Ai Weiwei granted passport

22 July 2015

Lisson Gallery and Ai Weiwei's many supporters around the world are thrilled at today's news that his passport has been returned. Having been denied foreign travel since his 81-day detention in 2011, Ai Weiwei now has the possibility to visit his son and his studio in Berlin as well as some of his many forthcoming museum exhibitions around the world, including major shows this autumn in London, Paris, Helsinki and Melbourne. He intends to remain based in Beijing, his home.