Ai Weiwei: One Eye / Illumination

The Chinese performance artist Ai Weiwei has never been convicted of a crime. Yet, Credit Suisse, one of the world’s largest banks, cited his “criminal record” in China, according to Reuters, to justify closing his bank account.

Meanwhile, pro-Beijing politicians in Hong Kong are raising a ruckus about Ai’s art, which they claim violates Beijing’s new national security law. That has pressured a new Hong Kong art museum to pull one of his photographs before it has fully opened its doors to the public, and to remove both the photograph, and a sculpture, from its website.

Ai told Reuters that banks in Germany and Hong Kong had also taken actions against him, similar to those of Credit Suisse.

September 15, 2021

https://udumbara.net/chinese-artist-knocked-by-china-corruption-in-big-western-banks-and-museums

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei poses with his artwork made of Lego, entitled "Illumination 2019"

June 23, 2020

https://www.theepochtimes.com/ai-weiwei-says-new-security-law-is-the-end-of-hong-kong_3369454.html

https://artnowla.com/2018/05/14/ai-weiwei-humanity/

https://www.newsweek.com/chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-shares-images-refugees-while-greece-409875

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/348325352401901992/