Forthcoming Early 2026
How To Academy presents Ai Weiwei in conversation with internationally renowned journalist Stephen Sackur. Join Ai Weiwei as he discusses his personal experiences of censorship at the hands of the state, and how authoritarian regimes across the globe suppress freedom of thought and expression. Faced with tyranny and violence, can an artist really hope to make a difference? Does human creativity truly have the power to change our world for the better? Ai Weiwei is living proof that it does. Raised in a labour camp and later beaten, surveilled and secretly detained for 81 days without being officially charged by the Chinese state, Weiwei has dedicated his life to the struggle against corruption and oppression of all kinds. As a conceptual artist and activist fighting for justice, he has become an icon in his own lifetime, renowned world-wide for his work promoting freedom of thought and expression, compassion, and humanitarian values.
All tickets to the artist talk will include an early copy of Ai Weiwei’s new book set to be published in 2026, On Censorship.
Learn more at howtoacademy.com.
