Sidedoor
Sidedoor
Smithsonian Institution
Artist in Dissidence
17 minutes Posted Aug 30, 2017 at 4:00 am.
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An artist steps in front of a camera and drops a priceless 2000-year-old vase onto the floor, smashing it into a million pieces. This is Ai Weiwei, and the resulting photographs are one of his most well-known works of art. Many were inspired; others were enraged. And around the world it got people talking. In this episode, we explore Ai Weiwei’s controversial career, and how he uses art to rally against political and social injustice.