Ai Weiwei

Known for DirectingBorn 1957-08-28 (age 68)Beijing, China

Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist and activist. Ai grew up in the far north-west of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the Chinese Government's stance on democracy and human rights. He investigated government corruption and cover-ups, in particular the Sichuan schools corruption scandal following the collapse of schools in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In 2011, Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport on 3 April, for allegedly economic crimes. He was detained for 81 days without charge. Ai Weiwei emerged as a vital instigator in Chinese cultural development, an architect of Chinese modernism, and one of the nation's most vocal political commentators. Ai Weiwei encapsulates political conviction and his personal poetry in his many sculptures, photographs and public works. In doing this, he makes use of Chinese art forms to display the Chinese political and social issues. After being allowed to leave China in 2015, he has lived in Berlin, Germany, and, since 2019, in Cambridge, UK, with his family, working and traveling internationally.Read more

Movies & web series

Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly

Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy

Ithaka

Bambi

Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System

Why Are We Creative?

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

Free to Create - Artists in Exile

Cockroach

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Hormone

One Recluse

The Trainer

Human Flow

CoroNation

Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies

Vincent van Gogh Superstar

Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour

Disturbing the Peace

The Daily Show

Ai Weiwei - Evidence

Kulturplatz

The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg

Vivos

Morgenmagazin

The Rest

The Sand Storm

Ordos 100

Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case

Aux arts et cætera

Beijing 2003

Ai Weiwei's Turandot

Animality

Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War

Rohingya

Opera di Roma: Turandot

Ximei

Ai Weiwei en Buenos Aires

Shouting Out

Ai Weiwei Drifting

江天勇律师

Heaven and Earth

Artsnight

Straight

Fukushima Art Project

Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50

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