Ai Weiwei Straps 22 Rubber Life Boats Onto Florence's Palazzo Strozzi

This past July, subversive Chinese artist Ai Weiwei unveiled his life vest installation in Vienna, Austria. Now, the newly appointed structure for his latest controversial artwork is the historic Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Italy. As part of his forthcoming exhibition called "Libero," the artist installed 22 rubber life boats on the palace's facade--substituting the large renaissance windows for huge orange life rafts that implore passersby to think about Syria's refugee crisis. As a whole, the...