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Cultural Revolution
, Time, October 29, 2012 - View PDF (1.1 MB)
Challenging Work
, New Yorker, October 2012 - View PDF (3.3 MB)
A Visit with Ai Weiwei
,
New Yorker,
October 20, 2012
The Message Over the Medium
, The New York Times, October 11, 2012 - View PDF (628 K)
Ai Weiwei: Separating the Dissident from the Artist
, Washington Post, October 5, 2012 - View PDF (716 K)
China's Art World Does Not Exist
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The Guardian,
September 10, 2012
Going Beyond Marquee Names
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New York Times,
September 6, 2012
Ai Weiwei: Slideshow
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New York Times,
September 6, 2012
Twitter Is My City
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Foreign Policy,
Sept/Oct 2012
Ai Weiwei Loses Tax Appeal
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Washington Post/AP
July 20, 2012
Artist Ai Weiwei Loses Appeal Over Tax Evasion Case
, New York Times, July 20, 2012 - View PDF (102 K)
Ai Weiwei Appeal Rejected
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The Guardian,
July 19, 2012
Ai Weiwei Does Not Consider Himself Free
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BBC News,
June 22, 2012
Ai Weiwei Bail Conditions Lifted
, The Guardian, June 21, 2012 - View PDF (332 K)
Chinese Dissident Artist Ends Yearlong Probation
, New York Times, June 21, 2012 - View PDF (407 K)
Ai Weiwei Threatened with Bigamy Charge
, Financial Times, June 21, 2012 - View PDF (625 K)
Ai Weiwei Threatened with Charges
, Chicago Tribune, June 21, 2012 - View PDF (235 K)
Ai Weiwei Marks Year Since Release
, Los Angeles Times, June 21, 2012 - View PDF (383 K)
To Live Your Life in Fear
, The Guardian, June 21, 2012 - View PDF (207 K)
Dissident Design
, Washington Post Express, June 7, 2012 - View PDF (234 K)
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
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Dezeen,
May 31, 2012
The Police Can Be Very Tough, but I Can Be Tougher Sometimes
, Telegraph, May 30, 2012 - View PDF (582 K)
Ai Weiwei at Sackler and Hirshhorn
, Washington City Paper, May 18, 2012 - View PDF (199 K)
Ai Weiwei and Herzog & Demeuron: Serpentine Pavilion
, Artlog, May 10, 2012 - View PDF (0.8 MB)
Artistic Licence
, The Economist, May 5, 2012 - View PDF (705 K)
Devastating History
, Artasiapacific, May/June 2012 - View PDF (1.3 MB)
The Vaclav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent
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Havelprize.org,
May 2, 2012
Ai Weiwei at White Box
, Artnet, April 26, 2012 - View PDF (195 K)
From the Bird's Nest to Houston
, Houston Culturemap, April 19, 2012 - View PDF (2.3 MB)
China's Censorship Can Never Defeat the Internet
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Guardian,
April 15, 2012
China’s Ai Weiwei sues tax office in ‘evasion’ case
, Reuters, April 13, 2012 - View PDF (106 K)
The Weiwei Way on View in Paris
, International Herald Tribune, April 13, 2012 - View PDF (648 K)
Ai Weiwei: Interlacing
, Domus, April 12, 2012 - View PDF (807 K)
A 21st-century take on art films
, The Art Newspaper, April 11, 2012 - View PDF (390 K)
Chinese Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei
, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 10, 2012 - View PDF (120 K)
Ai Weiwei, Chinese government friction intensifies over webcams
, Los Angeles Times, April 5, 2012 - View PDF (509 K)
Ai Weiwei Installs Studio Webcam
, Guardian, April 3, 2012 - View PDF (139 K)
Ai Weiwei makes statement on government voyeurism
, CBS News, April 3, 2012 - View PDF (663 K)
Ai Weiwei's Art & Life--On- and Offline
, Frieze Blog, March 30, 2012 - View PDF (1 MB)
Ai Weiwei Documentary Set for July Release in New York
, Gallerist NY March 26, 2012 - View PDF (404 K)
Ai Weiwei Radio Interview
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CBC Radio,
March 22, 2012
Alison Klayman's 'Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry' to Open Hot Docs
, The Holywood Reporter, March 20, 2012 - View PDF (285 K)
Tate Modern Buys 8 Million Works by Ai Weiwei
, The New York Times, March 5, 2012 - View PDF (133 K)
Ai Weiwei sunflower seeds bought by Tate
, BBC News, March 5, 2012 - View PDF (220 K)
The Zodiac Heads by Ai Weiwei receive title of Best Project in a Public Space
, Art Media Agency, March 2012 - View PDF (123 K)
At Home: Ai Weiwei
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Financial Times,
February 24, 2012
Banned Chinese Artist Gets Paris Exhibition
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AFP,
February 22, 2012
Ai Weiwei
, SlashParis, February 21, 2012 - View PDF (551 K)
Berlinale Diary 1 - Ai Weiwei: Who's Sorry Now?
