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Ai Weiwei’s new Manchester exhibition uses buttons to trace imperial history, industrial labor, and China’s relationship with the West.

Dissident Ai Weiwei hits out at Western hypocrisy over raising human rights with China - Artist said the West is ‘not even (in a) position to accuse China’ as he accused governments of hypocrisy ...

By Catarina Demony and Gerhard Mey LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Ai Weiwei, the Chinese dissident whose activist art has made ...

The 68-year-old plans a "large-scale show" at Aviva Studios for his first show in the north of England.

China isn’t the only country imposing limits on creative expression, argues the provocative artist ...

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

Dissident artist Ai Weiwei returns to China after 10 years in exile - The artist, who left Beijing in 2015, has clashed with Chinese authorities over his politically engaged work ...

In the documentary Ai Weiwei’s Turandot, the multi-disciplinary artist known for his architecture, installations and sculptures, takes his first steps into opera, an artistic medium he’s never ...