Ai Weiwei Sues Volkswagen for Using Refugee Lifejacket Artwork in Ad

Ai Weiwei recently filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen and its Danish counterpart Skandinavisk after he said his artwork appeared in an advert for the German automaker without permission. The legal battle surrounds his Soleil Levant (2017), a sprawling installation that sees the Kunsthal Charlottenborg's façade packed with approximately 3,500 life jackets that were all salvaged from refugees in the island of Lesbos in Greece. The artwork was on display at the Copenhagen gallery from June to Octo...