Bologna, Italy. Ai shared security footage of the act of vandalism on his piece, titled “Porcelain Cube,” and video of the suspect’s arrest…

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MONTEMOR-O-NOVO, Portugal (AP) — Dissident Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei is taking heart from recent public protests in China over the authorities’ strict COVID-19 policy, but he doesn’t see them bringing about any significant political change. “I don’t think that’s possible,” he told The Associated Press in an interview…

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has described China's COVID-19 policies as "unprecedented" but said that he doubts recent protests will be successful in the face of the country's one-party rule. Ai, who now lives in Portugal with his wife and child, spoke to German news outlet Deutsche Welle (DW) on…