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

When Beijing was awarded the 2008 Summer Olympics, the International Olympic Committee predicted the Games could improve human rights, and Chinese politicians hinted at the same. Such talk is all ...

FILE -Ai Weiwei , who has been living with his son in Portugal ... 67-year-old Ai is perhaps China’s best-known modern artist and helped design the famous “Bird’s Nest” stadium for Beijing’s 2008 ...

Ai Weiwei. Photo: Ai Weiwei Studio ... China’s best-known modern artist and helped design the famous “Bird’s Nest” stadium for Beijing’s 2008 Olympics. But he fell out of favour after ...

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

Animality, the latest screen work from Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, is among the titles that will world premiere at this year’s CPH:DOX in Copenhagen. The festival, which runs March 19-30, released its ...

Animality, the latest screen work from Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, is among the titles that will world premiere at this year’s CPH:DOX in Copenhagen. The festival, which runs March 19-30 ...

A spokesperson for the Zurich cantonal police confirmed on Tuesday morning in response to an inquiry from the Keystone-SDA news agency that Ai Weiwei did not have the necessary entry documents and ...

but the bird’s nest fern is a true gem. With thick strappy leaves and distinctive black or brown midribs, this bright green fern is a beautiful houseplant that requires less coddling than many ...

Weiwei then commented on his stay at Zurich Airport on Instagram. “I’m sleeping on a bench with a blanket tonight, waiting to be deported at 6.50am next morning.” Ai Weiwei was imprisoned in ...

In fact, this has already begun: Researchers revealed the history of bird nests in The Netherlands by scrutinizing plastic litter used in the nests’ construction. Many different birds ...