Opinion
What I Wish I Had Known About Germany Earlier
A German newspaper commissioned an article from me but then refused to publish it.
Ai Weiwei
News
Chinese Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei Denied Entry to Switzerland
“I did not expect to encounter such a surprising incident,” Ai told Hyperallergic.
News
Ai Weiwei Speaks Out On DeepSeek's Chilling Responses
The Chinese-owned AI chatbot’s refusal to answer questions about the dissident artist and activist is “quite telling,” Ai said in a statement to Hyperallergic.
News
"Who Is Ai Weiwei?" DeepSeek Refuses to Say
The AI’s responses to queries related to dissident artists and artistic freedom were terse and biased in favor of the Chinese government.
Art
Ai Weiwei Knocks Down the Building Blocks of Empire
His toy-brick masterpieces are tributes to anyone terrorized and brutalized by the world’s great powers and their proxies.
Opinion
Rooted in Our Imaginations of Resistance
The darkest soil can often grow the richest crops.
News
Man Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture in Italy
The vandal toppled the porcelain cube during a reception at Palazzo Fava in Bologna.
News
Ai Weiwei Speaks Out on Cancellation of His London Exhibition
In a statement to Hyperallergic after Lisson Gallery nixed his show, the artist warned of “soft violence aimed at stifling voices” on the topic of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
News
Gallery Nixes Ai Weiwei Show After Tweet About Israel
Lisson Gallery says the show was postponed; the artist says it was “effectively canceled.”
Art
Ai Weiwei Recreates Monet’s "Water Lilies" Using 650,000 LEGOS
It’s the artist’s largest LEGO artwork to date.
News
Take Ai Weiwei's Middle Finger Anywhere in the World
A new collaboration between the artist and Avant Arte invites users to flip the bird anywhere and everywhere on Google Maps.
Art
What Freedom Looks Like for Incarcerated Artists
Koestler Arts works with incarcerated people and patients in secure mental health units, aiming to improve their lives through creativity.