Ahead of his largest-ever exhibition in the U.S., the dissident artist reflects on collecting jade and living below ground.

Legendary dissident artist Ai Weiwei is taking over Seattle Art Museum (and beyond) for an extended run, showcasing sharply ...

Visitors can also dive deeper into Ai’s philosophy through two of his books, Humanity and Weiwei-isms, published by No More ...

The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei has Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot as its inspiration. And the reason for this is found in ...

Ai Weiwei’s father, famous poet Ai Qing, was exiled (with his young son) to a remote region of China, where he did hard labor in a re-education camp. The sculpture was also inspired by the ...

The first Ai Weiwei retrospective in the U.S. in over a decade is now on display at the Seattle Art Museum. The show features ...

Joining a growing number of publications that have sought to reexamine China’s socialist legacy, two new books examine the ways in which contemporary art practice and discourse reengaged the social ...

While Western democracies struggle with internal gridlock, economic and stagnation, China’s governance model continues to ...

CPH:DOX has selected 68 feature-length world premieres for its 2025 event – a record across the 22 editions of the festival.

Ai Weiwei was imprisoned in China in 2011 after making statements critical of the government and was banned from travelling. He then left the country.