Ai Weiwei

Last chance to see: Ai Weiwei at the Design Museum, London

Ai Weiwei digs deep into design history, gathering everything from Neolithic tools to Lego bricks for his new show at London’s Design Museum. We visit him at home in Portugal for a preview

By TF Chan Last updated 21 July 23

Ai Weiwei's largest-ever Lego artwork revealed at London’s Design Museum

At London’s Design Museum, Ai Weiwei has unveiled Water Lilies #1, a new Lego recreation of Claude Monet’s iconic painting. We explore the vast new work ahead of the Chinese artist’s major show at the museum until 30 July

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Published 20 March 23

Ai Weiwei’s limited-edition cover for Wallpaper* explores surveillance, free speech, and humour as activism

Ai Weiwei takes over the limited-edition cover of the April 2023 issue of Wallpaper*. Ahead of the artist's major Design Museum show on 7 April, we explore the story behind the cover

By TF Chan Published 11 March 23

Ai Weiwei to sign blank sheets of paper with UV ink for Refugees International in London this weekend

To mark Human Rights Day (10 December 2022), Ai Weiwei will take to Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park to sign sheets of A4 paper in UV ink, distributed free. We interview the artist to find out more

By TF Chan Published 9 December 22

Tomorrow’s Tigers: new rugs by Ai Weiwei, Peter Doig and more set for roaring success in charity exhibition

Including new designs by Ai Weiwei, Peter Doig, Kiki Smith, and Anish Kapoor, Tomorrow’s Tigers 2022 is a major fundraising project benefitting WWF

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Published 14 November 22

From captive to captivator: the RA's Tim Marlow recalls his adventures with Ai Weiwei

By Tim Marlow Last updated 28 October 22

The inaugural Venice Glass Week celebrates the beating heart of the city

By Ali Morris Last updated 26 October 22

According to What? by Ai Weiwei, Tokyo

By Harriet Lloyd Smith Last updated 21 October 22

Major renovation: Helsinki Art Museum reopens with blockbuster Ai Weiwei show

​The Helsinki Art Museum has reopened after a major renovation with a blockbuster show from Chinese artist Ai Weiwei

By Nick Compton Last updated 21 October 22

Art Basel Miami Beach 2013: The Florida fair steps out of the shadows of its Swiss sibling

By Caroline Roux Last updated 20 October 22

Art or machinery? L’Art et la Machine opens in Lyon

By Amy Verner Last updated 13 October 22

Ai Weiwei transforms Paris’ Le Bon Marché into a visual playground

By Amy Verner Last updated 11 October 22

Shanghai Expo 2010 pavilions

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 10 October 22

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012, by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 7 October 22

Interview: at home with Ai Weiwei

In our ongoing interview profile series, we hear about what artists are making, what’s making them tick, and the moments that made them. As Ai Weiwei releases his long-awaited memoir, 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows, we revisit our June 2021 interview with the artist

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated 6 October 22

Ai Weiwei unveils first-ever exhibition of glass sculptures in Venice

On the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Ai Weiwei unveils his first show of glass works, including one of the largest Murano glass sculptures ever

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated 27 September 22

Wearable sculpture: Ai Weiwei’s gold jewellery offering at Elisabetta Cipriani gallery

By Emma O'Kelly Last updated 7 September 22

Electric Objects commissions a digital art collection for its EO1 frame

By Ann Binlot Last updated 25 August 22

Then and now: four decades of Chinese art at ArtisTree, Hong Kong

By Catherine Shaw Last updated 21 August 22

In the clink: Artangel encourages artists and writers to go Wilde at Reading Prison

By Liam Hess Last updated 3 August 22

Grand statements: Ai Weiwei unveils new works at Athens’ Cycladic Art Museum

By Grace Banks Last updated 26 July 22

Ai Weiwei and Suchi Reddy design minimalist home in Salt Point

Ai Weiwei and Suchi Reddy collaborate on an angular, linear and minimalist extension to an existing weekend residence in Salt Point, NY

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 4 July 22

Game-Changers: we pick our top 20 creative world-rockers

In 20 remarkable years we have come across, written about, examined and exhumed a lot of remarkable people. On the following profiles are 20 of them. This, though, is not a simple ranking of power and influence. These are stories that resonate, with which we find common purpose and cause. Here are people who have sometimes stuck bloody-mindedly to a course, sometimes pivoted, re-examined and pushed in new directions, who have defied expectations and even open derision. They have shown courage under fire and grace under pressure. They have transformed – from girl group popette to one of the fashion industry's smartest operators, for instance – and, over the last 20 years, have had a transformative influence in their field. Here are architects who build with a sense of the immaterial, artists who want to talk to everyone, experimentalists and food engineers, fashion designers who defy fashion and bob and weave like prize fighters, tech titans who have changed the way we do almost everything. One reinvented the hotel industry, another presents it with an existential threat. There is also a man who wants to save the world – or take us all to Mars if that doesn't work out. Either way, we'll be along for the ride.

By Rosa Bertoli Published 13 September 16

Ai Weiwei supporters flock to Lego collection points

By Elly Parsons Published 30 October 15