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Installation view of 'Fabiola', copies of a lost original, most by unknown artists - © Francesca Esmay
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Helen of Troy may have had the face that launched a thousand ships, but she's got nothing on Saint Fabiola, a Roman divorcée turned do-gooder whose mug - or at least a single depiction of it - has inspired countless Sunday painters around the world. Artist Francis Alÿs has made a pastime of searching for portraits of her, all copies of a long-lost 1885 original by the French painter Jean-Jacques Henner. The salon-style hanging of his entire fleet of Fabiolas - nearly 300 strong and growing - underscores the similarities shared by the images while highlighting the inherently obsessive nature of collecting art. (OW)
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