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WUZHEN CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION 2019

The 2019 Wuzhen Contemporary Art Exhibition opened almost exactly three years to the day after the inaugural edition of the event. Yet, chief curator Feng Boyi defied the label “triennial,” and instead referred to the platform as a “periodic exhibition” that unfolds in the historic water town of Wuzhen.

Despite the lack of a defining nomenclature, the sophomore effort, titled “Now

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