Gu Man, director of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, explained that the existence of these needles represent the oldest physical evidence of steel medical needles in ancient China. They ...

It features iconic works such as Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn (1995), Study of Perspective (1995–2011), Sunflower Seeds (2010), and Illumination (2019), as well as several works making their ...

Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei is at the Seattle Art Museum until September 7th. The artist’s first US retrospective in over a decade, it is his largest-ever exhibition in the US ...

Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn, 1995, AiWeiwei, Chinese, b. 1957, black-and-white photographs (triptych), each: 58 x 48 in. Courtesy of Ai Weiwei Studio, ©Ai Weiwei ...

Ai Weiwei Brings His Largest U.S. Exhibition to Seattle: Displaying over 130 pieces that confront power, censorship and cultural identity.

A man has smashed a sculpture by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei during the private opening of his exhibition in the northern Italian city of Bologna.

One of Ai’s most famous pieces, “Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn, (1995)” captures the artist as he drops a 2,000-year-old ceremonial urn, allowing it to smash to the floor at his feet.