Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, who helped make his name smashing a valuable vase in the name of art, said that he was miffed about another artist destroying one of his vases in Florida.

Andy Warhol’s Double Elvis sold for $37m (€28m) and works by Roy Lichtenstein and Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei broke their own records at Sotheby’s contemporary art sale.

Chinese artist and government critic Ai Weiwei is being pursued for nearly $2m (€1.4m) in unpaid taxes and fines.

Renowned Chinese activist artist Ai Weiwei has been released on bail after authorities said he confessed to tax evasion.

A vast floor within London's Tate Modern art gallery has been carpeted with more than 100 million “sunflower seeds” – the latest commission in the annual Unilever Series.