, Artinfo, February 16, 2012 - View PDF (1.3 MB)
Berlin 2012: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry - review
, The Guardian, February 13, 2012 - View PDF (349 K)
Ai Weiwei Designs Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012
, ArtLyst, February 7, 2012 - View PDF (405 K)
Ai Weiwei and Beijing stadium architects to make Serpentine pavilion
, The Guardian, February 7, 2012 - View PDF (400 K)
Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron to Design Serpentine Pavilion
, The New York Times, February 7, 2012 - View PDF (118 K)
Ai Weiwei At Home, In Absentia
, New Yorker, January 27, 2012 - View PDF (1.1 MB)
Sundance 2012: Ai Weiwei screening becomes a political event
, The Los Angeles Times, January 22, 2012 - View PDF (528 K)
The Artist: He Pushes
, The Wall Street Journal January 20, 2012 - View PDF (424 K)
Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei to Bring Work to the Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery in Washington
, artdaily.org, January 12, 2012 - View PDF (271 K)
At Home with Ai Weiwei
, Art in America, January, 2012 - View PDF (405 K)
Ai Weiwei: The Dissident
, Time Magazine, December 14, 2011 - View PDF (442 K)
Point of View / Nobuyoshi Sakajiri: A meeting with Ai Weiwei
, The Asahi Shimbun December 14, 2011 - View PDF (179 K)
The Danger Artist
, GQ, December 2011 - View PDF (379 K)
Enforced Disappearance
, W Magazine, November 1, 2012 - View PDF (1.6 MB)
The Art of Resistance
, Wall Street Journal Magazine, November 2011 - View PDF (1.7 MB)
A Dissident Did Our Guest-House
, New York Magazine, October 30, 2011 - View PDF (130 K)
Ai Weiwei Receives First Bianca Jagger Courage Award
, Art in America, October 6, 2011
Ai Weiwei at LACMA
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LA Weekly,
September 8, 2011
Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads at LACMA
, Los Angeles Times, August 31, 2011 - View PDF (1.7 MB)
Ai Weiwei Will Not Be Silenced
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CNN International,
August 30, 2011
China Plans Secret Detentions?
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The Diplomat,
August 29, 2011
China dissident Ai Weiwei launches scathing attack on government
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Reuters,
August 29, 2011
Ai Weiwei: ‘Beijing is a Nightmare’
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WSJ Blog,
August 29, 2011
Ai Weiwei criticizes Beijing's rampant growth, judicial system
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LA Times,
August 29, 2011
Ai Weiwei: ‘Beijing Is a Nightmare’
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NY Observer,
August 29, 2011
Ai Weiwei Attacks China Over Justice and Human Rights
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The Guardian,
August 29, 2011
The City: Beijing by Ai Weiwei
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Newsweek/Daily Beast,
August 29, 2011
Ai Weiwei zodiac installation arrives at LACMA
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LA Times Blog,
August, 17, 2011
“We Want to Shame You”: Details of Ai Weiwei’s Detention
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China Digital Times,
August 16, 2011
Conditions of Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei’s Detention Emerge
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NYTimes,
August 12, 2011
Ai Weiwei resumes China criticism in Twitter messages
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BBC,
August 9, 2011
Ai Weiwei Gets Back to Tweeting
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Wall Street Journal,
August 8, 2011
Ai Weiwei's New York: At the Asia Society, the Artist's '80s Photos Show How the Big Apple Shaped His Defiant Temperament
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HuffPost Arts,
China Moves Forward in Tax Case Against Dissident Artist
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Ai Weiwei's Sister Gives Details Of His Confinement
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Huffington Post
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei accepts Berlin post
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Reuters
Freed Chinese Artist Accepts Job in Berlin
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NYTimes
Ai Weiwei accepts Berlin lecturer role
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BBC News
Freed Chinese Artist Reported to Be Back at Work, Though Barred From Talking to Press
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NYTimes
Ai Weiwei's New York: At the Asia Society, the Artist's '80s Photos Show How the Big Apple Shaped His Defiant Temperament
, ARTINFO - View PDF (2.2 MB)
Lawyer for Released Chinese Artist Seeks Review on Taxes
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NYTimes
Ai Weiwei and the Unstoppable Power of the Twitterverse
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HuffPost
Take a Rare Glimpse at Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei’s Early Photos of New York City
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NYMag
China artist Ai Weiwei 'to challenge tax bill and fine'
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BBC
Chinese Tax Authorities Seeking $2 Million From Dissident Artist
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NYTimes
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei 'Faces $1.9m in Tax and Fines'
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BBC
Ai Weiwei’s Mother Speaks About Son’s Detention
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The Epoch Times
Ai Weiwei: Associates of Chinese artist 'also free'
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BBC
Attorney: China frees 4 detained associates of dissident Ai Weiwei
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CNN
China artist Ai Weiwei 'banned from using Twitter'
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BBC
