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Visual Arts
The protest work believed to have provoked Guo Jian’s recent detention. Image supplied.
Today, Wednesday 4 June, marks the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, as the 1989 event has become known. It is also marks four days since Chinese-born Australian artist Guo Jian was picked up and detained by Chinese police on ‘visa related issues’.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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