{"id":668592,"date":"2026-07-01T21:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/668592\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T21:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:00:15","slug":"ai-weiwei-button-up-review-the-artist-goes-big-but-i-wanted-more-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/668592\/","title":{"rendered":"Ai Weiwei: Button Up! review \u2014 the artist goes big, but I wanted more &#8211; The Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxPd0VkR3hpYlRXN04xMVhiX0lZWEVZVENvc1pUZDl3ckNPUFBhWmhrSG15X0tVa2EySlFmellfazVOUmhuNTdwMHdkUC1PS204dzk0N1JBQnJmNGt0dms5ZWZRU1JMLXJHakJhdzI5RktFc0hFaFZZTnNMZlZmd3I5R1hkdFZzbEpFc0h4UHpJNGtBOXo4YVd3MWdibkFEcnQ4TDg5cWkzNHpfdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ai Weiwei: Button Up! review \u2014 the artist goes big, but I wanted more<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxQaDFPSW51cjlBdVNxUmZULU5Lc0xKbkZSVFYzclk0cDZrMHpjVG5DUlA2Mnh4Z2ctdDRoR0NiaTYzeHRvbzB5VXczR2haUTlYbV81YWNJN3pTVGpYckcybTJRN2p3Y3RYR3B1VXQwXzl5clo4NDBrT0poUFJSVmpsSXJ5dEViMmVUbW9EU2F0OVVsNzdi?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ai Weiwei: Button Up! review \u2013 skeleton chandeliers, a real-life temple \u2013 and too much silly Lego<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxQNTFRREZGNXFiT3RiTGdTS2pJbmhhQW94VnFjT0QwR1FSMExDWjhkTG5ueFhUTEctN3RmcklXTVhYMTdoSFRQUjkweGxVeDNqWnhZbmJxN1pWcjNFOFhkX2FsdlNwY01GZUc1SG5iNnRCU3NVRWtqWlhQeVV1THFqX252c1QwYlRXUUNJX0xB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ai Weiwei\u2019s art is monumental but meaningless<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxNM0ZXM0RrSEJINGpzY1NqSG40SG5RRWh1ekdrX3ptTUR4Rk41Q3B6MTQ0Vkk5TXBrQUxVaXVmd2EwY2F4VFNsV1ZqQnFGM2J4SXY5b0p4bDBfb1U1aHB5OUcxaVdPdzBQNlEtQ2dTLWJVWXJIQWU3SmVlWkxfdWVqSk1EbHRzSXM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ai Weiwei Relives His Detention in 24-Hour Long Performance<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Hypebeast<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxPeEhHNl9KX2c3NDY0RlVmSHd2VDdnS3Y4Ul9PbWVTWlNtX3FvSDgzVmhtdUp2dkROUzV5QVRrVEtBM1FWM3VaRW9QRUc5ZS1EYTdoYlNJaFJ3WGJsV0ctUTdrcVhkaHZ4THQ2dzNyVjNWeUc0R3QyRVIwUG94S3pUdndyd3Z3NlFFcDlranBReXZsV2QzQVRoMWxHV3dDbkx0TTBVcVBOam8tdlpoOHlyVnp1V0ZUYVRSbjFFZ3pn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">History, colonialism and 4 million buttons in pictures as world-leading artist Ai Weiwei takes over Manchester<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Manchester Evening News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ai Weiwei: Button Up! review \u2014 the artist goes big, but I wanted more&nbsp;&nbsp;The TimesAi Weiwei: Button Up!&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-668592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}