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei under gag order
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CBC News
China's Ai Weiwei talks about haircut, not case
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SFGATE
No interviews, Twitter, travel for Chinese artist Ai
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Reuters
Ai Weiwei, a free man, plus pictures of his architecture work
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Art & Design
Ai Weiwei Speaks!
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Global Post
Ai Weiwei Freed, Midtown Sculptures Doing Speaking For Him
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NYPress
Now Free, a Chinese Dissident Muzzles Himself
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NYTimes
I'm fine, says dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei as mother reveals he lost more than a stone in jail
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Daily Mail
Ai Weiwei cousin freed but others from his circle still missing
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The Guardian
Why Ai Weiwei Was Let Go
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WSJ Blog
Ai is Out
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The Economist
Outspoken Chinese artist is free but has to stay quiet
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CNN
China Media: Artist Ai Weiwei Released
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WSJ
China artist Ai Weiwei 'released on bail'
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BBC News
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei freed on bail: Xinhua
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Reuters
Artist Ai Weiwei released on bail, Chinese police say
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The Guardian
China 'Releases Ai Weiwei on Bail'
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The Telegraph
Dissident Chinese Artist Freed on Bail
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NYTimes
China releases Ai Weiwei, state media reports
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CBS News
Ai Weiwei Released on Bail by Police: Xinhua
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Bloomberg
Ai Weiwei Release on Bail
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ARTINFO
Ai Weiwei, Diplomacy, and Freedom
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The New Yorker
Ai Weiwei Honoured by Royal Academy
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BBC
Circle of Animal Heads
, Domus - View PDF (1.9 MB)
Ai Weiwei’s Face Projected onto Chinese Consulate
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WSJ
Chinese Officials Accuse Ai Weiwei of Tax Evasion, Whie U.S. Museums Are Criticized for Partnering With China
, ARTINFO - View PDF (1.8 MB)
Q&A: Is China afraid of Ai Weiwei?
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CNN
Ai Weiwei's Zodiac Heads
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Asia Society
After Six Weeks Apart, Ai Weiwei Allowed to See Wife
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TIME
It's political
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The Economist
China allows wife to visit artist Ai Weiwei
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CBS
Detained China artist Ai Weiwei gets first family visit
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BBC
Ai Weiwei's mother pleads, "Save my son"
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CBS
China says top artist will "be punished
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CBS News
Before Fame, or Jail, Ai Weiwei Was a New York ‘Starving Artist’
, The New York Times - View PDF (2 MB)
In pictures: Ai Weiwei UK exhibitions
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BBC
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei absent from 'bitter-sweet' exhibition
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CNN
Anish Kapoor Dedicates Art Work to Ai Weiwei
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WSJ
Alison Klayman, Al Weiwei Documentarian, Answers Your Questions (Live Q&A)
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HuffPost Arts
Art World Missing Ai Weiwei
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BBC
Anish Kapoor dedicates Leviathan sculpture to Ai Weiwei
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The Guardian
'It feels rotten putting the show on in Ai Weiwei's absence'
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The Guardian
In Absentia: An Ai Weiwei Retrospective
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WSJ
An Ai Weiwei Retrospective
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WSJ
Mayor Michael Bloomberg Opens Exhibit by Detained Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei
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Artdaily
Ai Weiwei Still Detained, Rears Heads in NY
- View PDF (1.2 MB)
Weiwei Watch: Ai Reportedly "Confessed" After Torture; U.S. in Belated Human Rights Talks
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Artsjournal
The meaning of Ai Weiwei's 12 Zodiac Heads
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Telegraph
On Freedom of Expression and the Opening of Chinese Artist Ai WeiWei’s Historic Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
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Bloomberg
Ai Weiwei sculptures exhibit in NY -- without artist
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AFP
NYC Sculpture Display A First For Detained Artist
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NY1
Ai Weiwei Still Away
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Artforum
Giant Animal Heads by Ai Weiwei Unveiled at Plaza Hotel Fountain
- View PDF (765 K)
12 Heads Do the Talking for a Silenced Artist
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NYTimes
Ai Weiwei: Can an artist change society?
