It is a reference to the forced political exile of Mr. Weiwei’s father, the beloved Chinese poet Ai Qing, who was sent to labor on a farm in Northeast China. Political dissidence and art history ...

Ai Weiwei is one of the best known artists working today ... and critique of the global imbalance of power—a fact that has turned Ai into a political target. “I will never leave China,” he once ...

On a visit to the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern, Chinese artist and political activist Ai Weiwei spoke to Swiss public television, SRF, about his life and provocative works. (SRF/swissinfo.ch ...

Contemporary Istanbul showcases over 800 artworks from around the globe, highlighting the vital role of art as a form of soft power in fostering ...

His art transformed as well ... He is never afraid and never apologetic. In his works, Ai Weiwei often highlights political hypocrisy, corruption, and the abuse of power. Read on to learn more ...

Artist Ai Weiwei has said his new exhibition has ... most vocal political commentators and makes use of Chinese art forms to display political and social issues. He is also a well known advocate ...

DUSSELDORF, GERMANY - MAY 17: Chinese artist and political activist Ai Weiwei looks on during ... [+] opening of his exhibition at the modern art museum K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen on ...

Whatever the election’s outcome had been, the US is moving steadily towards a decline in its global political and economic ... to the US in 1981 to study art, more than 40 years have passed.

From political censorship in China ... the way to a more equal art world. Experiencing the art of Ai Weiwei is like biting into a scorpion. Plenty of sting, searingly sharp, and hard to swallow. And ...

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei poses for photographers at his exhibition ... The University Museum of Contemporary Art (MUAC) in the Mexican capital will host the exhibition until 6 October this year.

by artist Ai Weiwei, is back at The Forks after its previous installation there from 2019 to 2022. In an article in the university’s alumni blog, school of art director Edward Jurkowski called ...

Broadly speaking, almost 30 years of conservatism and political radicalism in the era of globalisation have intensified ...