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

“I’m like a shattered mirror,” the artist Ai Weiwei tells W one morning in a cozy corner of the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), ...

China’s most famous artist lives quietly in Portugal. But exile is hard, even if it’s golden. On the occasion of his latest exhibition at the MUSAC, a contemporary art museum in the city of León, ...

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 ...

Leading artist Ai Weiwei commented on AI, power, and his plans for a Manchester exhibition during a talk last night ...

Ai Weiwei is the most famous Chinese artist working today. His work, some of which is on an epic scale, often highlights issues of human rights and freedom of speech.

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

Seattle Art Museum (SAM) is showcasing an exhibit by contemporary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei from March 12 to Sept. 7, titled ...

In the following years, Ai Weiwei’s studio was demolished without prior warning (according to the official statement, it was demolished due to illegal construction) and the artist himself was ...

Ahead of his major show at London’s Design Museum, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has unveiled a homage to Impressionist painter, Claude Monet, constructed entirely of Lego. The piece, titled Water Lilies ...

You might expect a world-famous artist like Ai Weiwei — who has poked critically ... a phonetic play on the name of Ai’s company, FAKE Design Studio. When pronounced in Mandarin (“fah ...