AI Weiweis Next Act Is a 30-Ton Button Installation

SummaryRenowned artist Ai Weiwei turns his 30-ton button collection into eight massive flags for Button Up!, a new exhibition in ManchesterOpening this summer, the show features Eight-Nation Alliance Flags, a new body of textiles, alongside a 2D version of History of Bombs, composed of 3.5 million Lego bricksIn 2019, Ai Weiwei bought out the entire stock of A Brown and Co Buttons, a defunct South London textile factory, leaving many to wonder: what was the artist planning to do with 30 tons of b...