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Amid Smog Wave, an Artist Molds a Potent Symbol of Beijing’s Pollution

02chinabrick-01-articleLargeBy CHRIS BUCKLEY and ADAM WU December 2, 2015

The artist “Brother Nut” vacuuming the dust near the Beijing National Stadium on Nov. 15, Day 87 of his project to turn the city’s pollution into a tangible brick.
Dong Dalu/CFP

Beijing has been swamped for days in a beige-gray miasma of smog, bringing coughs and rasping, hospitals crowded from respiratory ailments, a midday sky so dim that it Continue reading

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei set for huge London retrospective

Tue Sep 15, 2015 4:14pm EDT

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei poses for photographers during a photocall for his exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Britain September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Neil Hall

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei poses for photographers during a photocall for his exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Britain September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Neil Hall

LONDON | BY MICHAEL RODDY

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei poses for photographers during a photocall for his exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Britain September 15, 2015.
REUTERS/NEIL HALL

Dissident artist Ai Weiwei has had his run-ins with Continue reading

Shanghai Police Hold Artist Who Posted Satirical Photo of China’s President

2015-05-28
imageShanghai artist Dai Jianyong demonstrates the ‘Chrysanthemum Face’ in an undated photo.
Photo courtesy of Dai Jianyong
Authorities in Shanghai are holding an outspoken artist and street photographer after he posted satirical images of China’s president online, his lawyer told RFA, Continue reading

China tried to erase memories of Tiananmen. But it lives on in the work of dissident artists.

BY WILLIAM WAN May 31

In 2006, Liu Yi began painting in secret faces meant to represent those killed in the 1989 crackdown. For years, he said, he showed the work to no one except his wife and a handful of close friends, not wanting to alienate dealers for his Continue reading