Ai Weiwei

And on the eve of the anniversary, after a year of pressure from the public, and from high-profile Chinese bloggers such as Ai Weiwei, the designer of the Bird's Nest Olympic stadium, the government has finally released the number of schoolchildren who died.

Telegraph Blogs 2009

Antony Gormley and Anish Kapoor will both be exhibiting in Hong Kong for the first time, alongside leading Asian artists such as Ai Weiwei, Cai Guo-Qiang and Jitish Kallat.

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Nothing has shaken up the art world this year like the arrest and nearly three-month detention of Ai Weiwei pronounced "Eye Way-Way", the 54-year-old son of a poet whose irreverent photographs and conceptual sculptures—often made from porcelain, tea or temple wood—have earned him a coveted spot among China's pivotal, post-Mao generation of artists.

The Art of Resistance Kelly Crow 2011

The first retrospective in the U.K. of Ai Weiwei's work, opening May 13 at London's Lisson Gallery, comes at a poignant time, with the whereabouts of the Chinese dissident artist still unknown after he was detained last month by authorities at Beijing Airport.

An Ai Weiwei Retrospective Javier Espinoza 2011

His second wife, Gao Ying, joined him with their young son, and for years Ai Weiwei grew up watching his father seethe over the situation.

The Art of Resistance Kelly Crow 2011

Photograph by Ralph Gibson Ai Weiwei photographed at J+R Music World in New York City On the afternoon of April 3, swiss dealer Urs Meile called the Beijing home and studio of Ai Weiwei, one of China's top contemporary artists who is best known for helping design the "Bird's Nest" Olympic stadium three years ago.

The Art of Resistance Kelly Crow 2011

Ai Weiwei has taken the residue of urban development and has turned them into marble, a familiar medium of commemoration.

An Ai Weiwei Retrospective Javier Espinoza 2011

The most high-profile person targeted by Chinese authorities so far is famed artist and outspoken government critic Ai Weiwei.

China says it will discuss currency in Washington 2011

The artist Ai Weiwei, who has been outspoken about Beijing's human rights record for the past few years, has not been seen for a month.

Creativity Among the Commissars Nicholas Frisch 2011

Ai Weiwei, 'Kui Hua 2,' 2009, porcelain, 1.000 kg, dimensions vary with installation, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne For "Kui Hua 2" 2009, he hand-painted porcelain "seeds."

The Art of Resistance Kelly Crow 2011