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In Van Gogh’s Shadow: The Replica Masters Of Dafen Find No Buyers For Their Own Art

Dafen has long been the world capital of oil painting copies. After years of reproducing masterpieces on an assembly line, these painters would now like to be considered true artists and make a living from their creations. But in this ancient village in southern China, copies pay more than originals.

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Bullfights And Carnival, Botero’s Bulging Homage To Picasso

Colombia’s best known painter, Fernando Botero, was in France to open a joint exhibition of his works alongside those of Picasso. It is bound to be a reckoning.

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