The company handles the business aspects of Ai's art career. Ai is among China's most internationally known artists and had a hand in designing Beijing's iconic Bird's Nest Olympic stadium before souring on the event. His fame has soared in recent ... full story
As NPR's Louisa Lim reported back in April when Ai was taken into custody, he is one of China's most famous artists and is "best-known for helping design Beijing's Olympic stadium, known as the Birds Nest." "His art has long been overtly political. ... full story
China itself would likely retaliate, perhaps by harassing museums with demands for another "inspection tour" of the kind they conducted two years ago in search of objects allegedly looted from the Old Summer Palace in Beijing. ... full story
French sculptor Daniel Buren has canceled a July exhibition at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing in "solidarity" with detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Buren's decision follows that of British sculptor Anish Kapoor, who called off an ... full story
Long accustomed to traveling in and out of the country as his international reputation and fame grew, Ai Weiwei was taken into custody at Beijing Airport on April 3, as he was about to board a plane to Hong Kong. He joins a list of other artists, ... full story
In order to educate people on the progress of democracy, freedom and human rights in Tibet, an art exhibition for the 60th anniversary of Tibet's peaceful liberation kicks off at the China People's Revolution Military Museum on June 14. ... full story
Earlier this year, US designer Diane von Furstenberg showed off a selection of her creations at an exhibition called Journey of a Dress in Beijing's trendy 798 art district. The Louis Vuitton show "is quite a clever thing to do because it is a very ... full story
BEIJING (Reuters) - The organizing artists of a Beijing art show who reserved a blank gallery wall with a small name tag as a show of support for detained artist-activist Ai Weiwei have been detained by police and their exhibit was shut down. ... full story
"He's really a dynamo," said Matthew Welch, the museum's deputy director and curator of Japanese art who helped persuade Liu to accept the position. They met in Beijing where Liu was giving a talk earlier this year. He had delivered three papers, ... full story
Finally, a tip of the cap goes to the Taipei Contemporary Art Centre, which has a brave message on its homepage calling on its mainland adversary to release all activists and to protect the creative freedom of artists, a freedom it says is a sign of ... full story
