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For Ai Weiwei, Politics And Arts Always Mix by NPR Staff July 25, 2012 Listen to this Story on All Things Considered [7 min 49 sec] Last week, a Chinese court rejected artist Ai Weiwei’s lawsuit against the tax bureau that had imposed a massive fine on his company. Ai was fined more than $2 …
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Ai Weiwei Resumes His Defiance of Beijing by Jeremy Page Wall Street Journal August 8, 2011 Artist Tweets, Speaks Out, Posing a Dilemma for Authorities Beijing””Ai Weiwei, China’s most famous contemporary artist, appears to be violating the strict terms of his release from custody seven weeks ago, presenting Chinese security officials with a fresh dilemma …
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Follow the campaign to free Ai Weiwei, visit freeaiweiwei.org Chinese Dissident Ai Wei Wei “Freed but not Free” by Barbara Pollack ArtNet.com June 23, 2011 Ai Weiwei is back home in his gray brick studio complex in Beijing, but that hardly means he’s free. After 80 days of detention in an unknown location with no …
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Submitted by Dorette: An Artist Takes Role of China”™s Conscience by Holland Cotter The New York Times April 5, 2011 The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who disappeared into police custody in Beijing after he was detained on Sunday while trying to board a flight for Hong Kong, is a fully 21st-century figure, global-minded, media-savvy, widely …
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Is Grayson Perry right – can we no longer be outraged by art and literature? From Manet”™s Olympia to Pussy Riot and Houellebecq, Adam Thirlwell presents a short history of shock Can art still shock? by Adam Thirlwell The Guardian 23 January 2015 For a long time, I”™ve been nostalgic for the era of shock. …