Ai Weiwei flooded with Lego bricks

The famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei claims to be inundated with offers for Lego blocks, after the Danish manufacturer of the popular toys had refused him a large supply.

Ai Weiwei wants with the building blocks to make a work of art for an exhibition about him and Andy Warhol, to be held in the Australian city of Melbourne in December. LEGO, which is currently facing delivery problems by a sharp increase in demand, however, refused to provide him with the requested blocks, reports The Guardian.

Ai Weiwei called it " censorship and discrimination ", but received directly from the world offered alternatives. He said Monday in Berlin, where the political activist the next three years has been a guest lecturer at the academy.