Ai Weiwei’s Biggest U.S. Show Opens at SAM

Ai Weiwei’s Biggest U.S. Show Opens at SAM

This week, the Seattle Art Museum opened the largest-ever U.S. exhibition featuring the work of Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei. Spanning four decades of the artist’s career, Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei (March 12–Sept. 7) includes 130 works — a mix of sculpture, video, painting, wallpaper, furniture, and installation — that cover Ai’s creative progression, his interest and experiments with materiality, and his activism eff…