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Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds

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Cite this page as: Tate, "Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds," in Smarthistory, January 28, 2016, accessed January 27, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/ai-weiwei-sunflower-seeds/.

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