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Hong Kong-raised artist Cici Wu lights up a New York gallery

Wu's New York show at 47 Canal fills a new Chelsea gallery with eleven handmade lanterns, including a miniature schoolhouse; the exits, at least, are clearly marked.

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Watch it as it aired: Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Rosa Ticks on this story, from BBN This Morning at 7:53 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are South China Morning Post's, the jokes are ours.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAn artist raised in Hong Kong has filled a New York gallery with eleven paper lanterns made of bamboo, willow and mulberry paper, the South China Morning Post reports.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorInside each one, an LED pulses to the cadence of Auld Lang Syne. Cici Wu, give me your hot take.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHot take: she built eleven lanterns that blink on a schedule, which is the most professional thing an artist has done in New York.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorReliable lighting. Clear communication.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNope. The lights blink to Auld Lang Syne, so they flicker on a playlist, and that's all it is.

  6. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterHot take!

  7. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterOne lantern is a miniature schoolhouse from a photograph of a girls' high school in Shizuoka, Japan, and nobody has asked who's grading it!

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHOT. A tiny school with no teacher is the only one in the building making sense.

  9. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorExcuse me, my take was hotter. Two doors are left ajar, an entrance and an exit, and the gallery is simply being thorough.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYour take was a lighting schedule, Vera. Rosa gave me a school.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFinal take: two doors, both open, no sign saying which way is in. That's the most honest floor plan in New York. HOT.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI rate my own apartment lobby below it.

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