ROME (Reuters) – Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, known for his politically charged contemporary works, will try his hand at opera by directing “Turandot”, which is set in his homeland. The Rome Opera said on Friday Ai will direct Giacomo Puccini’s work and design th... More »
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Chinese artist Ai Weiwei unveiled a new installation in Mexico that tells the story of 43 students likely massacred five years ago in a case that exposed government stonewalling and complicity in abuses, a frequent theme for the disside... More »
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei stands in front of his artwork consisting of a 60-metre rubber raft installation titled ‘Law of the Journey’ which includes around 300 figures representing refugees, during a media call for the Biennale of Sydney located in the industr... More »
Ai Wei-Wei denounced China's crackdown on lawyers and free speech on Wednesday but saw little hope that the upcoming Communist Party Congress would lead to more freedoms. More »
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei poses in downtown Hong Kong, China April 19, 2017. REUTERS/Venus Wu Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei said on Wednesday global banking giant HSBC Holdings Plc refused to open a personal bank account for him in Hong Kong for what he as... More »
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei takes a selfie with women at the Islamic Art Museum in Doha, Qatar, April 11, 2017. Picture taken April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Tom Finn Chinese artist Ai Weiwei called on wealthy Gulf Arab states to take in more Syrians displaced ... More »
Twenty two rubber boats hang on the Palazzo Strozzi’s facade as part of the installation entitled ‘Reframe’ by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in Florence, Italy September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has hung bright orange rubber... More »
CUENCA, Spain Artist Ai Weiwei has reproduced scenes of his incarceration for a new art installation, a series of almost life-size dioramas – encased in steel boxes – showing his life in jail. Visitors to the exhibition, in a cathedral in central Spain, have t... More »
COPENHAGEN Ai Weiwei will launch collection points in cities around the world for LEGO bricks after the Danish toy maker declined to fulfill a bulk order due to the Chinese artist and dissident’s political activism, his studio said. LEGO confirmed on Monday th... More »
LONDON Dissident artist Ai Weiwei has had his run-ins with the authorities in his native China, but the Royal Academy of Arts is giving him all the space he needs for a mammoth retrospective opening in London on Saturday. Among the works on display are securit... More »
