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Gilbert & George in Russia and China – the paperback / 23/4

Posted: May 3rd, 2026 | No Comments »

James Birch’s Gilbert and George and the Communists (Cheerio Publishing), which fascinatingly recounts the duos 1990s trip to Shanghai and Beijing (as well as Moscow), is now out in paperback. I also wrote about those amazing & groundbreaking exhibitions, and the impetus it gave China’s performance artists to push ahead, for the SCMP – https://amp.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3295898/when-brit-art-world-provocateurs-gilbert-george-went-china

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