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 ...

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

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

You might expect a world-famous artist like Ai Weiwei — who has poked critically at value systems and institutions for decades with his provocative, interrogating art — to be more bombastic.

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

GENEVA – Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei was barred from entering Switzerland ... s best-known modern artist and helped design the famous Bird’s Nest stadium for Beijing’s 2008 Olympics.

Some of the best-and most unsung-artists are exhibiting during 2025. These 8 art exhibits around the world are well worth a ...

This spring, it’s Paris calling. The French capital’s recent art history is the subject of two monumental surveys—one at the Centre Pompidou, the other at the Singaporean National Gallery of Art—that ...

He had planned to visit “a very good friend”, Uli Sigg, Switzerland’s former ambassador to China and collector of contemporary Chinese art ... next morning.” Ai Weiwei was imprisoned ...