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.

Although Monet’s word-famous ... Ai Weiwei first deployed Lego bricks as an art medium in 2014 when he used them to create portraits of political prisoners. Now a key element of his practice, Lego ...

In one of the more unexpected brand-artist tie-ups that we’ve seen, Ai Weiwei has designed an artwork made from safety jackets, which – appropriately enough – Hornbach customers can build themselves ...

In response to President Trump scrapping diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, one national museum followed the ...

Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei has expressed his surprise at being turned away at Zurich Airport. The world-famous ...

The seizing of Ai Weiwei at Beijing airport by Chinese police on 3 April 2011 must count as the most famous arrest of any ... one of the world’s best-known artists, were yet to come.

Ai Weiwei is one of the most famous and influential living artists. He works with film, photography, installation, and music. He also writes and works as an art curator. Weiwei was born in Beijing ...