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CS Monitor
Ai Weiwei Gets Support from Warhol and Rauschenberg
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ARTINFO
Bin Laden Death Knocks Ai Weiwei Off Bloomberg's Agenda
, Artinfo May 2, 2011 - View PDF (255 K)
Getting to Know Ai Weiwei: A Multimedia Biographical Timeline
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Artinfo
Ai Weiwei public sculpture exhibition opens in New York: but where is the artist?
, Telegraph - View PDF (0.9 MB)
Pro-Ai graffiti in Hong Kong sparks warning by Chinese army
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Reuters
Ai Weiwei's Artwork Travels, Despite Detainment
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NPR
Crossing the Line in China
, Artnews - View PDF (7.5 MB)
Change.org attacked after backing China dissident
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SFGate
US Reprimands China Over Human Rights
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GlobalPost
China and US begin human rights talks in Beijing
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BBC News
A Message of Tolerance, Unrepressed
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NYTimes
U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue: Soft Power Gone Hard?
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WSJ
Ai Weiwei's rock star friend stopped at Shanghai airport
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The Guardian
A Dangerous Mix of Art and Politics
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CNN
The Limits of Artistic Dissent
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Cornell Daily Sun
Over 1,000 March in Hong Kong for Ai's Freedom
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Yahoo, AFP
China Misunderstood: Did We Contribute to Ai Weiwei’s Arrest?
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NYR
Notes on Ai Weiwei
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Harvard Crimson
Ai Weiwei Confessed Under Torture, Article Says
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Epcoh Times
US envoy hits out at China on Ai Weiwei detention
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Bangkok Post
From NO! Art to Now Ai Weiwei, the Struggle Goes On
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The Villager
Study of Ai Weiwei
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TIME
The Divine Comedy
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The Divine Comedy
US Renews Concerns Over China Clampdown
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AFP
China to Hold Human Rights Talks Next Week
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NYTimes
China Sheds Little Light on Detained Activist Ai Weiwei
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Los Angeles Times
Alison Klayman, Documentarian
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The Economist
The 2011 TIME 100
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TIME
China Must Set Ai Weiwei Free
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The Telegraph
International Furor Follows Ai Weiwei Disappearance
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Art in America
Ai Weiwei campaign website 'victim of Chinese hackers'
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The Guardian
Ai Weiwei: A Shameful Silence
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The Telegraph
Ai Weiwei Lawyer Reappears in China
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The Guardian
New Film to Offer Close-up View of Ai Weiwei
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WSJ
IFJ Demands Information on Journalist Missing in China
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IFJ
China Launches Cyberwar on Ai Weiwei Petition
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ARTINFO
Ai Weiwei: The Sunflower Revolutionary
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Policy Innovations
New Acquisition: Ai Weiwei, Untitled (Divine Proportion)
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Lacma Blog
Ai Weiwei’s 5,335 Backpacks Hold Political, Artistic Charge
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The Harvard Crimson
Chinese Media Campaign Against Ai Weiwei
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Epoch Times
Dangerous Arts
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NYTimes
Crackdown on Ai Weiwei Extends to Family, Friends, and Associates
, PBS Frontline - View PDF (1.1 MB)
End the Silence on Ai Weiwei
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WSJ
How state media used to report on Ai Weiwei
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CMP
Why China Fears Ai Weiwei
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BusinessWeek
Art and the Public Domain
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Huffington Post
"1,001 Chairs for Ai Weiwei" Protesters Wouldn't Stand For Chinese Oppression
, ARTINFO - View PDF (2.3 MB)
Ai Weiwei Protest: New Yorkers Sit In To Stand Up For Missing Chinese Artist
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Huffington Post
Protesters Call for Release of Detained Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei
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WNYC
Release Ai WeiWei: An Overseas Chinese Perspective
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New American Media
Ai Weiwei Arrest Protests at Chinese Embassies Worldwide
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The Guardian
Art and design, catching the public’s eye on campus
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Boston.com
Art and Consequence: A Talk with China's Controversial Ai Weiwei
, NPR - View PDF (1.4 MB)
China 'Jasmine' Detentions Up To 54: Rights Group
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AFP
The Activist Artist of China
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TIME
Amid Crackdown, U.S. Groups Strive to Improve China's Legal System
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USA Today
Worldwide Rallies to Support Ai Weiwei
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SMH
Lasman: From Bieber to Ai Weiwei
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Yale Daily News
Join Me in Protest of Ai Weiwei's Arrest
, ARTINFO - View PDF (130 K)
Will China Regret Arresting Ai Weiwei?
