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Botched Art Restoration Renders Virgin Mary Unrecognizable
The failed makeover—one of several to surface in Spain in recent years—has prompted calls for stricter regulation of the field
June 25, 2020
In the past decade, tales of art “restorations” gone wrong have alternatively delighted and horrified social media users. Many of these fiascos have happened in Spain: Take, for instance, a disfigured fresco of Jesus, now known as the Monkey Christ, that went viral in 2012, or a 16th-century sculpture of St. George that underwent “unrestoration” after a failed attempt left its subject looking more like Tintin than a legendary dragon slayer.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart...ary-180975170/
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