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 ...

A notorious vandal destroyed a sculpture by contemporary Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei during an exhibition opening ...

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

“I’m like a shattered mirror,” the artist Ai Weiwei tells W one morning in a cozy corner of the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), where he’s mounting his first U.S. retrospective in over a decade.

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

By declaring a bike wheel as his original artwork ... Influenced by Dadaism and Pop Art, Ai Weiwei understands how to make art that is both absurd and socially conscious. In fact, in an interview ...

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

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.