Inside an artist’s studio in Dafen (All images via Mitch Altman/Flickr) There was a time not long ago when the Chinese village of Dafen became infamous for cornering the market on oil painting ...

In more ways than one, the painting is on the wall for a famed village in southern China where hundreds of studios and galleries – packed into narrow lanes and sprawling alleyways – peddle their ...

As China celebrates the 40th anniversary of its opening up reforms, one village in southern China – once an art reproductions powerhouse – is pondering its future. Dafen, a tiny but densely populated ...