Apr 4, 2011 · Artist Ai Weiwei is best-known for helping design Beijing's Olympic stadium, known as the Birds Nest. He was taken into detention at Beijing airport yesterday morning, as he tried to...

Apr 3, 2011 · The artist Ai Weiwei has not been heard from since Sunday morning Beijing time, when he was detained at the Beijing airport before a routine flight to Hong Kong. Shortly thereafter, a...

2 days ago · The seizing of Ai Weiwei at Beijing airport by Chinese police on 3 April 2011 must count as the most famous arrest of any artist ever. While the ostensible charge was tax evasion, Ai’s ...

Apr 5, 2011 · Ai Weiwei, one of China’s most famous artists and human rights activists, was detained on Sunday at the Beijing airport. His arrest comes as the Chinese government tries to prevent the...

Apr 3, 2011 · Ai Weiwei, China’s most famous modern artist, was detained at Beijing airport on Sunday and his house was cordoned off by police as the Communist party continued its crackdown on...

In April 2011, Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport for "economic crimes," and detained for 81 days without charge. Ai Weiwei emerged as a vital instigator in Chinese cultural development, an architect of Chinese modernism, and one of the nation's most vocal political commentators.

Aug 12, 2011 · Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei spent his 81 days of detention in a 12′ by 24′ room, watched at all times by two military police who were never more than few feet away from him and was...

Mar 4, 2011 · Reporters Without Borders is concerned about the fate of the famous artist and dissident Ai Weiwei (艾未未), who was arrested this morning at Beijing international airport as he was about to board a flight to Hong Kong. Eight of his employees were also briefly detained today by the Beijing police.

Apr 4, 2011 · The internationally acclaimed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been missing for more than 24 hours after being detained at Beijing airport. His assistant Jennifer Ng was present when Ai...

Apr 4, 2011 · The internationally acclaimed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been missing for more than 24 hours after being detained at Beijing airport. The artist was stopped while passing through security...