A prominent Chinese artist known for his scathing political critiques of Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution has been detained in China, according to his brother and artistic partner. Gao Zhen ...

Chinese artists the Gao Brothers walk past some of their "Miss Mao" pieces in their Beijing studio in October 16, 2007. - David Gray/Reuters "The Execution of Christ" (2009) by the Gao Brothers.

An internationally acclaimed Chinese artist known for mocking Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution has been arrested near Beijing. Gao Zhen, who is based in New York, was detained on Monday ...

The artworks, which were created in the early 2000s and critique the Cultural Revolution, are suspected of breaking a 2018 law. Gao Brothers, Miss Mao Trying to Poise Herself at the Top of Lenin's ...

Gao Brothers, Miss Mao Trying to Poise Herself at the Top of Lenin's Head (2009). ... Rodriguez’s first attack was, ironically, against an artwork that satirizes Mao Zedong. ...

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A prominent Chinese artist known for his political critiques of Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution has been detained in China, after police raided his art studio near Beijing.