The world-renowned dissident artist, who is celebrated in the gambling community as a “Blackjack Guru,” explained the story behind the lawsuit in a New York Times op-ed.
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The Power and Limits of Ai Weiwei’s Irreverence
While his political commitment comes through in many works, it’s hard to square talk of “revolution” with Ai Weiwei’s staggering mainstream US success.
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Ai Weiwei Is Documenting the Amazon Fires for a New Project
The artist announced at Art Basel that he will be using footage of the fires for a documentary, as well as in an opera he’s directing next year.
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Inside an Ai Weiwei-Designed Home in Upstate New York, Selling for $5.25 Million
A glimpse inside the Tsai Residence in Ancram, New York, the only private residence designed by the artist in the United States.
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Courtroom Sketches from Ai Weiwei’s Legal Battle Against Volkswagen
The artist has filed a lawsuit against the company for copyright infringement after the automaker used one of his works about the refugee crisis as a backdrop for its cars.
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Ai Weiwei Flies a Flag for Human Rights
The commissioned flag celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the UK.
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Ai Weiwei Slams US for “Complicity” in China’s Arrest of Two Canadian Citizens
The artist called the United States a “willing partner” in China’s “monstrous regime.”
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An Autobiography in Pictures, Ai Weiwei: Beijing Photographs 1993–2003
The book contains more than 600 carefully sequenced images culled from an archive of more than 40,000 photographs taken by the artist.
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Without Warning, Chinese Authorities Demolish Ai Weiwei’s Beijing Studio
“Farewell,” Ai wrote on Instagram. “Today, they started to demolish my studio ‘Zuo You’ in Beijing with no precaution. Which I have as my main studio since 2006. It is a[n] East German style socialist factory building.”
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Ai Weiwei Defends His Selfie with Right-Wing German Nationalist Politician
“Although her views are completely the opposite of mine, no one has the right to judge her personal life,” Ai Weiwei said about his choice to take a selfie with the leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
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Artist Interviews and the Literature of Self-Endorsement
In three recent volumes, artists express nostalgia for the smaller, scrappier New York art world.
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Picturing Ai Weiwei in Istanbul
Working in porcelain, Ai Weiwei On Porcelain can feel like a retrospective of his greatest hits done in a material that has been prized for centuries.
