[Julie Steiner]

I'm interested to hear what others here think of this 1.25-hour documentary. I found the story of the subject, Zhao, and his quest to emulate his hero both disturbing and inspiring.

China's Van Goghs: The Village That Paints Thousands Of Fakes A Year | Perspective

(I wouldn't call the Van Goghs that Zhao and his studio produce "fakes." They're replicas. And copying masterpieces firsthand used to be a formal part of the training process for studio artists, so it's part of a long tradition. Not cranked out on this scale, though, and based on the originals rather than photos in books or online.)