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Ai Weiwei: career timeline

Chinese · b. 1957 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 221 of 238 lots (93% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Ai Weiwei: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
2000s4134$73.9kSign upOther
2010s137118$7.3kSign upSculpture
2020s4138$1.1kSign upScreenprint

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2000s 41 works

Sold
34 of 41
Median
$73.9kSign up
Average
$129kSign up
Typical size
30 × 22.5 in (76 × 57 cm)
Mediums
Other (22), Sculpture (14), Photograph (4)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (2), Figures & portraits (2)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 17 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 137 works

Sold
118 of 137
Median
$7.3kSign up
Average
$144kSign up
Typical size
10.5 × 7.5 in (27 × 19 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (40), Multiple (35), Other (30)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5), Flowers & still life (2), Sea & coast (1)
Show 12 more (2010s)

…and 113 more works from this group in the full results list.

2020s 41 works

Sold
38 of 41
Median
$1.1kSign up
Average
$5.2kSign up
Typical size
12 × 13 in (31 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (27), Print (other) (5), Lithograph (3)
Subjects
Landscapes (2), Markets & villages (1)
Show 12 more (2020s)

…and 17 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

17 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$6.1kSign up
Average
$6.1kSign up
Typical size
—
Mediums
Other (2)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 15 works

Sold
10 of 15
Median
$883Sign up
Average
$1.6kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 8.5 in (30 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (5), Sculpture (5), Other (4)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Ai Weiwei auction results →