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So how many pieces of secondhand Lego does Ai Weiwei own? “Millions,” he says. “We haven’t had the chance to count it yet.”
There are a “huge” number of donations still pouring in from 20 collection points at museums around the world, a response to an appeal when Lego declined a bulk order on behalf of the artist, on the grounds that supporting the blockbuster exhibition Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei would contravene “corporate policy”.
Among the Lego donators is Ai’s young son.
“I told him: ‘Anything special don’t give it to me; I just need the simple blocks.’ But it was still such a difficult choice for him.” With every decision the child was swamped by remorse, the ‘Sophie’s Choice’ of six-year-olds. “He had a lot [of Lego] but finally he only gave me a little.”