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Jan 18, 2011

Chinese Authorities Raze an Artist’s Studio



by Edward Wong for The New York Times
Published January 12, 2011

BEIJING -- The studio would have stood at the heart of an embryonic arts cluster on the outskirts of Shanghai, a draw for luminaries from around the world. It took two years to build, and one day to tear down.

An order to raze the studio -- designed by Ai Weiwei, a protean artist who is one of the most outspoken critics of the Chinese Communist Party -- was issued last July. Mr. Ai took the move to be retribution for rankling the authorities. He said officials told him that the demolition would not take place until after the first day of the Year of the Rabbit, which falls on Feb. 3.

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