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Ai Weiwei’s studio demolition<\/p><\/div>\n

Ai Weiwie has been documenting the demolition of his Bejing studio over the past 4 days on Instagram.\u00a0 His first post, exceeding 21,000 views, captures the first moments of the deconstruction, which Weiwei claims he had not been given any prior notice of.\u00a0 According to the BBC, Weiwei’s assistant, Gang Ra, said that his rental contract for the building ended last year but that it “simply wasn’t possible” to move out at the time because of the amount of works still present<\/em>. \u00a0This is not the first time the artist lost one of his studios without notice.\u00a0 Back in 2011, neighbors phoned Weiwei about heavy machinery noises coming from his studio.\u00a0 By the time he arrived at the location in Shanghai from Bejing, where he lived, about 80% of his studio was destroyed.<\/p>\n

Weiwei, who now lives in Germany, is a strong critic of China\u2019s government.\u00a0 He was arrested in 2011 in a government crackdown which targeted dozens of bloggers, human rights lawyers, and writers that the government feared would launch a \u201cjasmine revolution,\u201d\u00a0 a protest against corruption, poverty and political repression in Tunisia, North Africa.<\/p>\n

Sources: Ai Weiwei Beijing studio demolished ‘without warning’<\/a><\/p>\n

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei arrested in ongoing government crackdown<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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