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Shepard Fairey pays tribute to Ai Weiwei with new portrait
March 19, 2014
New play about Ai Weiwei to open April 11 in London
Feb. 20, 2013
They are both outspoken artist-activists who have gotten into trouble with the law in their respective countries.
China has reportedly withdrawn its delegation from a documentary film festival in Britain in reaction to the festival’s screening of a new movie about Ai Weiwei, the artist and political activist who has repeatedly found himself in trouble with Chinese authorities.
June 14, 2012
China protests Ai Weiwei documentary by exiting film festival
A new play about artist Ai Weiwei’s secret detention in 2011 will premiere in April in London.
Frustrated Ai Weiwei calls tax case a ‘catch-22’
April 20, 2012
‘Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry’ documentary campaign elicits digital art
June 12, 2012
There have been a number of stage plays devoted to the lives of visual artists -- Georges Seurat, Pablo Picasso and Mark Rothko have all received the grand theatrical treatment.
April 22, 2013