AI AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 1987.COURTESY OF THE ARTIST.

AI WEIWEI'S DROPPING A HAN DYNASTY URN, 1995-2009. THREE BLACK-AND-WHITE PRINTS. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST. 

AI WEIWEI'S DROPPING A HAN DYNASTY URN, 1995-2009. THREE BLACK-AND-WHITE PRINTS. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST. 

AI WEIWEI'S DROPPING A HAN DYNASTY URN, 1995-2009. THREE BLACK-AND-WHITE PRINTS. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST. 

AI WEIWEI'S STUDY OF PERSPECTIVE—TIANANMEN, 1995-2003.

DETAILS FROM AI WEIWEI'S S.A.C.R.E.D., 2011-2013. SIX DIORAMAS IN FIBERGLASS AND IRON, EACH 377 X 198 X 153 CM. INSTALLATION VIEW, CHIESA DI SANT'ANTONIN, 2013. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND LISSON GALLERY. 

DETAILS FROM AI WEIWEI'S S.A.C.R.E.D., 2011-2013. SIX DIORAMAS IN FIBERGLASS AND IRON, EACH 377 X 198 X 153 CM. INSTALLATION VIEW, CHIESA DI SANT'ANTONIN, 2013. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND LISSON GALLERY. 

DETAILS FROM AI WEIWEI'S S.A.C.R.E.D., 2011-2013. SIX DIORAMAS IN FIBERGLASS AND IRON, EACH 377 X 198 X 153 CM. INSTALLATION VIEW, CHIESA DI SANT'ANTONIN, 2013. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND LISSON GALLERY.  

DETAILS FROM AI WEIWEI'S S.A.C.R.E.D., 2011-2013. SIX DIORAMAS IN FIBERGLASS AND IRON, EACH 377 X 198 X 153 CM. INSTALLATION VIEW, CHIESA DI SANT'ANTONIN, 2013. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND LISSON GALLERY.  

AI WEIWEI IN BEIJING, MAY 2013. T-SHIRT: WEIWEI'S OWN. PHOTO BY GRANT DELIN

AI WEIWEI'S FOREVER BICYCLES, 2011. PHOTO:TANLEY WONG/ARRESTED MOTION. 

DETAILS FROM AI WEIWEI'S S.A.C.R.E.D., 2011-2013. SIX DIORAMAS IN FIBERGLASS AND IRON, EACH 377 X 198 X 153 CM. INSTALLATION VIEW, CHIESA DI SANT'ANTONIN, 2013. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND LISSON GALLERY.  

AI WEIWEI'S GRAPES (32 ANTIQUE STOOLS), 2011. COURTESY MARY BOONE GALLERY, NEW YORK.

AI WEIWEI'S MAP OF CHINA. IRON WOOD FROM DISMANTLED TEMPLES OF THE QING DYNASTY (1644-1911). PHOTO: STEVE BENISTY. 

AI WEIWEI'S SUNFLOWER SEEDS AT THE TATE MODERN, LONDON, 2011. PHOTO: ALEX SEGRE/REX/REX USA.