Learn about artist, activist, celebrity Ai Weiwei

Join us evening 8 Oct, as author Marie-Anne Mancio shares her passion for the multifaceted artist Ai Weiwei in time for his Royal Academy show.

Theatrical and political - Ai'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.