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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Kelly Burke

‘Chinese agents could be following me’, says Australian artist at centre of censorship row

Chinese-Australian artist Badiucao, pictured in 2019.
Chinese-Australian artist Badiucao in 2019. Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images

Australian consular officials in Poland will attend the opening of an exhibition in the country’s capital by Chinese-Australian artist Badiucao on Friday, to send a message to Chinese authorities who have allegedly tried to stop the show going ahead.

On Wednesday, Australia’s ambassador to Poland, Lloyd Brodrick, met Shanghai-born Australian artist Badiucao, as well as executives from the museum where the show is being held, Warsaw’s Ujazdowski Castle, Center for Contemporary Art (CCA Ujazdowski Castle).

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