14-01-2016 16:53 via theartnewspaper.com

Lego changes policy after Ai Weiwei backlash

Lego has changed its policy on bulk orders after Ai Weiwei denounced the company for “censorship and discrimination” last October. The Danish toymaker declined to supply the plastic bricks for politically-minded works planned by the Chinese artist-activist for his exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Melbourne. According to its new guidelines, effective from 1 January, “the Lego group no longer asks for the thematic purpose when selling large quantities of L
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