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The seductive art of Rina Banerjee

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The hall of shame: we meet the Chinese artist painting the faces behind corruption. We look at plans to dig up the remains of the woman thought to be behind Leonardo Da Vinci's famous smile. And Manhattan-based, Indian-born artist Rina Banerjee joins us in the studio to talk about her new exhibition in Paris.

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