The Chinese artist-activist Ai Weiwei was denied entry to Switzerland and is among thousands affected by Portugal's visa ...

In many ways, art cannot be separated from the political environment of its time. As discussed in previous columns, artwork is used as a vehicle for protest everywhere—from Ai Weiwei’s ...

VENICE, Italy--Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei warns against hubris in what he calls “such a troublesome time” with his first glass sculpture, made on the Venetian island of Murano ...

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has created an exhibit that opens Saturday on Alcatraz in the San Francisco bay. WSJ's Monika Auger took at look at it.

The seizing of Ai Weiwei at Beijing airport by Chinese police on 3 April 2011 must count as the most famous arrest of any artist ever. While the ostensible charge was tax evasion, Ai’s ...

As Ai Weiwei commented, ‘Our world is complex and ... London When galleries become protest sites – a new exhibition explores the art of disruption In a new exhibition at London's Auto Italia, Alex ...

The response to the Chinese artist's exhibition on Alcatraz island, when former prisoners of conscience and the families of those still detained sent postcards to Ai Weiwei. The story of artist Ai ...

07 February 2025 - 15 March 2025 / Lisson Gallery (27 Bell St) / Events, Exhibition / Ai Weiwei, Lisson Gallery / ...

Over the past several decades, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has become ... Weiwei’s work was a call to join his protest and fight systemic injustice. Ai Weiwei, however, was not pleased with the ...

AI WEIWEI RESPONDS ... about the dissident artist and other historically sensitive topics implicating the Chinese government. In a statement to Hyperallergic, Ai Weiwei said, "Ultimately, no ...