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Ai Weiwei
October 31, 2017
Irene Hsu
Human Flow Tries to Capture the Magnitude of the Migrant Crisis
Ai Weiwei's new documentary took two years and more than 200 people to make. Can it capture the plight of millions of refugees?
October 23, 2017
Rahel Aima
Ai Weiwei Takes on the Migrant Crisis
The artist's massive new work "Good Fences Make Good Neighbors" examines the plight of refugees. But can it change public opinion?
February 1, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Is this photo of Ai Wei Wei posing as the drowned Syrian toddler “powerful” or just kind of stupid?
November 13, 2015
Theodore Ross
Ai Weiwei wants your Legos for art.
March 4, 2014
Jed Perl
The Newest Protest Art is the Destruction of the Old Protest Art
June 24, 2013
Ian Volner
The Neutralization of Chinese Art
The 'accepted rebels' at the Venice Biennale
February 1, 2013
Jed Perl
Noble and Ignoble
Ai Weiwei: Wonderful dissident, terrible artist
August 6, 2012
Marc Tracy
Ai Weiwei Stands Up for Justice—Even for A Corrupt Official
July 21, 2011
Jed Perl
What is the Relationship Between Art and Authoritarianism in China?
May 11, 2011
Jed Perl
Fire and Ice
April 11, 2011
Azar Nafisi
Bob Dylan in China

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