{"id":5690,"date":"2023-07-28T10:38:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T09:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.2changingart.com\/2023\/07\/28\/johannesburg-second-greatest-city-after-paris-william-kentridge-1989\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T10:38:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T09:38:54","slug":"johannesburg-second-greatest-city-after-paris-william-kentridge-1989","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.2changingart.com\/en\/2023\/07\/28\/johannesburg-second-greatest-city-after-paris-william-kentridge-1989\/","title":{"rendered":"Johannesburg &#8211; Second Greatest City after Paris, William Kentridge, 1989"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Johannesburg, Second Greatest City After Paris (1989)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sjdnrnkMSBU?start=130&#038;feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1989 &#8211; the same year Chen Qiuchi was involved in the Tiananmen Square protest &#8211; William Kentridge released <em>&#8220;Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City After Paris&#8221;<\/em> the first animated short film of his stop-motion series. 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