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Source: BBC Radio 4 "Spitting Images"

Roundup

2-1-08

Van Goghs to go [audio 29min]

Roger Law explores the Chinese fake art industry. In the village of Dafen,"town of painting replicas", artists are turning out copies of Van Gogh and Da Vinci in their thousands to be shipped worldwide. Law co-created the satirical puppet show Spitting Image in the 1980s.

Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Spitting Images"