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Ai Weiwei, an artist in exile, turns to the refugee crisis
The dissident Chinese exile Ai Weiwei proves perfectly suited to the task of revealing the depths of the refugee crisis with his film, ‘Human Flow’
Ai Weiwei vs. Lego: Free expression trumps commerce
The Chinese dissident’s beef with the iconic toymaker sparked a wave of Lego rage around the globe
Why China’s artists are making waves, and getting away with it
They serve as a kind of Greek chorus, using humour, outrage and mockery to express ideas that in China would otherwise never have a voice
Ai Weiwei: the man who isn’t there
The absence of China’s most famous international artist is palpable at his Canadian show, a reminder of a precarious life
The documentaries of tortured artists
A slew of new films at Hot Docs focus on pushing the boundaries of the creative process
What’s hot at Hot Docs
Top picks from North America’s largest documentary festival
Cash donations pour in for Chinese dissident
Contributions to help Ai Weiwei pay punitive tax bill
Newsmakers: August 11-18, 2011
Frances Bean Cobain comes of age, Ai Weiwei opens up, and Vladimir Putin’s latest macho stunt backfires
Chinese dissident artist offered university post
Must first fight $2-million tax evasion charges
Famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei released from prison
Spent 81 days in prison for “economic crimes”
Who is afraid of the Chinese government?
My column in this week’s Maclean’s magazine (no link yet) is nominally about the contrast between the impotence of shock art in the West versus its all-too-threatening status in China. But mostly it was an excuse to get on the record some facts about the what is, effectively, the kidnapping and detention of the artist Ai Weiwei by the Chinese government.