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Painter plagiarizes photo for national exhibit

Plagiarism is sad to see, especially when it's of art, and exceptionally when it's too blatant to chalk up to "artistic inspiration". Danwei has a story on a painting called "When I Was Young" by Li Yueliang, an artist from Zhejiang province, which was... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Thu, Oct 29 2009

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