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Ai Weiwei with the word 'FUCK' sunburned onto his chest  Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 2000, part of the Beijing Photographs series, 1993-2003  Courtesy of Ai Weiwei Studio, © Ai Weiwei)

Ai Weiwei with the word 'FUCK' sunburned onto his chest

Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 2000, part of the Beijing Photographs series, 1993-2003

Courtesy of Ai Weiwei Studio, © Ai Weiwei

This spring, the Seattle Art Museum hosts a moveable feast of Ai Weiwei, presenting for the first time the work of one artist across all three locations.

Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei is at the Seattle Art Museum until September 7th. The artist’s first US retrospective in over a decade, it is his largest-ever exhibition in the US features over 130 works created over four decades, from the 1980s to the 2020s.