Ai Weiwei: artist, activist and superstar

Theatrical and political.
The artist’s installation of millions of porcelain sunflower seeds covered the floor of the Tate. He smashed a priceless Han dynasty pot, just to make a point. But Ai Weiwei is much more than his art.
The Chinese government says he is a bigamist and tax dodger.
Western critics call him a ‘visionary’, a ‘polymath’, a ‘crusader’.

Come and make up your own mind. Join us evening 8 Oct, as author Marie-Anne Mancio discusses the life and art of multifaceted Ai Weiwei in time for his Royal Academy show.