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Ai Weiwei at the Hirshhorn is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik

Sinocentrism?

The Daily Pic: Ai Weiwei goes so Chinese, you wonder if there's irony involved.

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(Courtesy Ai Weiwei)
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This 3D map of China, made of wood salvaged from Qing Dynasty temples, is in the new Ai Weiwei survey at the Smithonian’s Hirshhorn Museum.

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