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MYSTERIOUS: Ai weiwei - What They Never Told You

Ai Weiwei pushes Manchester’s buttons, a ceramicist makes it personal and frames get reframed – the week in art

Weiwei goes big while tackling colonialism, a group show has a fun theme and Xanthe Somers’s stoneware fools the eye – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Jack White review – former White Stripe’s art is like a 12-year-old visiting Tate Modern for the first time

White may be a talented musician but as a visual artist, he’s a nonstarter. Not even the collaborations with Ai Weiwei and Damien Hirst can save this show

The Guardian - UK

Review: A Victim of Chinese Authoritarianism Explains Censorship and Surveillance

"A primary aim of censorship is to normalize itself," Ai Weiwei writes in his new book On Censorship.

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Milan Design Week 2026 — Your Guide to the Event Setting the Mood for Design the Year Ahead

We've rounded up the best things to do and see during Salone del Mobile and beyond, so you have no excuse to miss out on the season's most anticipated happenings

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‘Was I scared going back to China? No’: Ai Weiwei on AI, western censorship and returning home

He has been jailed, tracked and threatened by China’s government. What was it like pay a visit home? As he publishes a polemic about surveillance and state control, the artist relives a momentous trip to see his mother

The Guardian - UK

Taiwan’s omission from Trump’s new defence strategy raises alarm as China conducts sorties near island

Document asks allies to take primary responsibility for their own defence with ‘more limited support’ from American forces

The Independent UK

Dissident Ai Weiwei hits out at Western hypocrisy over raising human rights with China

Artist said the West is ‘not even (in a) position to accuse China’ as he accused governments of hypocrisy

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Dissident artist Ai Weiwei returns to China after 10 years in exile

The artist, who left Beijing in 2015, has clashed with Chinese authorities over his politically engaged work

The Independent UK

On Censorship by Ai Weiwei review – are we losing the battle for free speech?

China isn’t the only country imposing limits on creative expression, argues the provocative artist

The Guardian - UK

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei to hold first major show in the north of England

Manchester arts organisation Factory International has revealed the upcoming season at Aviva Studios.

Evening Standard

Ai Weiwei launches first solo exhibition in India

India welcomes Ai Weiwei's first solo exhibition, blending art and political critique, in New Delhi. The show features works from over two decades of his career.

Euronews

This art is rubbish: why artists meticulously recreate our trash – so well they even confuse cleaners

Resin fruit peel, bronze bin bags and marble loo rolls are among the items of detritus being immortalised by artists – and fetching a high price

The Guardian - AU

Sculpture in the City/Bloomberg Space review – folk horror bubbles up under towering icons of cash

New commissions on this enjoyable art trail from the Wilson sisters, Ai Weiwei and Andrew Sabin remind us that this part of London is full of echoes of ancient ritual

The Guardian - UK

Lubaina Himid has a chance encounter and Ai Weiwei takes to the streets – the week in art

The Turner prize-winner collaborates with Magda Stawarska, Weiwei unveils a public sculpture and Hockney and Emin celebrate the power of drawing

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Ai Weiwei installation to launch New York City social justice art program

The artist will unveil his first major public artwork in the city since 2017 on Roosevelt Island as part of the Art X Freedom initiative

The Guardian - UK

Laurie Anderson: Ark: United States V review – a long and winding bid to make sense of America

Contemplating a world of catastrophe and collapse, the veteran artist’s new three-hour show, though much too long and diffuse, has moments of poignancy – and joy

Evening Standard

OPINION - Ai Weiwei: America is moving steadily towards a decline in its global influence

The US election is a complex and unpredictable spectacle. Broadly speaking, almost 30 years of conservatism and political radicalism in the era of globalisation have intensified polarised competition. From an outside perspective, this competition can seem entertaining, even comedic, but it reflects a global political structure increasingly inclined toward conservatism,…

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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture At Italian Exhibition

Renowned artist Ai Weiwei's sculpture vandalized in Bologna exhibition, sparking shock and condemnation.

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The Independent UK

Man smashes Ai Weiwei sculpture at exhibition opening in Italy

A man has smashed a sculpture by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei during the private opening of his exhibition in the northern Italian city of Bologna, in an act of vandalism that the show’s curator described as a “reckless and senseless act.”

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Akris’ architecturally inspired Ai bag is an enduring shape-shifter

Fourteen years since its debut, Akris’ three-in-one tote remains a classic as it is reimagined for A/W 2024

The Guardian - UK

Artists should exploit AI’s capabilities, say creators of new Tate Modern show

Exhibition traces long relationship between artists and technology, a symbiosis that is sure to continue

The Guardian - AU

Namedropping: is Mona’s latest exhibition its most annoying yet?

Framed as an exploration of why we prize fame, this sprawling, defensive exhibition is overshadowed by one man’s quest for status via his museum

Creative Bloq

The history of AI art: it goes back further than you might think

How artificial intelligence art has evolved from the 1960s to today.

The Hindu

Salman Rushdie, Ai Weiwei and a knife in the eye

Despite enormous threats to their life and work, the writer and the artist remain steadfastly courageous and optimistic. Here’s why we need more like them

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Ai Weiwei's warnings ought to be heeded

Talk to Ai Weiwei about freedom of expression. The great Chinese artist — who endured exile as a child and again as an adult following his imprisonment for speaking out against the regime — has plenty to say.

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