Ai Weiwei unveils Lego portraits of Mexico’s missing students

Photographers are seen in front of portraits of the 43 missing Ayotzinapa College Raul Isidro Burgos students during a recent preview of the exhibition "Restablecer Memorias" by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, displayed at the University Museum of Contemporary Art (MUAC) in Mexico City. Photo: Reuters

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei recently unveiled a series of portraits made with around one million Lego blocks, depicting 43 Mexican students who were abducted and apparently massacred in 2014.

The dissident artist, who was detained by China’s communist government in 2011, said he made the piece as a commentary on the students’ case, an unsolved crime that triggered an international outcry and continues to haunt Mexico.