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But the most powerful aspects of Ai Weiwei’s Turandot are the many contemplations on art itself. Weiwei says succinctly that “Everything is art. Everything is politics.” Michael Fabiano ...

You might expect a world-famous artist like Ai Weiwei — who has poked critically at value systems and institutions for decades with his provocative, interrogating art — to be more bombastic.

The promised gift from Walther and the Walther Family Foundation includes photographs, albums and time-based works by artists including Malick Sibidé, Ai Weiwei, Thomas Struth, Stephen Shore and ...

"Ai Weiwei will never explain his artwork. That's not something he does," said Foong Ping, SAM's curator of Chinese Art. She organized the 40 year retrospective into two parts. Part one is called ...

By Zoey Poll For part of the year, the artist and activist Ai Weiwei works in a cavernous 30,000 ... 1,001 volunteers from China to the Documenta art exhibition in Kassel, Germany.

Ai Weiwei, known for his witty and conceptual nose-thumbing at shibboleths both abroad and in his native Communist China, is one of the world’s most enduring art stars. His consistent knack for cheeky ...

The man has a history of targeting significant works of art, according to authorities. This photo shows the Ai Weiwei sculpture that was destroyed at the art exhibit over the weekend in September ...

According to his wishes, the artwork’s fragments were covered with ... ‘The act of vandalism against Ai Weiwei’s work Porcelain Cube is even more shocking when we consider that several ...

Ai Weiwei revealed that the perpetrator had approached ... has a long history of targeting important works of art. Last year, he was arrested for climbing the statue of Hercules and Caus in ...

The spokesperson said the art show, entitled “Who am I ... The exhibition is due to run until May 4. “Ai Weiwei worried that no one was hurt and then asked that the remains of the work ...