The Chinese artist goes large on colonialism, a group show tackles a fun theme and Xanthe Somers’ stoneware fools the eye – all in your weekly dispatch Ai Weiwei: Button Up! If any artist can fill the vast home of Factory International, it’s Ai Weiwei, with an installation about world history, colonialism … and buttons.
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Ai Weiwei pushes Manchester’s buttons, a ceramicist makes it personal and frames get reframed – the week in art
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