Putting together SAM's major Ai Weiwei exhibition wasn't easy. Knowing how it was done might add to the enjoyment as viewers ...

SIMON: Ai Weiwei is the son of Ai Qing, a well-known poet who fell out of favor with the Chinese Communist Party in the 1950s. That's why his family was up there in northwestern China - in a labor ...

Books We Asked Ai Weiwei to Pick 3 Life-Defining Moments From His Multi-Generational Family Memoir—Preview Them Here The book tells the story of modern China in one family, says Ai Weiwei.

Ai Weiwei: ‘Child’s Play’ Vito Schnabel Gallery, 455 West 19th Street, 360 West 11th Street, New York City Through February 22, 2025 Ai Weiwei, known for his witty and conceptual nose-thumbing at ...

If you enjoyed this story, be sure to follow Business Insider on MSN. The Lego art by Ai Weiwei cost $280,000. I spent $250 to create a forgery. Corrie Aune for BI© Corrie Aune for BI ...

Ai Weiwei Artist, activist and former political prisoner Ai Weiwei discusses resisting authoritarianism in China and beyond, whether the West can handle China’s rising influence and his latest ...

Chinese dissenter and artist Ai Weiwei warned that political correctness has begun to show shades of similarities to Mao Zedong’s infamous Cultural Revolution in China. Weiwei sat down for an ...

Ai Weiwei also incorporates his ongoing investigation of the aftermath of the Sichuan Earthquake in 2008 and his own experience with the suppression by the Chinese government into his more recent ...

Ai Weiwei -- a bellwether Ai Weiwei's interplay with authorities can be seen as a bellwether of how much China has changed, and how far it has to go, in terms of freedom of expression.

Ai Weiwei said, "thank you," and he complimented me on my Mandarin. His new book is called "1,000 Years Of Joys And Sorrows." (SOUNDBITE OF NATHAN KAWANISHI'S "LEISURELY TRAIN RIDE") ...

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