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Ai Weiwei answers 20 questions from his son, Ai Lao

For Document Fall/Winter 2020, the renegade artist contemplates human nature, cosmic forces, and hummus

by Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei on his surprise documentary ‘Coronation,’ a haunting portrait of Wuhan under lockdown

"We may never know what truly happened”—the artist exposes the Chinese government’s COVID coverup and the human toll of authoritarianism

by Alex Hodor-Lee

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Ai Weiwei’s studio demolished in wave of destruction against Beijing’s contemporary art community

Beijing authorities destroyed Ai Weiwei's studio without warning last Friday, three years after the artist relocated from China to Berlin.

by Caroline Christie