London's Royal Academy of Arts

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An exhibition Ai Weiwei opened at London's Royal Academy of Arts is his first in five years which he could personally supervise after recovering his passport A major retrospective of the work of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei opens at London's Royal Academy of Arts (RA) on Sept. 17, exploring his subversive exploration of human rights abuses.

Britain has denied Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei a six-month visa, he cited an embassy official as saying July 30, restricting him to a three-week trip on the grounds he did not declare a criminal conviction in his application.