Installation view at Haines Gallery of Ai Weiwei’s “Kui Hua Zi (Sunflower Seeds)” from 2009 (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) BERKELEY, California — At Haines Gallery in San Francisco’s ...

Masked staff upkeep Ai Weiwei's poisonous sunflower seeds (photo from Guardian.co.uk) Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds at the Tate’s Turbine Hall space in London opened to a good deal of rejoicing. Viewers ...

Art is a tool to set up new questions. An interview with Ai Weiwei about the work behind is installation "Sunflower Seeds", on display at Tate Modern from 12 October 2010 to 2 May 2011. Sunflower ...

If you're looking for a website to add to your bookmarks that will confuse the hell out whoever is snooping on your laptop, you may want to consider Ai Weiwei's new site, Aiweiweiseeds.com. At first ...

Born in Beijing in 1957, Ai Weiwei is one of the most influential artists at work today and has exhibited widely in Asia, Europe and North America. He is the first artist living and working in the ...

Earlier this week, Art Review named Ai Weiwei the world's "most powerful artist." Known as much for his art — particularly covering the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall with porcelain sunflower seeds and ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain's Tate gallery has bought a work by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei made up of 8 million porcelain sunflower seeds — a portion of the 100 million he brought to London in 2010. Tate said ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Auctioneer Sotheby's will offer contemporary works estimated at more than 56 million pounds at a series of London sales in February, reflecting surging confidence in the fine art ...

16.5 x 16.5 x 16.5 in. (41.9 x 41.9 x 41.9 cm.) London, Tate, The Unilever Series: Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds, exh. cat., 2010-2011, p. 63, no. 47 (another unique ...

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...