Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist discovering America

2023-05-04 08:11:29

the artist Ai Weiwei he left in 1981 for the States. To the Bank of China of Beijingthe only one who could exchange renminbi for dollars, calculated the distance between New York and Philadelphia, and gave him cash 30 bucks, to pay for the bus. Under the snow Ai thus arrived in Philadelphia, where an old classmate immediately sent him to ring the doorbells in the neighborhood, to look for jobs.