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Michelangelo’s Medici Chapel Sculptures Were Cleaned with Bacteria During COVID-19

Michelangelo's masterworks had accumulated grime and discolorations over the centuries in part due to a rotting corpse.
By Helen Holmes

Botched Art Restorations Aren’t New, They’re Just Getting Attention on Social Media

Spain seems to be experiencing a sudden epidemic of artwork being ruined by non-professional 'restorers' after the latest botched job on a statue in Palencia. But the vice president of Spain’s Professional Association of Conservators says this has been happening for years.
By Helen Holmes

Art Restorers Call for a Crackdown on ‘Botchers’ After Another Painting Is Destroyed

'They're botchers who botch things up. They destroy things,' a Spanish art restorer told the Guardian this week after a copy of the 'Immaculate Conception' was altered beyond recognition.
By Helen Holmes
The original Ecce Homo, 1930, by Elías García Martínez on the left, and Cecilia Giménez’s infamous restoration on the right.

Botched Fresco Restoration Saved a Spanish Town

By Ryan Steadman
(Photo: Ebay)

‘Ecce Homo’ Restoration Lady Is Now Selling Art on eBay

By Jessica Roy

‘Ecce Homo’ Restoration Lady Is Now Selling Art on eBay

By Jessica Roy
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