Ahead of his largest-ever exhibition in the U.S., the dissident artist reflects on collecting jade and living below ground.

Legendary dissident artist Ai Weiwei is taking over Seattle Art Museum (and beyond) for an extended run, showcasing sharply ...

“I’m like a shattered mirror,” the artist Ai Weiwei tells W one morning in a cozy corner of the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), ...

Seattle Art Museum (SAM) is showcasing an exhibit by contemporary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei from March 12 to Sept. 7, titled ...

China’s most famous artist lives quietly in Portugal. But exile is hard, even if it’s golden. On the occasion of his latest exhibition at the MUSAC, a contemporary art museum in the city of León, ...

Visitors can also dive deeper into Ai’s philosophy through two of his books, Humanity and Weiwei-isms, published by No More ...

This spring, it’s Paris calling. The French capital’s recent art history is the subject of two monumental surveys—one at the Centre Pompidou, the other at the Singaporean National Gallery of Art—that ...

Included is the photo triptych Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn (1995) and Sunflower Seeds (2010), an installation of millions of ...

installation art, even Legos — to deliver messages about history, culture and the abuse or neglect of humanity. With “Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei” (March 12-Sept.