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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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27 minutes

Last on

Mon 10 Jul 2017 00:32GMT

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  • Sat 8 Jul 2017 07:32GMT
  • Mon 10 Jul 2017 00:32GMT

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