Chinese artist and provocateur Ai Weiwei relishes the symbolism of displaying his portraits of political dissidents and activists in Washington at a time when human rights and liberties are ...

Politics June 7, 2013 Ai Weiwei: Political Art at the Venice Biennale Six dioramas present key moments of the eighty-one-day imprisonment of the worlld’s most famous artist.

Ai Weiwei is among the artists featured in this year’s Sculpture in the City 2025 public art exhibition, which was officially ...

There is a sly wryness to conversations with Ai Weiwei. China’s preeminent contemporary artist talks about his work with both self-importance and self-mocking irreverence, calling it silly and ...

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is presenting his show "Ai Weiwei: Trace at Hirshhorn," which features Lego portraits of political dissidents and activists. (Video: Erin Patrick O'Connor/The Washington Post) ...

This marks yet another political struggle for Ai, who is famous abroad for his art and has emerged as a leading Chinese dissident, a voice for individual freedom.

Ai Weiwei is probably China’s most noteworthy contemporary artist and political activist, but his art often eludes the attention of the public, as that part of his life is overshadowed by his role as ...

"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 ...

A statement from the museum, which displayed works by Ai Weiwei and Goya, attributes the closure to disruption caused by ...

Published: January 18, 2024 11:49am EST Ai Weiwei, China’s most famous dissident and artist, has called art that can be easily replicated by artificial intelligence (AI) “ meaningless ”.

Artist, activist and former political prisoner Ai Weiwei discusses resisting authoritarianism in China and beyond, whether the West can handle China's rising influence and his latest act of self ...

Gianluca Costantini Is Using Art to Change the World The activist opens up about illustrating Ai Weiwei's new memoir and the transformative power of images.