Ai Weiwei

Fans Flood Artist Ai Weiwei With Offers Of Legos

4:53pm October 26, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

The Chinese artist says the Danish company that makes the toy bricks has refused to sell a bulk order for an exhibition on free speech. Ai says Lego is bowing to pressure from Chinese authorities.

Ai Weiwei's original application for a six-month business visa was denied.

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U.K. Officials Instructed To Grant Ai Weiwei's Original U.K. Visa Request

5:20pm July 31, 2015

by Lucy Perkins

The Home Office has apologized for denying the prominent Chinese dissident a six-month visa. He got only 20 days, because staff counted secret imprisonment as a criminal conviction.

Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei was denied a six-month visa to the U.K.

Chinese Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei Restricted To 20-Day U.K. Visa

6:26pm July 30, 2015

by Lucy Perkins

Ai says he was denied a six-month visa because U.K. officials said he didn't list a criminal conviction in his application. Ai was imprisoned in China, but he notes he was never charged with a crime.

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei received a new passport four years after authorities confiscated it.

After 4 Years, Chinese Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei Gets His Passport Back

7:51am July 22, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Authorities had seized Ai's passport in apparent retaliation for his social and political work. Ai's work is often fiercely critical of the Chinese government.

Ai Weiwei's With Wind greets visitors to his exhibit, "@Large," on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco.

Confined In China, Ai Weiwei Directs Alcatraz Exhibit From Afar

5:03pm September 27, 2014

by Mina Kim

The dissident Chinese artist uses San Francisco's former island prison to contrast themes of freedom and restriction.

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The video for Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's newly released song starts by re-creating the conditions of his captivity during the 81 days he was held in police detention in 2011, and later dissolves into a dystopian nightmare.

China's Artist Provocateur Explores New Medium: Heavy Metal

8:18pm May 22, 2013

by Louisa Lim

In 2011, police detained Ai Weiwei for 81 days. Now, he's released a song that's turned the experience into a heavy metal protest song, along with a dystopian nightmare video. The lyrics are explicit and angry. Ai says his music is for the many political prisoners who remain jailed.

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