Photo: Ai Weiwei, New York Photographs, 1983-1993, Ai Weiwei. Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 1983, black- and-white photograph. (Detail).
“Art is not an end but a beginning,” Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei observes, giving voice to the visual world that, at its very best best, sparks new ideas, experiences, emotions, and above…
