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New passport rankings show that the world is opening up – but not for everyone

Salman Rushdie, the celebrated Anglo-Indian writer, once declared that the “most precious book” he possessed was his passport.

The Conversation

All those in favour say Ai

For much of his life, Ai Weiwei has fought the oppression of the Chinese Communist Party. As he signs sheets of A4 in invisible ink at Speakers’ Corner — a reference to the protests currently going on in his home country — Kate Wills heads down to meet him

Evening Standard

Dissident artist Weiwei says China unrest won't alter regime

Dissident Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei is taking heart from recent public protests in China over the authorities’ strict COVID-19 policy

The Independent UK

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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says COVID protests will not shake government

From his Portuguese home, Ai Weiwei, the high-profile Chinese dissident whose art has often criticized Beijing's policies, said the recent wave of protests would not shake Xi Jinping's government because the police would simply crush them into silence.

Reuters

Ximei review – Ai Weiwei produces inspiring portrait of Chinese Aids activist

Liu Ximei, who was diagnosed with HIV at 10, is shown as a dauntless campaigner whose home provides a warm haven for patients still neglected in China

The Guardian - UK

A World Cup of political symbolism in silence

They call soccer the beautiful game, and spectacular moments from its greatest showcase, the World Cup, linger in the mind’s eye like jewels.

Tribune News Service

Asia NOW Paris art fair: A platform for Asia's creative scene and its diaspora

In this special edition of the programme, we take you to Asia NOW, Europe's premier Asian art fair. This year, it was relocated from a private mansion in the French capital to the Monnaie de Paris, which houses the world’s oldest continuously running mint. Some 27,000 people attended this eighth…

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Eco-warriors attack Van Gogh’s Sunflowers with Heinz soup – here are the other famous acts of art vandalism

What is it about art that activists (love to) hate so much?

Evening Standard

New headache for Keir Starmer as Jeremy Corbyn aims for a return to Labour

JEREMY Corbyn has given Keir Starmer a new problem just before the party conference by saying he hopes to return as a Labour MP. The controversial ex-leader called the way he has been treated by the party “extremely unfair”.

Evening Standard

Celebrating 15 years of the FRANCE 24 culture show

To celebrate the FRANCE 24 culture show's 15th birthday, the programme has had a revamp. We have so many fond memories on the show, from interviews with Lady Gaga, Tom Cruise and Quincy Jones to live performances from Sting and serious discussions with Ai Weiwei, Xavier Dolan and Jean-Paul Gaultier.…

France 24

Ai Weiwei says mother, 90, warns him against China return

Artist and activist tells event in London he is not clear in own mind about whether struggles for freedom were ‘worth it’

The Guardian - UK

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei awarded global arts prize valued at more than £90,000

Previous British winners include David Hockney, Sir Anish Kapoor and Dame Judi Dench.

The Independent UK

Ai Weiwei, skateboards and saris in Design Museum’s 2023 programme

The Ai Weiwei: Making Sense exhibition will run from April 7 to July 30.

The Independent UK

Artist Ai Weiwei warns against hubris in 'troublesome times'

Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei lampoons the surveillance state and social media with his first glass sculpture, made on the Venetian island of Murano

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The Guardian - UK

‘He died in his 30s living the life he had dreamed of’: artist Eric Ravilious

He was the first war artist to die on active service – and one of the greatest. Now, a new film, featuring Alan Bennett and Ai Weiwei, uncovers his complicated life

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Tina Brown says royals need Prince Harry’s ‘sizzle’

In today’s Diary: Tina Brown predicts a return for Harry / Ai Weiwei prefers shoes to Serpentine / Clara Paget on Instagram vs. reality

The Guardian - UK

Ai Weiwei on the new Silk Road: ‘This is China’s counterattack in a global game of chess’

China is pouring trillions into the developing world. It is, the artist and activist says, an audacious power grab

France 24

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: Western boycott of Beijing Olympics is 'a joke'

He is the most famous Chinese dissident and one of the best-known contemporary artists in the world. Ai Weiwei was harassed by the Chinese authorities, who bulldozed his Shanghai studio, sent him to jail without charge and drove him out of his country. After the February 2 publication of the…

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Cosmic Stonehenge secrets, Ai Weiwei looks back, and gay sex 11,000 years ago – the week in art

The British Museum introduces Europe’s earliest ancestors, the activist artist sits his work next to Chinese antiquities and LGBT+ history month begins with the deep human past – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Ai Weiwei: The Liberty of Doubt review – so dull and sentimental it’s offensive

The iconoclast’s opposition to the Chinese state has been admirably brave. But this edgeless, confused and mawkish show suggests his art is less so

Reason

Artist Ai Weiwei Warns of Chinese and American Authoritarianism

In 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows, the renowned artist details his struggles with censorship.

The Guardian - UK

Ai Weiwei: ‘I am like a cat. Cats can play for a whole day’

As his new show opens in Cambridge, the artist reflects on his interest in fakes, why he’d love to go home, and the fate of the Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai

The Independent UK

Chinese dissident Ai voices criticism as Winter Games open

The dissident Chinese architect behind the Beijing stadium hosting Friday’s opening ceremony of the Winter Games has scoffed at the head of the U.N. health agency

The Independent UK

Exiled artist Ai Weiwei reflects on Beijing Olympics

The artist Ai Weiwei helped design the Bird's Nest for the 2008 Beijing Olympics

The Independent UK

Another Beijing Olympics with human rights still major issue

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are opening with the same concerns that loomed over the 2008 Beijing Olympics: China's record on human rights and its treatment of Tibetans and Uyghur Muslims in western China

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