Inside China's biggest oil painting village
China News
May 25, 2023
The southern village of Dafen was once known as a global art factory producing an estimated 60 percent of the world's new oil paintings. But that was 30 years ago. The shops that once churned out copies of western masterpieces are striving to re-invent themselves into creative hubs. Thousands of painters have come and gone as the village developed a new identity. The few that have stayed since the beginning, shared their stories.