Lily Cole and Sir Geoff Hurst Barnaby Martin’s show-stopping dispatch reveals more to Kiran Acharya than any document to date on Ai Weiwei’s place in China and the international art world and a rare ...

In 2011, contemporary artist Ai Weiwei was arrested for 81 days, imprisoned by the Chinese government in Beijing for criticizing the communist regime and surveillance, and championing human rights.

His toy-brick masterpieces are tributes to anyone terrorized and brutalized by the world’s great powers and their proxies.

Ai Weiwei is one of the best known artists working today. His provocative blend of Chinese history and tradition within a wholly contemporary practice serves as a form of human rights activism, ...

The leading Chinese dissident, the artist and filmmaker Ai Weiwei, says China's influence has become so great that it can't now be effectively stopped. "The West should really have worried about ...

Painter and filmmaker Julian Schnabel and artist Ai Weiwei with Observer’s Stephen Wozniak during a walkthrough of “Child’s Play” at Vito Schnabel Gallery. Photo by Stephen Wozniak At Vito ...

The exhibition showcases the artist’s pixel-like LEGO ... the construction of our very reality. Ai Weiwei, The U.S. Navy collecting the remnants of a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon ...

TJ McCue is Seattle-based and covers tech & productivity tools. The shirt below is from Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei featuring a quote about “Life is Art” that appeared when I ...

Ai Xuan is a Chinese artist known for his painting ... Notably, he shares a peer in Ai Weiwei.

screens and now we have politically-charged documentary on Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. A winner at Sundance, Never Sorry is interesting but needed a little more focus to click into place.

Over the past several decades, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has become one of the most important and recognizable names in contemporary art, activism, and politics. He is never afraid and never ...

In Photos: Ai Weiwei Goes To Alcatraz The Chinese artist turns dragon kites and Lego portraits into powerful political statements. Ai Weiwei Doesn’t Want You To See This Sci-Fi Movie He’s In ...