Will Ai Weiwei’s efforts make any difference? He is an artist whose work of petitioning ... calls for a re-evaluation of the 1989 protest movement circulated on the Internet.

"Yesterday a museum visitor intentionally broke a vase in the Ai Weiwei exhibition ... the vase in protest of local artists because the museum only displays international artist's work.

Ai Weiwei is possibly China's most famous artist. He was one of the designers ... His response, to throw a party at the studio in a tongue in cheek protest, twittering an invite to whomever ...

"I saw it as a provocation by Weiwei to join him in an act of performance protest," he said. Ai said the artist's apparent inspiration was "misleading." "You cannot stand in front of a classical ...

“From Ai Weiwei’s side, the important thing is to get a debate and to use his voice,” the Danish art collector said. “He is becoming a European; he is taking part in what goes on her ...

Ai Weiwei was hoping to band fellow bohemians together and turn the haggard East Village into an artist’s colony ... in and arrested him for those protest tunes. But not a single charge was ...

Success! Your account was created and you’re signed in. Please visit My Account to verify and manage your account. An account was already registered with this email. Please check your inbox for ...

Today Hyperallergic is launching Ai Weiwei Watch, a permanent liveblog of the events and issues surrounding Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's arrest. Our initial two liveblogs covered the artist's ...

But walking into the Vito Schnabel Gallery, I was enthralled by the artist's playful repurposing of — of all things — Lego ...

Ai Weiwei has made a name for himself ... Ai was on the receiving end of a protest this weekend when a local Miami artist smashed a “color basis” vase valued at $1 million, part of the artist ...