Ai Weiwei on Censorship
Hyperallergic highlighted Ai Weiwei’s new book On Censorship in an editor’s roundup that also referenced commentary on a Trump meme and an obituary for artist-activist Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, who died last week at age 46. The piece describes On Censorship as a timely set of reflections shaped by Ai Weiwei’s lifelong experience with state persecution. It also announced a virtual conversation scheduled for Wednesday from 3–4pm ET between photographer Tonika Lewis Johnson—winner of a 2025 MacArthur “Genius Grant” for work on racial segregation in Chicago’s South Side—and Hyperallergic senior editor Valentina Di Liscia. Additional news items noted include ICE detaining the father and portrait muse of California-based Chicana painter Criselda Vasquez and Gagosian opening a Marcel Duchamp exhibition on April 25 in a new Upper Manhattan space.
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