Artist’s encounter with a railway ‘lost and found’ highlights the difficulties of those forced to leave their countries.
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The artist’s encounter with a railway’s ‘lost and found’ highlights the difficulties of those forced to leave their countries.
By Ai Weiwei with an introduction by Nick Hilden and illustrations by Gianluca Costantini
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