It is a reference to the forced political exile of Mr. Weiwei’s father, the beloved Chinese poet Ai Qing, who was sent to labor on a farm in Northeast China. Political dissidence and art history ...

Ai Weiwei is one of the best known artists working today ... and critique of the global imbalance of power—a fact that has turned Ai into a political target. “I will never leave China,” he once ...

Artist Ai Weiwei has said his new exhibition has ... most vocal political commentators and makes use of Chinese art forms to display political and social issues. He is also a well known advocate ...

His art transformed as well ... He is never afraid and never apologetic. In his works, Ai Weiwei often highlights political ...