Ai WeiweiChinese, 1957MASK
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National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
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- In this state since
- Aug 19, 2026
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- 2022.96.1
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Meanwhile, in the life of Ai Weiwei
The whole life2016–2019
Speaks out for Julian Assange
In 2016 Ai co-signed a letter calling on the British and Swedish governments to guarantee Assange’s freedom of movement; he later visited him in Belmarsh prison, and in September 2019 held a silent protest outside the Old Bailey, where Assange’s extradition hearing was taking place.
September 2019
Leaves Berlin for Cambridge
In 2019 Ai announced he was leaving Berlin, saying that Germany is not an open culture, and in September he moved to Cambridge, England.
2021 · Award
Joan B. Cendrós International Award
2021
Firstsite rejects his piece about Assange
For the virtual British “Great Big Art Exhibition” Ai proposed “Postcard for Political Prisoners”, incorporating a photograph of the running machine Assange used in the Ecuadorian embassy. The director of the organiser, Firstsite, declined to include it, citing time constraints and its fit with the exhibition’s concept; Ai thought the real reason was an unwillingness to touch the subject of Assange.
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