China's most famous dissident artist, Ai Weiwei, was being harassed by police and warned to stay away from a planned court appearance on Wednesday, he said.
In terms of underground Chinese art, Ai Weiwei may be grabbing the headlines but he is just one artist in an expanding galaxy of edgy and sometimes provocative work that has been coming out of China's contemporary art scene for more than a decade.
In a poll published last week by the American magazine Consumer Reports, 71% of adults polled confessed to being very concerned about Internet companies abusing their personal information. But what this poll failed to ask was whether we fear governmental abuse of our online data as much as abuse from private companies.
Beijing is a city where history and culture are almost tangible. They sprout, grow and bloom in unexpected places, around glittering new skyscrapers, in subway tunnels and in parks. And yet, despite their prevalence, history and culture in Beijing always seem to be teetering on the verge of extinction.
It was intended as a nod to the constant surveillance he finds himself under since being released by Chinese authorities last year.
Anna Coren talks to activist Ai Weiwei about his ongoing house arrest in China and how he turned cameras on himself.
Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei has turned the cameras on himself.
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei discusses the scrutiny he's under in Beijing and why he's posted his taxes online.
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei will not be allowed to publicly appeal a multimillion-dollar tax penalty the Chinese government says he owes, he said Thursday.
The wife of Ai Weiwei was taken from the Chinese artist's studio by police Tuesday and was questioned for three hours, the high-profile dissident said.
Fans of China's outspoken artist Ai Weiwei are not shy when it comes to posing nude.
Chinese citizens donate money to dissident Ai Weiwei in the latest standoff between China's government and its people.
Outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei paid 8.45 million yuan ($1.3 million) for a charge against his wife's company to prevent her from going to jail, he told CNN Tuesday.
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His fans are literally throwing money at him.
Thousands of supporters have donated money to outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in order to pay a 15 million yuan ($2.3 million) tax bill from the Chinese government.
Outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has received support and financial aid from a fellow activist after Beijing this week ordered him to pay 15 million yuan ($2.3 million) in back taxes.
The Chinese government is ordering outspoken artist Ai Weiwei to pay 15 million yuan ($2.3 million) in back taxes, a move Ai calls "retaliation against a dissident."
Weeks after muting his public criticisms, Ai Weiwei has broken his silence.
Jerome Cohen, professor at NYU School of Law, talks about the restrictions freed Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei faces.
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei pledged to continue fighting injustice in his first interview since his release from detention.
Supporters of detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei show their support in Hong Kong. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout reports.
Although prominent Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has been charged with tax evasion, his lawyer Pu Zhiqiang says that the tax authorities have yet to provide evidence for the charge.
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei remains silent as his name and pseudonym are blocked online. CNN's Jaime FlorCruz reports.
Chinese bloggers battled through targeted internet censorship Thursday in the wake of dissident artist Ai Weiwei's release after nearly three months in police custody.
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei has been released on bail -- apparently with conditions -- after he spent nearly three months in prison on charges of tax evasion, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday.
The release from custody of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei provoked a range of responses Thursday from around the world, with many commentators expressing relief at his release while remaining critical of Beijing's actions.
Dotted among its quiet, tree-lined streets; on the shore of its snaking river; and up as far as its medieval walls: contemporary art is invading the very fabric of the Swiss city of Basel.
CNN's Monita Rajpal talks to Hamish Fulton about the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and his detention.
Detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei evaded a "huge amount" of taxes, state-run media said Friday, quoting Beijing police.
Ai Weiwei's art exhibit opens in London while he remains in custody in China. CNN's Atika Shubert reports.
Ai Weiwei, the detained Chinese artist who five days ago missed the opening of his own exhibition in London, England, was allowed to be visited by his wife on Sunday, his mother told CNN.
International artists come out in support of detained Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei.
He is one of China's most successful and internationally renowned artists -- but at the opening of his latest exhibition "Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads" in London, the controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was missing.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg presides over the unveiling of Chinese dissident artist, Ai Weiwei's latest work.
A Chinese artist was noticeably absent from his own exhibit in New York after having been detained by his government for unspecified "economic crimes."
Detained in China, Ai Weiwei watches his own video addressing his treatment by the government and the power of the web.
Art and politics are entangled in China. Two recent events in Beijing show just how much: the reopening of the National Museum and the detention of the outspoken artist Ai Weiwei.
Week by week, China is tightening its grip on dissent.
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