ART

The largest exhibition of avant-garde art in China’s history has reopened in Beijing after being shut down by police when artists defied a ban on performance art and a sculptor shot her own work with a BB gun. The sculptor said she didn’t regret shooting her work and that finally the piece had been completed. “It was something I had to do, but I didn’t realize it would cause such a stir,” said Xiao Lu, the 26-year-old artist. “The piece needed to be destroyed slightly to be perfected.” Xiao and her boyfriend were arrested and spent three days in jail after the incident.