Chinese Glazes

A visitor takes close look at a 琺瑯彩 (fàlángcǎi) teapot during the media preview of Sotheby’s Hong Kong 2026 Asian Art Week in 香港 (Hong Kong), China. Photo: China News Service/Getty Images.

All the Colours of the Dark

With Flowers From November 30, 2013, I will place a bouquet of fresh flowers in the basket of a bicycle outside No. 258 草场地 (Cǎochǎngdì) studio every morning until I regain the right to travel freely. – 艾未未 (Ài Wèiwèi)

放花 (With Flowers)
Photos: 艾未未 (Ài Wèiwèi)

For more details, see http://www.aiweiwei.com/projects/with-flowers/index.html

Moon

Moon
by 艾未未 (Ài Wèiwèi) & Ólafur Elíasson

Turn nothing into something – make a drawing, make a mark. Connect with others through this space of imagination. Look at other people’s drawings and share them with the world. Be part of the growing community to celebrate how creative expression transcends external borders and internal constraints. We are in this world together. Ideas, wind, and air no one can stop. ENTER

http://www.moonmoonmoonmoon.com/

Under Construction

Lesbos, Greece: Chinese activist and artist 艾未未 (Ài Wèiwèi) assists refugees and migrants after their arrival on a dinghy from the Turkish coast to a beach near the island’s port of Mytilene. Photo: Mstyslav Chernov/AP.

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth

Chinese contemporary artist and activist 艾未未 (Ài Wèiwèi) (L.) and British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor speak to the media on a walk through London, England, organised as a gesture of solidarity with migrants crossing Europe. Photo: Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images.

鸟巢 (Bird’s Nest)

Chinese contemporary artist and activist 艾未未 (Ài Wèiwèi) poses for photographers at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, England. Photo: Frank Augstein/AP.

人力車 (Pulled rickshaw)

黃永玉 (Huáng Yǒngyù), Cat and Mouse

素描 (Drawing)

Artwork: 张广 (Zhāng Guǎng)