Ai Weiwei's 'Sunflower Seeds' Roped Off Due to Safety Concerns

Seemingly plagued by controversy, so much for a positive run from start to finish again for Ai Weiwei. Last week, you’ll recall we told you about the opening of his huge exhibition at the Tate Modern in London, which put to use 100 million sunflower seeds hand-painted in his native China. For its first few days the seeds were accessible to the public to pick up, walk on, or even steal a couple. Since then, the Tate has decided to rope off access to the piece, citing safety concerns over the dust kicked up as people walked around on it.