Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei denounces the blindness of Europeans to the situation of migrants

At the end of a dirt road, an hour’s drive from Lisbon (Portugal), an isolated place, out of sight. It is the refuge of one of the pet peeves of Chinese power, Ai Weiwei. This world-renowned artist received us at his home, he shows us what will perhaps be a work in a museum, olive roots. Ai Weiwei is a star of contemporary art.

Provocative, a little megalomaniac but above all very political. In the heart of Beijing in the 1990s, he had his companion pose in a provocative attitude, right in front of the soldiers. This photo makes him known all over the world. Ai Weiwei takes the stage, in particular to denounce the communist regime, guilty of erasing Chinese culture. A freedom of tone that has already cost him dearly. Now in his works, he denounces the blindness of Europeans to the situation of migrants. The eternal indignant will never return to China, because he says he is convinced of being imprisoned there again.