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Ai Weiwei (/ ˈ aɪ w eɪ ˈ w eɪ / ⓘ EYE way-WAY; Chinese: 艾未未; pinyin: Ài Wèiwèi, IPA: [âɪ wêɪ.wêɪ]; born 28 August 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. [1]
Political censorship in the West today is “exactly the same” as it was in China under leader Mao Zedong, artist Ai Weiwei has said. The 66-year-old told Sky’s Sunday Morning With Trevor ...
The Chinese dissident artist said he would return home if the state did not take away his ‘personal freedom’.
Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist and dissident who believes it his job to be “incorrect,” was hard at work Tuesday night during an appearance at The Town Hall in Manhattan. “I really like to ...
Ai said that the Prize was a message from the international community to the Chinese government to respect universal human values, notwithstanding China's economic performance. [72] Writer Liao Yiwu , a close friend of Liu, described it as "a big moment in Chinese history". [ 38 ]
At least 54 leading activists have been arrested or detained by authorities including: [7] Ai Weiwei (Chinese: 艾未未), prominent dissident, had expressed his sympathy with the 2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests: Amid Boxun's online campaign, Ai had posted on his Twitter account on 24 February: "I didn’t care about jasmine at first, but people who are scared by jasmine sent out ...
WeiweiCam is a self-surveillance project by artist Ai Weiwei, in China, that went live on April 3, 2012, exactly one year after the artist's detention by Chinese officials at Beijing Airport. [1] At least fifteen surveillance cameras monitor his house in Beijing [2] which, according to Ai, makes it the most-watched spot of the city. [3]
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei helped design the Bird's Nest stadium. He said it was conceived in the spirit of democracy and freedom. China's dissident artist Ai Weiwei on the Bird's Nest, the Olympics ...