HUFFINGTON
09.30.12
THE DISRUPTOR
Of the guests who did show
were Liu Xiadong and his wife,
Yu Hong, both famous Chinese
artists, the latter of whom went
to high school with Ai’s wife Lu
Qing, he emphasized. “When his
wife saw me, they just turned
away,” Ai said incredulously. “I
was kind of shocked, like, hm, this
is very strange.”
Liu’s reaction couldn’t have
been that strange, though. At a
panel for the U.S.-China Forum
on Arts and Culture in November
2011, Liu, a faculty member at
CAFA, called Ai a “naughty boy,”
in a moment the Wall Street Journal described as “uncomfortable.”
“I’m not kidding,” Liu continued.
“When I first knew him he had
nothing and I had more than him.”
Liu is what Asia Society moderator at the event, Meli