Ai Weiwei says show removed his art for ‘political reasons’
The Chinese artist’s work has been pulled from China’s Yinchuan Biennale
Ai Weiwei working on new show about refugee crisis
#SafePassage will open in Amsterdam next month
Patti Smith and Ai Weiwei join forces for an art project
More than 30 artists, writers and performers will take over Reading jail to honour one of its most famous residents, Oscar Wilde
Ai Weiwei covers Austrian palace in 1,005 life jackets
The artist’s latest installation, ‘F. Lotus’, appeared at Vienna’s Belvedere Palace this week
Ai Weiwei is making a film about the refugee crisis
The artist has already shot ‘over 600 hours’ of footage for the project
Ai Weiwei brings a grand piano to Idomeni refugee camp
He invited Syrian refugee Nour Al Khzam to perform in his latest project to highlight the global refugee crisis
Ai Weiwei makes socialites take selfies in refugee jackets
Described as ‘offensively tasteless’, the artist’s latest fundraiser saw a room of celebrities pose in emergency jackets
Ai Weiwei covers Berlin concert hall in 14,000 life jackets
The artist used the jackets – which were washed up on the shores of Lesbos – to highlight the global refugee crisis
Ai Weiwei poses as drowned Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi
The Chinese artist has recreated the haunting and heartbreaking image of the drowned child refugee
Ai Weiwei honours dissidents with 4-bit Instagram portraits
Edward Snowden, Martin Luther King and dozens of other political rebels are featured alongside their story of state punishment
