Mark Hudson talks to China’s most provocative exile about his new exhibition, the triple standards of the West, the crisis of ...
Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines SUSPECTS NABBED AFTER DUTCH MUSEUM HEIST. Three suspects have been arrested after the theft of ...
A porcelain sculpture by Ai Weiwei was intentionally broken by a ... who was stopped by museum security and later arrested by ...
The AI’s responses to queries related to dissident artists and artistic freedom were terse and biased in favor of the Chinese ...
In 2011, Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport on 3 April, for allegedly economic crimes. He was detained for 81 days without charge. Ai Weiwei emerged as a vital ...
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 ...