Ai Weiwei 'celebrates' studio demolition – Arts & Entertainment
www.bangkokpost.com — Outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, pictured, says he is offering his supporters 10,000 river crabs - an autumn delicacy - to "celebrate" the government-ordered demolition of his new Shanghai studio. Ai, one of China's most famous artists and social critics, was invited to build the 1.1-million-dollar studio in a new art district in the city's north, but officials have now declared it an illegal structure.
"November 7 is 'River Crab Fest' at Ai Weiwei's Shanghai studio," he wrote in a post on Twitter. The artist said he would offer a banquet on Sunday including Chinese wine and 10,000 river crabs -- whose name in Chinese sounds like "harmonise", a government euphemism for censorship. It was not immediately clear whether Ai, who is based in Beijing, would attend the event in person.
