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Giménez said that the attempted restoration was actually an uncompleted work in progress. "I left it to dry and went on holiday for two weeks, thinking I would finish the restoration when I returned", she said. "When I came back, everybody in the world had heard about Ecce Homo. The way people reacted still hurts me, because I wasn’t ...
The restoration became an internet phenomenon, and increased tourist visits to the church. [31] In 2018, in Navarre, Spain, a 16th-century statue of St. George was left "looking like a cartoon character" after a botched restoration attempt. A $34,000 "unrestoration" project in 2019 fixed most of the damage.
Restorer Cecilia Giménez pictured with librettist of Behold the Man, Andrew Flack. Behold the Man, La Ópera de Cecilia is a two-act, crossover musical comedy, in both English and Spanish, based on the true story of Cecilia Giménez and her failed 2012 restoration of the Ecce Homo fresco in Borja, Spain.
Keep scrolling for a feast of fabulous fails, and don't forget to upvote the ones that leave you stunned. #1. Image credits: designfailsofficial #2. The amount of skill it took to do this is insane.
Once taboo, and a sign of rebellion, tattoos are now much more widely accepted. Body art has become hugely popular. But so too has tattoo remorse. A 2023 survey found that 1 in 4 Americans regret ...
Over the past few years, our camera-equipped phones have given us the gift/curse of the panorama fail. Some of these photos end up being truly hilarious, while others look like something that ...
It is considered the worst flood in the city's history since 1557. With the combined effort of Italian and foreign volunteers alike, or angeli del fango ("Mud Angels"), many of these fine works have been restored. New methods in conservation were devised and restoration laboratories established. However, even decades later, much work remains to ...
4/5 Blockbuster show at the National Portrait Gallery overcomes Bacon’s late career lows to prove that his brutally frank portraiture can still take the breath away