The Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei recently went back to Beijing after staying away for ten years, he described it as ...

The Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei quietly returned to China last month, after spending a decade in exile in Europe.

Ai Weiwei returned to China in December 2025 for the first time since 2015, drawing attention through interviews in which he contrasted the ease of life in China with what he described as bureaucratic ...

For the past 10 years the dissident artist has lived in Germany, the UK and now Portugal, never once setting foot in his native country, where people with far less controversial pasts have faced ...

Amid the shadow of war, the world-renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has brought his first-ever exhibition to Kyiv. Commissioned by the non-profit platform RIBBON International, Ai’s ...

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been released, as has his cousin Zhang Jinsong, but that doesn’t mean the story is over. Ai’s legal case is still open, China is still detaining and jailing ...

Ai Weiwei returned to China quietly last month, ending a ten-year absence that began when he left the country in 2015. The ...

After a massive Twitter bid in 2019, the dissident artist has largely kept the collection under wraps – until now.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. Ribbon International, which commissioned Ai Weiwei's new ...