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Once World Capital Of Oil-Painting Copies, Chinese Town Tries Move Into Original Art

VISUAL Posted: December 21, 2018 5:15 am

A decade ago, the Shenzen suburb of Dafen produced three-quarters of the world’s supply of oil reproductions of famous paintings such as Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. “[But] what was once pejoratively described as something akin to a citadel of copycats is now trying to rebrand itself as an incubator of original art,” albeit with limited success so far. — Hyperallergic

VISUAL Published: 12.19.18

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