Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei News and Information

• Official Site: Aiweiwei.com
• Wikipedia: Ai Weiei
• Spiegel Online: "The Olympics Are a Propaganda Show" (January 29, 2008)
  • "The government wants to use these games to celebrate itself and its policy of opening up China. But there isn't anything to celebrate. The political system is incapable of handling economic and social change. Now the system that caused these problems in the first place is struggling to remain in power. And who pays the price? Every individual in this society."
• The Art Newspaper: "Ai Weiwei’s Spider’s Web for Liverpool" (November 29, 2007)
• CNN: "Chinese Architect Slams Olympic 'Pretend Smile'" (August 13, 2007)
• The Guardian: "Olympic Artist Attacks China's Pomp and Propaganda" (August 9, 2007)
• Archinet: "Ai Weiwei : Fragments, Voids, Sections and Rings" (December 5, 2006)
• YouTube: Stadium Designer Blasts China Olympics (Time: 02:17)
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Ai Weiwei Blogs and Commentaries

• Shanghaiist: Ai Weiwei Hates His Bird's Nest" (August 18, 2007)
• New York Times: "An Exile Ascends China's Big Stage" (October 28, 2004) 
• New York Times: "Art In Review: Ai Weiwei" (October 1, 2004)

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