Ai Weiwei accuses curators of rejecting artwork over Julian Assange content
by David Batty from on (#5JJZK)
Artist claims piece was rejected from exhibition for addressing imprisonment of the WikiLeaks founder
Ai Weiwei has accused the organisers of a large UK art exhibition of rejecting his artwork for the show because the piece addressed the imprisonment of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
The Chinese dissident artist and activist said the piece for The Great Big Art Exhibition featured an image of the treadmill which Assange used while seeking asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy.
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