Arts: In 2010 Ai Weiwei filled the entire Turbine Hall of Tat…

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Did you know? In 2010 Ai Weiwei filled the entire Turbine Hall of Tate Modern with 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds — each hand-painted by 1,600 craftspeople in Jingdezhen, China. Visitors were initially allowed to walk on them — until the dust was discovered to be toxic.

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In 2010 Ai Weiwei filled the entire Turbine Hall of Tate Modern with 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds — each hand-painted by 1,600 craftspeople in Jingdezhen, China. Visitors were initially allowed to walk on them — until the dust was discovered to be toxic.

Ai Weiwei vulde in 2010 de hele Turbine Hall van Tate Modern met 100 miljoen porseleinen zonnebloempitten — elk met de hand beschilderd door 1.600 ambachtslieden in het Chinese Jingdezhen. Bezoekers mochten er aanvankelijk overheen lopen — tot men ontdekte dat het stof giftig was.

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