Artist Ai Weiwei to set up Lego collection points

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Artist Ai Weiwei to set up Lego collection points

26 October 2015 Entertainment & Arts

Artist Ai Weiwei is setting up "Lego collection points" in different cities after being inundated with offers of donations from supporters.

Ai has accused Lego of "censorship and discrimination" after it refused his bulk order for bricks for a new exhibition in Melbourne, Australia.

Lego said it has never sold directly to anyone wanting to use its product to make a political statement.

The artist will now use the donated toy bricks to make a "new work".

"In response to Lego's refusal and the overwhelming public response, Ai Weiwei has now decided to make a new work to defend freedom of speech and 'political art'," said a post on the artist's Instagram account on Monday.

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[KT2000]

1. hope this is an international effort nt

[Kalidurga]

2. This is so cool I wish I had some Legos

I think it is horrible of Lego to tell people what they can and can't do with their product. Even worse for a government to do that censoring thing.