Legendary dissident artist Ai Weiwei is taking over Seattle Art Museum (and beyond) for an extended run, showcasing sharply ...

To Ai Weiwei, there was also another, less personal kind of emptiness about the China of before. “There were almost no cars on the street,” he said. “No private cars, only embassy cars.

Will the Chinese government make Ai Weiwei into the next Liu Xiaobo? In the video below, from January 2011, I reflect on the new parameters of creative expression in China, as illustrated by the ...