By Leah Garchik
Ai Weiwei, perhaps the world’s most renowned living artist/activist/ex-con, was wildly welcomed at the SFFilm Festival’s world premiere showing of “Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly” on Sunday, April 14. The documentary, produced and directed by Ai’s San Francisco connection, Cheryl Haines — I’m not calling her a “gallerist” or “art dealer” because calling this formidable and fearless art powerhouse an “art dealer” is like saying Ai has an “artistic nature” — filled the Castro Theatre.
