Dissident artist Ai Weiwei 's work is now in Washington at the Hirshhorn Museum . Ai 's most famous work is the `` Bird 's Nest '' stadium from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . Some of the works take a personal tone , with pictures of Ai at a hospital following surgery to relieve pressure on his brain following what he said was from a beating by Chinese police . The installation was a gift to the United States by China and features an enormous bird nest made of thousands of tiny white feathers that are arranged into a pattern, with each feather representing one Chinese province or city
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei 's work is now in Washington at the Hirshhorn Museum . Ai 's most famous work is the `` Bird 's Nest '' stadium from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . The installation was a gift to the United States by China and features an enormous bird nest made of thousands of tiny white feathers that are arranged into a pattern, with each feather representing one Chinese province or city