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The Week
Ai Weiwei arrest: Chinese lawyer and designer are latest to disappear
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The Guardian
Ai Weiwei Accused of Bigamy
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The Telegraph
Ai Weiwei Isn't on Trial: China Is
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The Guardian
Ai Weiwei Suspected of Tax Evasion
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HuffPost World
Arts Group Calls for Worldwide Sit-In for Ai Weiwei
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NYTimes
Ai Weiwei Confessing to Crimes, Says State-Run Newspaper
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The Guardian
Ai Weiwei Points to a Bigger Picture
, The Spectator - View PDF (1.3 MB)
Amid Chinese Reports That Ai Weiwei Has Confessed Guilt, a Global Protest Is Planned and Blackjack Players Remember Their "Guru"
, ARTINFO - View PDF (557 K)
I For an Ai
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ARTNET
Ai Weiwei, Bob Dylan, and Dignity
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The Diplomat
China Cracks Down
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Daily Beast
MCA Joins Call to Release Ai Weiwei
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Chicago Now
"Comedy" or Tragedy? Ai Weiwei Doesn't Come to Harvard
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Boston Globe
Ai Weiwei "was offered advisory role before his detention"
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The Guardian
April 13, 2011
Ai Weiwei, Art "Godfather"
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The Diplomat
April 13, 2011
As Art World Rallies, Chinese Officials Summon Ai Weiwei's Wife
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TIME
Ai Weiwei and the Artist's Role in China
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The New York Times
Why Ai Weiwei Matters
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The New Yorker
Call for Release of Ai Weiwei
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www.change.org
Ai Weiwei Faces Strange New Accusations in China as Supporters Rally in Hong Kong: The Latest Developments
, ARTINFO April 11, 2011 - View PDF (1.1 MB)
London Protests Call for Release of Ai Weiwei
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CBC News
Students at Harvard Demonstrate Support for Detained Artist Ai Weiwei
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HuffPost Arts
Ai Weiwei: 'China in Many Ways is Just like the Middle Ages'
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The Guardian
China's Crackdown Signals Shift
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WSJ.com
The Call to Release Ai Weiwei
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Domus
A Provocateur Finds Out Just How Far He Can Go
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Newsweek
Ai Weiwei: Seeds of an Iconoclast
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www.independent.co
Tactical Action for Ai Weiwei at Harvard University
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CastTV
Hong Kong Artists to March for Ai Weiwei
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www.wsj.com
Museums Press for the Release of Ai Weiwei
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Artsbeat NYTimes
Remarks to the Press on the Release of Ai Weiwei
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www.state.gov
China Omits Ai Weiwei Preferences from Transcript
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BBC
Ai Weiwei Case Poses Test for China
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www.pbs.org
Ai Weiwei "Never Sorry" by Alison Klayman
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www.kickstarter.com
Ai Weiwei Interview
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TimeOut London
Our Fears for the Fate of Ai Weiwei
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www.guardian.co.uk
Extralegal Detention of Ai Weiwei
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www.voanews.com
Artists, Activists Still Talking After Ai Detained
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WSJ
State Newspapers Hedging on Ai Weiwei?
