Artist Ai Weiwei Released from Detainment, Says Media Ban a Condition of His Release

Clearly the biggest news of the week, after just over three months spent detained by Chinese authorities for alleged financial crimes, artist Ai Weiwei was finally released late last night in Beijing. Weiwei’s detainment had quickly become a hot button issue worldwide, with a countless supply of other countries, protestors and supports, and museums across the world calling for his release, and most recently fellow high-profile artists boycotting planned exhibitions in China as a show of solidarity.

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