The Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei’s major works include Sunflower Seeds – which filled Tate Modern’s cavernous ...

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been released, as has his cousin Zhang Jinsong, but that doesn’t mean the story is over. Ai’s legal case is still open, China is still detaining and jailing ...

Factory International presents Ai Weiwei : Button Up! at Aviva Studios this summer, a major exhibition by the internationally renowned artist and activist. Monumental in scale and ambition, the ...

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, ...

Last October, I mentioned Ai Weiwei, but was perhaps insufficiently sympathetic. At best, his art bursts with loud, defiant, and impossible to ignore courage. He has detractors, for sure, but ...