1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir
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“How come you can talk at such great length when art is the topic, and you get so excited that you can’t stop? If we talk about other things, you can never give a clear account of yourself, or you don’t remember, or you’ve forgotten. Can it really be that there’s nothing worth remembering apart from stuff connected to art?”
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inciting the subversion of state power
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In the face of authoritarianism, most curators and artists lose the power of speech, nullifying aesthetics and ethics with their moral compromises.
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Authoritarianism fears art that operates on multiple levels, with multiple meanings.