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![Ai Weiwei and museum curator Sabine Eckmann examine "The Odyssey," a massive frieze in his exhibition at the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum. In the foreground is a detail of "Forever Bicycle," a sculpture made from 720 bicycles. [11/8/19]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2c88530/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x3343+0+329/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F201911%2FJDG_aiweiwei_02.JPG)
When does a mirror selfie become high art? For artist and political activist Ai Weiwei, it happened in 2008 when he photographed himself inside an… -
Washington University’s Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum once sat at the edge of a parking lot, shielded from passing traffic by a row of trees. Following… -
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 10, 2009 - Post-1945 German avant-garde art enjoys a limited, yet dedicated following in the…
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![Ai Weiwei and museum curator Sabine Eckmann examine "The Odyssey," a massive frieze in his exhibition at the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum. In the foreground is a detail of "Forever Bicycle," a sculpture made from 720 bicycles. [11/8/19]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/66745ee/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x3343+0+329/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F201911%2FJDG_aiweiwei_02.JPG)
