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World Service,2 mins

China's famed fake art village is turning over a new leaf

Newsday

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More than half of the world's oil paintings come from one workshop in China. Located in China's manufacturing hub, Shenzhen, the Da Fen company is the world leader in the mass production of art, exporting millions of replicas of Van Goghs, Monets, and Picasso's to the world. Now its trying its hand at mass produced original art, as the company's founder, 69-year-old artist Huang Jiang, told Newsday.

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