He lacked the necessary travel documents, but he was not detained, Swiss police said. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The son of a poet revered by former communist leaders, 67-year-old Ai is perhaps China's best-known modern artist and helped ...

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was barred from entering Switzerland on Monday because he was unable to produce a visa. According to an Instagram post by Ai Weiwei, he spent the night from Monday to Tuesday ...

Mark Hudson talks to China’s most provocative exile about his new exhibition, the triple standards of the West, the crisis of ...

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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 Chinese government suppressed any information about the deceased and injured children and arrested their parents and activists who attempted to draw attention to the tragedy. Ai Weiwei wanted ...

The response to the Chinese artist's exhibition on Alcatraz island, when former prisoners of conscience and the families of those still detained sent postcards to Ai ...