Ai Weiwei, skateboards and saris in Design Museum’s 2023 programme The Ai Weiwei: Making Sense exhibition will run from April 7 to July 30. The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2022
Artist Ai Weiwei warns against hubris in 'troublesome times' Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei lampoons the surveillance state and social media with his first glass sculpture, made on the Venetian island of Murano The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022
‘He died in his 30s living the life he had dreamed of’: artist Eric Ravilious He was the first war artist to die on active service – and one of the greatest. Now, a new film, featuring Alan Bennett and Ai Weiwei, uncovers his complicated life The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2022
Londoner’s Diary: Tina Brown says royals need Prince Harry’s ‘sizzle’ In today’s Diary: Tina Brown predicts a return for Harry / Ai Weiwei prefers shoes to Serpentine / Clara Paget on Instagram vs. reality Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2022
Ai Weiwei on the new Silk Road: ‘This is China’s counterattack in a global game of chess’ China is pouring trillions into the developing world. It is, the artist and activist says, an audacious power grab The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2022
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: Western boycott of Beijing Olympics is 'a joke' He is the most famous Chinese dissident and one of the best-known contemporary artists in the world. Ai Weiwei was harassed by the Chinese authorities, who bulldozed his Shanghai studio, sent him to jail without charge and drove him out of his country. After the February 2 publication of the… France 24 · Feb 15, 2022
Cosmic Stonehenge secrets, Ai Weiwei looks back, and gay sex 11,000 years ago – the week in art The British Museum introduces Europe’s earliest ancestors, the activist artist sits his work next to Chinese antiquities and LGBT+ history month begins with the deep human past – all in your weekly dispatch The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2022
Ai Weiwei: The Liberty of Doubt review – so dull and sentimental it’s offensive The iconoclast’s opposition to the Chinese state has been admirably brave. But this edgeless, confused and mawkish show suggests his art is less so The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2022
Artist Ai Weiwei Warns of Chinese and American Authoritarianism In 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows, the renowned artist details his struggles with censorship. Reason · Feb 8, 2022
Ai Weiwei: ‘I am like a cat. Cats can play for a whole day’ As his new show opens in Cambridge, the artist reflects on his interest in fakes, why he’d love to go home, and the fate of the Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2022
Chinese dissident Ai voices criticism as Winter Games open The dissident Chinese architect behind the Beijing stadium hosting Friday’s opening ceremony of the Winter Games has scoffed at the head of the U.N. health agency The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022
Exiled artist Ai Weiwei reflects on Beijing Olympics The artist Ai Weiwei helped design the Bird's Nest for the 2008 Beijing Olympics The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022
Another Beijing Olympics with human rights still major issue The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are opening with the same concerns that loomed over the 2008 Beijing Olympics: China's record on human rights and its treatment of Tibetans and Uyghur Muslims in western China The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2022
Ai Weiwei says he thinks ‘it’s obvious’ Covid didn’t generate ‘from an animal’ ‘It’s not a natural disease, it’s something that’s leaked,’ he said The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2022
The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2022 2008 Beijing Olympics vs. 2022: No lofty promises this time The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics open in just over a week
The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2022 The AP Interview: Exiled artist Ai Weiwei on Beijing Games Ai Weiwei is one of China's most famous artists, and he helped design the Bird's Nest stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympics