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1 of 6 — Ai Weiwei's With Wind greets visitors to his exhibit, "@Large," on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco. 2 of 6 — Ai Weiwei stands in his studio in Beijing. The Chinese government has ...
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei says he found “listening devices” hidden around in his Beijing studio. “They are listening devices or ‘bugs’,” Ai told CNN Monday.
In Beijing, the AFP reports that authorities have slated the neighborhood surrounding Ai's studio for redevelopment. According to the AP, Beijing has destroyed "large swaths of the suburbs over ...
Ai Weiwei, one of China’s best-known artists and a vocal critic of the Chinese government, has been arrested at the airport in Beijing.
Ai Weiwei, the acclaimed Chinese artist, takes us on a walk through his old stomping ground in Tompkins Square Park. Four exhibitions of his work are currently in New York.
The organising artists of a Beijing art show who reserved a blank gallery wall with a small name tag as a show of support for detained artist-activist Ai Weiwei have been detained by police and ...
Upset over his passport confiscation, Ai placed a bouquet of fresh flowers in a bike basket outside his Beijing studio and uploading a photo of the flowers to his Twitter account on Nov. 30, 2013.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has ordered dissident artist Ai Weiwei to pay 15 million yuan (1.4 million pounds) in back taxes and fines allegedly due from the company he works for, Ai said on Tuesday ...
Ai Weiwei premieres two films at CPH:DOX: “Animality” and “Ai Weiwei’s Turandot,” a behind-the-scenes look at his radical opera production.
Ai, famed for his work on the "Bird's Nest" Olympic Stadium in Beijing and whose 81-day detention this year caused an international outcry, remains under close watch in China.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei criticized the government on Thursday for removing from Chinese websites his parody of Korean pop sensation Psy's Gangnam Style video.