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WSJ
Free Ai Weiwei
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Huffington Post
China Says Ai Weiwei Detention has "Nothing to do with Human Rights"
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The Guardian
Chinese Artist Suspected of "Economic Crimes"
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NYTimes
China Says Ai Weiwei is Being Held for Economic Crimes
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CNN
State Media, Scholars Face off over Artist's Detention
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WSJ
Ai Weiwei's Path from Cultural Prankster to Enemy of the State
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ARTINFO
April 6, 2011
China Breaks Silence on Ai Weiwei's Detention
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Telegra
U.S Diplomat Sharply Criticizes China on Rights
, NYTimes.com April 6, 2011 - View PDF (1 MB)
Law Will Not Concede Before "Maverick"
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huanqiu.com
State, Media, Scholars Face Off Over Artist's Detention
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WSJ
An Artist Takes Role of China's Conscience
, The New York Times April 5, 2011 - View PDF (1.3 MB)
International Outcry over China's Detention of Ai Weiwei
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channel4
Canada Must Join Call for Release of Artist Ai Weiwei: VAG Curator
, Vancouver Sun - View PDF (1.2 MB)
Diplomat Blasts China as Ai WeiAwei's Disappearance Becomes an International Incident
, ARTINFO April 5, 2011 - View PDF (1.2 MB)
Arts Community Unites for the Release of Dissident Ai Weiwei
, The Independent - View PDF (1.4 MB)
Art World Denounces Ai Weiwei's Disappearance
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Ai Weiwei is Not a Criminal
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huffingtonpost
Ai Weiwei Arrested in Beijing, Prompting International Outcry
, ARTINFO - View PDF (1.2 MB)
Artist Missing After Blocked From Leaving China
, HuffPost Arts April 4, 2011 - View PDF (1.1 MB)
China Detains Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei
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www.npr.org
Prominent Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Detained and Missing
, ABC News April 4, 2011 - View PDF (1.3 MB)
Ai Weiwei: France and Germany Lead Calls for Artist's Release
, The Guardian April 4, 2011 - View PDF (1.2 MB)
China Police Silent on Artist Ai Weiwei's Detention
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bbc
Ai Weiwei, Chinese Pro-democracy Dissident, Whereabouts Unknown in China
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huffingtonpost
Chinese Artist Felt Detainment Coming, Wife Says
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MSN
Ai Weiwei's New Art Installation Expected to Tour US
, Los Angeles Times March 14, 2011 - View PDF (1.5 MB)
Ai Weiwei and the Art of Demolition
, The New Yorker January 12, 2011 - View PDF (206 K)
Ai Weiwei's Shanghai art studio is torn down without interference
, Global Times January 12, 2011 - View PDF (295 K)
Chinese Authorities Raze an Artist's Studio
, The New York Times January 12, 2011 - View PDF (188 K)
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's Shanghai studio demolished
, BBC January 12, 2011 - View PDF (179 K)
Whitewashing the Art World: What's Behind the Climate Of Censorship
, The New York Observer Culture January 11, 2011 - View PDF (186 K)
Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei prevented from leaving country
, Guardian December 2, 2010 - View PDF (291 K)
Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei blocked from leaving China
, Bangkok Post December 2, 2010 - View PDF (182 K)
Ai Weiwei and The Police
, The New Yorker November 5, 2010 - View PDF (80 K)
Ai Weiwei under house arrest
, Guardian November 5, 2010 - View PDF (253 K)
Ai Weiwei placed under House Arrest in China, Foiling Planned Crab Feast
, ArtInfo November 5, 2010 - View PDF (334 K)
Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Under House Arrest For Protest Party
, NPR November 5, 2010 - View PDF (267 K)
Ai Weiwei Throws a Crab Feast to Mark the Government Destruction of His Shanghai Studio
, ARTINFO November 3, 2010 - View PDF (323 K)
Ai Weiwei, a bulldozer and 10,000 river crabs
, CNN November 3, 2010 - View PDF (498 K)
Controversial Chinese artist ordered to demolish studio
, Telegraph November 2, 2010 - View PDF (259 K)
The Power 100: Ai Weiwei
, Art Review October 15, 2010 - View PDF (76 K)
Turbine Hall's Sunflower Seeds: Does it matter if they're closed off?
