China’s most famous artist lives quietly in Portugal. But exile is hard, even if it’s golden. On the occasion of his latest ...

Led by major retrospectives of Ai Weiwei, Wayne Thiebaud, Ruth Asawa, Rashid Johnson and more, these shows illuminate new ways to appreciate top artists, past and present.

A vandal smashed up a sculpture by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei during the private opening of his exhibition in Italy.

The Chinese artist-activist Ai Weiwei was denied entry to Switzerland and is among thousands affected by Portugal's visa ...

VENICE, Italy--Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei warns against hubris in what ... of the Twitter bird logo and surveillance cameras, hinting at the darker side of technology.

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has created an exhibit that opens Saturday on Alcatraz in the San Francisco bay. WSJ's Monika Auger took at look at it.

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 ...

The seizing of Ai Weiwei at Beijing airport by Chinese police on 3 April 2011 must count as the most famous arrest of any artist ever. While the ostensible charge was tax evasion, Ai’s ...

16.5 x 16.5 x 16.5 in. (41.9 x 41.9 x 41.9 cm.) London, Tate, The Unilever Series: Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds, exh. cat., 2010-2011, p. 63, no. 47 (another unique ...

Over the past several decades, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has become one of the most ... with his provocative gaze turned straight into the camera. The act was blasphemous in its nature, but it ...

Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist and activist. Ai grew up in the far north-west of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been ...