Ai Weiwei
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The artist was 'shocked and surprised' after 'Porcelain Cube' was destroyed by a man at Palazzo Fava in Bologna
Amid threats to freedom, career moves and censorship become hard to tell apart
The dissident artist argues that restrictions manifest more subtly in Europe and the US
Chinese artist recreates two famous historic paintings using the hundreds of thousands of Lego bricks
The latest edition of the popular event includes work by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and Ai Weiwei
The artist-activist defends free speech in a lengthy response, but says that the gallery’s decision is “for his own well-being”
The Foundation for Contemporary Arts has been selling works donated by visual artists to fund those working in experimental forms and performance since 1963
Design Museum exhibition brings together more than a million pieces collected by the artist including spouts and Stone Age tools
Reinterpreted "Water Lilies"—with the addition of a mysterious dark door—debuts at London's Design Museum in April
So far targets on the platform developed in collaboration with Avant Arte have included landmarks, political buildings and even artworks
Physical copies of some of the top secret US diplomatic cables leaked by Assange will be on show
Exhibition at the Design Museum will include the artist's works drawing on the Covid-19 pandemic
The video and message are part of the digital art platform Circa's new art commissions for public screens and billboards around the world
The profits of the sale will go towards tiger conservation efforts in countries including Bangladesh and China
The annual award, under the patronage of Japan’s Imperial Family, spans five categories including painting, sculpture and architecture
The dissident artist has created the one of the world's largest suspended Murano glass artworks
The Chinese activist, detained in 2011, has visited prisons across the country
At the Somerset music event, the Chinese dissident artist is screening a film about his family's history as prisoners of conscience
Work is a “warning and reminder” that world will see more humanitarian crises
Artists from Magdalene Odundo to Ai Weiwei are demonstrating that the art form goes way beyond the "applied"
The seven pieces, the first Tek has donated since forming a partnership with the Los Angeles institution in 2018, are featured in a current exhibition
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Marcel Duchamp to ancient Chinese ceramics—and why Romanticism is not for him
Chinese artist and activist says society does not have the right to make the Covid-19 vaccine compulsory
Our roundup of the latest art publications
The Chinese artist will unveil a new work this week at the Southbank Centre for the English PEN 100 festival championing freedom of expression
Sculptures arrived from China ahead of a show of works of Chinese contemporary art
The Chinese dissident artist is stopping the regular advertisements in the famous square for an hour
Almost half of the artists participating in the Bangkok Art Biennale opening this week have expressed "support for the struggle for democracy"
The digital art platform CIRCA will commission a new artist every month to create a work that reflects on the year 2020
