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Ai enrolled in the Beijing Film Academy and studied animation
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Lived mostly in New York
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Ai later on dropped out and made money by drawing street portraits and working odd jobs.
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Ai carried a camera with him all the time and would take pictures of his surroundings wherever he was. The photos were later selected as the "New York Photographs"
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Ai returned to China because his father became ill, helped establish the experimental artists' Beijing East Village and co-published three books about this new generation of artists
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Sina Weibo (internet platform in China)
The blog was later shut down by Sina on 28 May 2009 due to its popularity and Ai Weiwei's criticism on the Chinese government -
backpacks on the facade of the Haus der Kunst.
Ai Weiwei created an art peice that consisted of backpacks that read out a message that one of the parents had told him after their child died. Many students died after many schools collapsed due to poorly structured schools and bad weather. -
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Ai was held for 81 days without any official charges against him.
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Ai Weiwei has his passport taken after he was detained for 81 days
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Ai began placing flowers in a basket on a bike to protest the taking of his passport.
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