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Outlook: Outlook Weekend: The Art of Lying

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08/07/2017 GMT

Outlook Weekend: The Art of Lying

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A musician and a painter who became famous thanks to a lie.

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

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Credit: Bet_Noire

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