Detained China artist unaware of New York success
- Published: 10/02/2012 at 06:32 PM
- Online news: Asia
Dark, bare photos of modern Chinese society by Liu Xia, detained wife of China's best known dissident, went on show in New York without her knowledge after they were spirited out of her country.
A visitor is seen looking at a Chinese artist Liu Xia photo during an exhibition in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, in 2011. The photos were brought out of China under the noses of the authorities by French academic, writer and economist Guy Sorman, a friend of the artist and her Nobel Peace prize-winning husband Liu Xiaobo.
The photos were brought out of China under the noses of the authorities by French academic, writer and economist Guy Sorman, a friend of the artist and her Nobel Peace prize-winning husband Liu Xiaobo.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
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