The biggest names in art and media have campaigned for his release, such as Dazed and Confused magazine, who published an interview with him regardless of his detention and put a portrait of his face of the front cover (prior to him being beaten into a cerebral heammorage by chinese police) , The Tate modern who have posted: "Release Wei Wei on the side of the prolific and iconic building", Anish Kapoor who says that the worlds galleries and museums should close for a day in protest and that the world must unite against "barbaric" China.
