You might expect a world-famous artist like Ai Weiwei — who has poked critically at value systems and institutions for decades with his provocative, interrogating art — to be more bombastic. But in a ...

"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 ...

In September this year, Pavilion 13 at the ExpoCentre of Ukraine in Kyiv will open an installation by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei entitled Three Perfectly Proportioned Spheres and Camouflage Uniforms ...

A public art initiative marking the 80th anniversary of the U.N. is inviting artists to examine the state of democracy and social justice. The first featured artist is Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei, ...

In more than 130 works, the Seattle survey reflects on Ai Weiwei’s political engagement from the 1980s to today. Photo: Chloe Collyer Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently ...

If it weren't for the gallery assistant's haughty, dismissive tone, I probably would never have stolen the painting. To be clear, I'm not normally an art thief. My day jobs are as a civil rights ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Alcatraz is undergoing a big change. The former prison which was home to Machine Gun Kelly and Al Capone is now hosting what many say is the most anticipated contemporary art ...

According to Ai Weiwei’s lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan, Ai’s FAKE studio has been accused (and seemingly convicted) of evading over 5 million RMB ($770,000 USD) and is to pay 7 million RMB ($1 million USD) in ...

DeepSeek, a new Chinese artificial intelligence chatbot rival to ChatGPT, has sent shockwaves through U.S. political circles this week, tanking tech stocks of companies like Nvidia. The launch of ...

A man was arrested after police say he intentionally smashed a $1 million vase by renowned artist Ai Weiwei as part of a protest at a Miami art museum. Maximo Caminero, 51, was arrested for criminal ...

Ai Weiwei is shown with “Forge” (2008-12), made out of 100 steel reinforcing bars and ink on canvas. The artist is shown March 7, 2025, at Seattle Art Museum ahead of SAM's “Ai, Rebel: The Art and ...