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

500m2 art center designed by renowned architect Juan Herreros. Aquestion comes to mind: what have visual artists done, over the past century, in the face of oppressive, authoritarian, and unjust ...

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

It features interviews with key players in Ai’s adaptation of “Turandot” including longtime friend, choreographer Chiang ...

But he’s also revitalized Chinese art with his constant currents of passion, humor, and surprise. So it isn’t terribly ...

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

This week, the Seattle Art Museum opened the largest-ever U.S. exhibition featuring the work of Chinese artist and activist ...

You might expect a world-famous artist like Ai Weiwei — who has poked critically at value systems and institutions for decades with his provocative, interrogating art — to be more bombastic.

Ai Weiwei, the contemporary artist, documentarian and activist, is having a retrospective exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum.

You might expect a world-famous artist like Ai Weiwei — who has poked critically at value systems and institutions for ...

The film follows Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei as he makes his debut as an opera director at the Rome Opera House, with a radical interpretation of Puccini’s century-old masterpiece.