1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir

Closed, opens at 10amIndependent shop in Belltown

Available from SAM Shop/Info when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Ai Weiwei’s sculptures and installations have been viewed by millions around the globe, and his architectural achievements include helping to design the iconic Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing. His political activism has long made him a target of the Chinese authorities, which culminated in months of secret detention without charge in 2011. Here, for the first time, Ai Weiwei explores the origins of his exceptional creativity and passionate political beliefs through his life story and that