Ai Weiwei

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Part of a new artwork by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, entitled ‘Soleil Levant' (sunrise in French) made from over 3,500 lifejackets discarded by migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, following its official inauguration at Copenhagen’s Kunsthal Charlottenborg museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday June 20, 2017. Weiwei has barricaded the windows of the museum for his provocative new artwork as a striking reminder of the ongoing migrant crisis, inaugurated Tuesday on World Refugee Day. (AP Photo / James Brooks)

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Part of a new artwork by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, entitled ‘Soleil Levant' (sunrise in French) made from over 3,500 lifejackets discarded by migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, following its official inauguration at Copenhagen’s Kunsthal Charlottenborg museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday June 20, 2017. Weiwei has barricaded the windows of the museum for his provocative new artwork as a striking reminder of the ongoing migrant crisis, inaugurated Tuesday on World Refugee Day. (AP Photo / James Brooks)

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People view the new artwork by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, entitled ‘Soleil Levant' (sunrise in French) made from over 3,500 lifejackets discarded by migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, following its official inauguration at Copenhagen’s Kunsthal Charlottenborg museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday June 20, 2017. Weiwei has barricaded the windows of the museum for his provocative new artwork as a striking reminder of the ongoing migrant crisis, inaugurated Tuesday on World Refugee Day. (AP Photo / James Brooks)

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People walk past the new artwork entitled ‘Soleil Levant' (sunrise in French) by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, made from over 3,500 lifejackets discarded by migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, following its official inauguration at Copenhagen’s Kunsthal Charlottenborg museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday June 20, 2017. Weiwei has barricaded the windows of the museum for his provocative new artwork as a striking reminder of the ongoing migrant crisis, inaugurated Tuesday on World Refugee Day. (AP Photo / James Brooks)

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Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei looks into a glass ball which is part of his installation at the National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Ai Weiwei has prepared for the gallery a 70-metre-long inflatable boat with life-size figures of 258 refugees, called "The Law of the Journey," and it is one of the artist's biggest work of art so far. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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FILE - In this May 22, 2013 file photo, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei speaks to journalists at his studio in Beijing, China. The Chinese dissident artist says he was misled in lending his name and image to an independent science-fiction film that sought to raise funds on the Kickstarter website. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)

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The artwork 'Stools' by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is displayed in the atrium of the Martin-Gropius-Bau Museum at the exhibition 'Evidence' in Berlin, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The museum said with the exhibition 'Evidence' they present the largest exhibition of Ai Weiwei . The exhibition will be open from April 3 until July 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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The artwork 'Stools' by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is displayed in the atrium of the Martin-Gropius-Bau Museum at the exhibition 'Evidence' in Berlin, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The museum said with the exhibition 'Evidence' they present the largest exhibition of Ai Weiwei . The exhibition will be open from April 3 until July 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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The artwork 'Stools' by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is displayed in the atrium of the Martin-Gropius-Bau Museum at the exhibition 'Evidence' in Berlin, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The museum said with the exhibition 'Evidence' they present the largest exhibition of Ai Weiwei . The exhibition will be open from April 3 until July 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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The artwork 'Stools' by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is displayed in the atrium of the Martin-Gropius-Bau Museum at the exhibition 'Evidence' in Berlin, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The museum said with the exhibition 'Evidence' they present the largest exhibition of Ai Weiwei . The exhibition will be open from April 3 until July 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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FILE - In this May 22, 2013 file photo, artist Ai Weiwei speaks to journalists at the courtyard of his studio in Beijing. Ai, who helped make his name smashing a valuable vase in the name of art, said Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 that he was miffed about another artist destroying one of his vases in Florida. Maximo Caminero was charged with criminal mischief after destroying a vase valued at $1 million that was part of Ai's exhibit at the Perez Art Museum Miami. The Florida artist said he smashed the vase Sunday, Feb. 16 to protest the institution's lack of displays of local artists. Ai said Wednesday that he did not agree with Caminero's tactic. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)