In the spring, “Perspectives: Ai Weiwei” opened at the Arthur M ... Ai lives well enough, even under house arrest, but there’s little about him that’s extravagant or arty.

A porcelain sculpture by Ai Weiwei was intentionally broken by a ... who was stopped by museum security and later arrested by police. How he successfully got into the invite-only event is unclear.

Censorship and the threat of arrest have long been part of being an artist in China. However, Ai Weiwei's detention signals an escalation of control of those who speak up and a return to the ...

Courtesy of Ai Weiwei Studio After learning his father ... ‘Am I afraid to be arrested?’ And the answer was no,” he says. In the fall of 2000 Ai rented a warehouse space in Shanghai for ...

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 ...

“Ai Weiwei’s Turandot” is co-produced by Marta ... long-standing commitment to freedom of expression. After his 2011 arrest and imprisonment, Ai left China in 2015 and now lives and works ...