Asia is not a singular story to be decoded, Xiaowen Zhu argues, but a plural condition to be encountered on its own terms.

Ai Weiwei will realize a new work in the Ukraine about the country's ongoing war with Russia. Titled Three Perfectly ...

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 ...

Ai Weiwei has directed 20 films covering a wide variety of topics. His 2020 documentary Vivos examined the shocking disappearance of a group of students who were seized in Mexico’s Guerrero state.

Ai Weiwei premieres two films at CPH:DOX: “Animality” and “Ai Weiwei’s Turandot,” a behind-the-scenes look at his radical opera production.

Ai Weiwei with the word "FUCK" sunburned onto his chest, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 2000, part of the Beijing Photographs series, 1993-2003, Ai Weiwei, Chinese, b. 1957, black and white photograph.

Entertainment Visual Arts Ai Weiwei’s Seattle Art Museum takeover begins with ‘Ai, Rebel’ March 11, 2025 at 6:00 am Updated March 11, 2025 at 6:01 am By Gayle Clemans ...

Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei was deported from Switzerland early Tuesday morning after border authorities refused to recognize his Portuguese-issued visa. The incident underscores the ...

Ai Weiwei, The U.S. Navy collecting the remnants of a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon shot down by an Air Force fighter, 2023; Toy bricks mounted on aluminum, 149 5/8 x 254 3/8 inches ...

This photo shows the Ai Weiwei sculpture that was destroyed at the art exhibit over the weekend in September 2024. OperaLaboratori via AP/OperaLaboratori via AP How the man managed to enter Friday ...

Footage from CCTV cameras — posted on Ai Weiwei’s Instagram account — showed a man vigorously pushing the sculpture over, breaking it and then holding a piece of it over his head.

Mr. Ai said he did not intend to reconstruct or replace the destroyed sculpture. Genus Bononiae Press Office, via Reuters In the aftermath, the artist shared a short video of the man being arrested.