COMPLETELY FRESH. Ai Weiwei is a contemporary artist, writer and humanitarian activist. Born in China in 1957, from 1981 to 1993 he lived in the United States. He currently has three exhibitions in New York: Child's Play is at the Vito Schnabel Gallery at both 455 W 19th Street and 360 W 11th Street, and What You See is What You See is at Faurschou New York, 148 Green Street, Brooklyn. Ai Weiwei's exhibitions run to late February 2025.

"I don't belong to anywhere at all or to any group, and I'm still trying to find out what is left, as a human and as an individual."

"Prison is one kind of human condition."

"You have to act out what you believe and make some actions, not just to change the world, but it's really self-teaching to change yourself. I change daily."