politics UK restricts dissident artist Ai Weiwei's stay over his "criminal record" in China Xeni Jardin
crime American tourist arrested for scratching family names into sacred Japanese shrine as a "prank" Mark Frauenfelder
art Artemizia Foundation in Bisbee, Arizona hosts a spectacular collection of contemporary, street, and graffiti art Jennifer Sandlin
happy mutants Laura Poitras's Astro Noise: indispensable book and gallery show about mass surveillance Cory Doctorow
web theory Ai Weiwei guest-edits the New Statesman, which pirates itself to evade the Great Firewall of China Cory Doctorow
politics Artist Ai Weiwei captures footage of protesters attacking US ambassador's car in Beijing Xeni Jardin