Chinese artist apologises for 25 years of ripping off Belgian’s work
- Posted on February 5, 2025
- By The Times
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Chinese artist apologises for 25 years of ripping off Belgian’s work
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The Belgian painter Christian Silvain says he is the first foreign artist to win a plagiarism trial in China. Now much of the country’s art scene is humiliated