Lego Won't Give Ai Weiwei Legos To Use For 'Political Works'
The Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has reportedly been refused a shipment of Legos he ordered because the company “cannot approve the use of Legos for political works.”
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Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Is Finally Free
After four years, artist Ai Weiwei is finally free to get the hell out of China.
"Leg Gun" Instagrams Sweep China as Suspected Terrorists Are Executed
To protest China's abuse of power in its battle against terrorism, artist Ai Weiwei posted a photo to Instagram last week of himself making a "gun" with his leg. Since then, thousands of similar poses have flooded Instagram, which, unlike Facebook and Twitter, is not blocked in China.
Twenty-Five Years Later, It Is Always June 4, 1989
On June 1, this past Sunday, police came to the Beijing home of the artist Guo Jian—an Australian citizen, living in Beijing with an Australian passport—and took him away. Two days before, the Financial Times had published an interview with Guo. In it, he talked about how he'd privately made an installation of a…
Here's the Video of a Man Destroying a Million Dollars Worth of Art
"Don't touch," a guard warned, seconds before a 51-year-old Miami artist picked up an Ai Weiwei vase worth a million dollars and smashed it to pieces on the ground.
Florida Artist Smashes Ai Weiwei Vase In Protest
Art imitated art in Miami this afternoon when painter Maximo Caminero wielded a precious $1 million vase made by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and threw it on the ground. He is now facing criminal charges, but has vowed to "answer all the questions."
The 100 Most Astonishing Images of 2013
We post tons of great images on Gizmodo, from space to science to art to design. Here's a treasure trove of our very favorites that proves that 2013 was, if nothing else, eye-catching.
China Turns Prisoner Executions Into Reality TV
China broadcast the final moments of four foreign drug traffickers yesterday, right before they were put to death by lethal injection for the 2011 killings of 13 Chinese fisherman.
Indefatigable Iconoclast Ai Weiwei Tells Chinese Government to Fuck Off in 'Style'
As K-pop megastar Psy brings his invisible-horse-riding dance to the UN, elsewhere another celebrated Asian artist is turning to "Gangnam Style" to spread a political message, though of a very different sort.
Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Released
Two and a half months after his imprisonment on charges of tax evasion, internationally-renowned artist Ai Weiwei was released by Chinese authorities because (according to state news agency Xinhua) "of his good attitude in confessing his crimes as well as a chronic disease he suffers from" (likely diabetes or…
Maureen Dowd Mad That Bob Dylan Didn't Overthrow Chinese Government
Multimillionaire musician Bob Dylan performed in China this week and, shockingly, did not sing ancient protest song "Blowin' in the Wind." This, writes New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, "is a whole new kind of sellout."
Artist Ai Weiwei Detained in China
Ai Weiwei, the artist behind the 2008 Olympics' famous Bird's Nest stadium (and last year's Tate Modern Turbine Hall show), has been detained by Chinese authorities in Beijing after attempting to board a flight to Hong Kong. Ai—a funny guy whose "Study in Perspective" series has a special place in our…
How One Hundred Million Porcelain Sunflower Seeds Are Like Twitter
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei carpeted the Turbine Hall in Britain's prestigious Tate Gallery with a sunflower seeds. Well, not quite: With painted porcelain replica sunflower seeds. One hundred million painted porcelain replica sunflower seeds. It's like Twitter, Ai says.
