Reading through detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s blog, recently translated by Lee Ambrozy and published as a book by MIT Press, isn’t fun, and it’s not for the faint of heart. A carefully selected ...

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 ...

On 3 April 2011, nine years ago, Ai Weiwei was boarding a flight to Hong Kong when he was arrested at Beijing airport. When he asked what was going on, he was told that his travel “could damage state ...

We’ve been through this before. I’m a HUGE Ai Weiwei fan. He somehow continues to send out beautiful and challenging transmissions from behind the bonefart razor wall of oppression and torture that is ...

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 ...

What is the role of an artist in contemporary times? “As an artist, as an individual, you have to defend what you believe, right? Because that is exactly the kind of work that would help human society ...

Ready to watch 'Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour' right from your couch? Tracking down where to stream, rent, buy, or watch how to watch this Matthew Springford directed movie can be confusing so we ...

When asked about artist Ai Weiwei, DeepSeek replied "Let's talk about something else." ...