Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who helped design the stadium, said it was conceived in the spirit of democracy and freedom.. The national 'Birds Nest' stadium, the main site of the 2008 Beijing ...

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei helped design the Bird's Nest stadium. He said it was conceived in the spirit of democracy and freedom.

Controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who has been somewhat quiet since his release on bail last month, ... The Bird’s Nest—I never think about it. After the Olympics, ...

Ai Weiwei, an artist known as China's Andy Warhol, helped design the Bird's Nest. Then he did a surprising thing: He walked away and boycotted the Beijing Olympics , accusing the Chinese ...

Ai Weiwei helped design Beijing’s Olympic stadium. ... The Beijing National Stadium, or “Bird’s Nest.” The open-roofed structure, wrapped in interwoven steel structs, ...

When the artist Ai Weiwei was picked to help design Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics, he hoped the Games and the venue's distinct architecture — the instantly ...

Ai Weiwei, one of China's best-known artists who has become an increasingly vocal critic of the Chinese government, was about to leave for his Shanghai studio.

Ai Weiwei continues to test the limits of his release from government custody — this time in a bleak essay for Newsweek about the city that houses one of his most ... the Bird’s Nest, ...

Ai Weiwei is possibly China's most famous artist. He was one of the designers of the famous "Bird's Nest" stadium made so famous by the 2008 Olympics.And his piece "Sunflower Seeds," which was ...

Ai Weiwei, who designed the impressive Bird's Nest stadium for the Chinese capital's 2008 Olympic Games, has long been an outspoken critic of the Communist Party.

In April 2011, Ai Weiwei -- the Chinese artist who helped design the Beijing "bird's nest" Olympic stadium and who filled London's Tate Modern with 8 million sunflower seeds -- was arrested by ...