Putting Ai Weiwei in perspective, the MAM panel - Art City

From: Mary-Louise Schumacher

The panel on Ai Weiwei put the artists "release" in perspective and was both a condemnation of MAM's initial response and, to a lesser degree, a vindication of sorts as well.

Putting Ai Weiwei in perspective, the MAM panel - Art City

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It was telling that it was the political science professor and not the art experts who best articulated the meaning of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's detention at a recent panel discussion at the Milwaukee Art Museum.

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