, Guardian October 15, 2010 - View PDF (339 K)
Let 100 Million Sunflowers Bloom: A Q&A with Ai Weiwei on His Turbine Hall Commission
, ArtInfo October 13, 2010 - View PDF (459 K)
Ai Weiwei's 'Map of China': setting a new benchmark
, Daily Telegraph October 12, 2010 - View PDF (266 K)
Arts interview: Ai Weiwei
, NewStatesman October 12, 2010 - View PDF (94 K)
Tate Modern's sunflower seeds: the world in the palm of your hand
, The Guardian October 11, 2010 - View PDF (295 K)
People power comes to the Turbine Hall: Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds
, The Guardian October 11, 2010 - View PDF (287 K)
Ai Weiwei interview for Tate Modern Unilever Series
, Daily Telegraph October 5, 2010 - View PDF (326 K)
Ai Weiwei recreates stolen bronzes in Brazil
, The Art Newspaper September 28, 2010 - View PDF (239 K)
It's Not Beautiful
, The New Yorker May 17 - 23, 2010 - View PDF (4.1 MB)
Ai Weiwei: So Sorry
, Leap:The Bilingual Art Magazine of Contemporary China 2010 - View PDF (7.1 MB)
Google or China: Who Has More to Lose?
, Room for Debate: New York Times March 23, 2010 - View PDF (525 K)
Ai Weiwei: "I Have to Speak for People Who Are Afraid"
, The Guardian March 18, 2010 - View PDF (0.9 MB)
Link:
Interview with Christiane Amanpour
, CNN International March 17, 2010
Activist: China Trying to Silence Critics
, CNN International March 17, 2010 - View PDF (50 K)
Is Twitter a Human Right? One Chinese Activist Thinks So
, The Huffington Post March 17, 2010 - View PDF (56 K)
Detail und Große Geste
, Der Spiegel March 15, 2010 - View PDF (1.3 MB)
Twitter working on Chinese registration page
, Washington Post March 15, 2010 - View PDF (63 K)
Hackers Said to Breach Gmail Accounts in China
, New York Times January 19, 2010 - View PDF (328 K)
Outlook: Ai Weiwei
, BBC World Service January 12, 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005q0
Artist, Activist and Social Campaigner: Meet the Man Brutally Assaulted by Chinese Police
, The Art Newspaper January 2010 - View PDF (494 K)
"To Use Art is Not Enough"
, The Art Newspaper December 3, 2009 - View PDF (1.5 MB)
Ai Weiwei: Hospitalized After Beating by Chinese Police
, ArtAsiaPacific, November-December, 2009 - View PDF (2.2 MB)
Ai Weiwei, Nursing Head Wound, Sharpens China Criticism: Review
, Bloomberg.com, October 14, 2009 - View PDF (358 K)
Ai Continues Activism Against China; Government Responds
, ArtAsiaPacific, September-October, 2009 - View PDF (2.1 MB)
Ai Weiwei's Year of Living Dangerously
, Art in America, September 2009 - View PDF (1.2 MB)
Who is Ai Weiwei?
, ArtInfo, August 10, 2009 - View PDF (115 K)
Eye for an Ai
, Artforum, August 1, 2009 - View PDF (393 K)
Bloggers Celebrate Breaching Green Dam
, Financial Times, July 2, 2009 - View PDF (2.2 MB)
Censors can't keep up with the web
, ArtAsiaPacific, July-August, 2009 - View PDF (1.4 MB)
Ai Weiwei Challenges China's Government Over Earthquake
, ArtAsiaPacific, July-August, 2009 - View PDF (2.1 MB)
Made in China
, Wallpaper, June, 2009 - View PDF (9.4 MB)
Ai Weiwei
, The Wall Street Journal, May 22, 2009 - View PDF (1.1 MB)
Ai Weiwei: Interview Transcript
, Time, May 12, 2009 - View PDF (2.4 MB)
The Danger of Counting the Dead
, UPI.com, April 17, 2009 - View PDF (70 K)
Ai Weiwei: Surgeon of Space
, Phillips Art Expert, February 17, 2009 - View PDF (10.1 MB)
Making Everything: A Conversation with Ai Weiwei
, Sculpture Magazine, December, 2008 - View PDF (3.9 MB)
Look Back
, Artforum, September, 2008 - View PDF (12.2 MB)
Cultural Revolutionary
, The Guardian, July 6, 2008 - View PDF (128 K)
Bidden City
, Artforum, Summer, 2008 - View PDF (14.6 MB)
The Artist as an Angry Man
, The Age, January 19, 2008 - View PDF (115 K)
Ai Weiwei: Production Notes
, Artforum, October, 2007 - View PDF (0.9 MB)
The Real Thing: Contemporary Art from China
, Artforum, September, 2007 - View PDF (13.4 MB)
Ai Weiwei's Humane Conceptualism
, Art in America, September, 2007 - View PDF (16 MB)