Maybe he bought them at that Pioneer Square gallery that was busted a few years ago for selling a shit-ton of fake antiquities.

Fascinating piece. I enjoy Ai's winking challenge to the notion of "authenticity", though I know many find his iconoclasm infuriating.

Still, it might be prudent to avoid encouraging vandalism right in your headline (the one on Slog, not the one above).

He's such a badass.

Here's a little video he made about his imprisonment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyQZ-oLs…

too much context, not enough visual interest.

There's so little art in Ai Weiwe and way too much narrative, though that describes the "art" world in general at this point. He should write a book, and protest, and talk, but being known as an "artist" is ridiculous. He's a story, not an artist, and while there is overlap between the two, the distinction shouldn't be lost.

Hoodwinked.

I would suggest that "AI's winking challenge to the notion of 'authenticity'," a trope that has become a staple of the contemporary art scene for at least half a century, is itself inauthentic.

I found them quite beautiful.

If you find them smashed,I didn't do it...

We don't like art.

Well, for as much attention as SAM pays to local artists, maybe someone should smash a Wei Wei vase or two...