“I have no family, no fatherland, never known what it is to belong. I belong only to myself. “: Ai Weiwei
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has published a provocative and reflective essay titled “What I Wish I Had Known About Germany Earlier” after Zeit Magazin declined to run it despite commissioning the piece. The text, now available on Hyperallergic, offers Weiwei’s unflinching commentary on German society, bureaucracy, media, and the contradictions within liberal democracies, along with personal reflections on […]