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Outlook Weekend: The Art of Lying
The American amateur painter who fooled the art world for 30 years and the Ghanaian farm worker who lied about being a drummer and embarked on an extraordinary musical journey.
Two stories of how a lie created an artist:
Mark Landis was an amateur painter who fooled the art world into believing his works were priceless originals.
A chance meeting in a post office led to Ghanaian farm worker Ata Kak becoming an international music star
Image: a polygraph test
Credit: Bet_Noire
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Mon 10 Jul 2017
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