Chinese authorities are wary of performance art , partly due to an incident in 1989 . `` ( But ) we need to have a general tolerance to this kind of expression . The artist Ai Weiwei was detained for a month and then released after the government agreed not to prosecute him again. Wang Chunchen is curating the Chinese Pavilion at this year 's Venice Biennale . Taboo subjects must be avoided he says , like Tiananmen and overly explicit scenes .
Chinese authorities are wary of performance art , partly due to an incident in 1989 . The artist Ai Weiwei was detained for a month and then released after the government agreed not to prosecute him again. Wang Chunchen is curating the Chinese Pavilion at this year 's Venice Biennale . Taboo subjects must be avoided he says , like Tiananmen and overly explicit scenes .