The Chinese government shutdown Ai Weiwei's self-surveillance project commemorating the year anniversary of his own arrest, so we thought we'd look back at what the Chinese artist has been up to since the government put him under house arrest.
Ai Weiwei spent an hour on Tuesday morning — it was Tuesday night in China — answering questions from curious fans and dodging the disappointed comments from one angry hippie in an MSNBC live chat.
Ai Weiwei's wife has said that her husband will be using supportive donations given (and paper-airplaned) to them in order to contest China's $2.4 million in tax fines levied against the artist, multiple outlets reported.
Ai Weiwei, the now-freed dissident who was served notice for $2.4 million dollars in tax fines by China, has been getting a flood of donations to help pay off the steep bill, the artist told multiple news outlets.
The government tore the page out of magazines but left the article online
The artist takes aim at the government that detained him
"It is designed as a kind of mental torture, and it works well," Ai said
The artist tweaked the Chinese government on Twitter for the first time since his release
He's "full of energy and again intensively dedicating himself to his artistic creation"
It's the first time officials have named an amount in dissident's 'nonpayment of taxes'
He's the latest high-profile dissident freed in advance of Wen Jiabo's visit to Europe
Among his bail restrictions: the artist can't travel, tweet, or speak to the media
Early analyses of China's move suggest it was all about cleaning up its image
Dissident Chinese artist released for 'good attitude' and a health condition
Concerns over China draws thousands on Tiananmen Square anniversary
Lu Qing was allowed to visit the detained Chinese artist for the first time on Sunday
Back in the '80s, Ai was a New York sketch artist trying to make ends meet
Hong Kong artists flout authorities by protesting the acclaimed artist's detention
Liu Xiaoyuan though he was being followed before being held in custody for five days
Detaining the artist may not have been Chinese officials' first attempt to rein him in
The Chinese dissident artist's driver and accountant have also now gone missing
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