When you think of France, you think of the “Mona Lisa” in the Louvre. When you think of Italy, you think of the iconic “David of Michaelangelo” sculpture. Now, when you think of Spain, you will think ...

Cecilia Giménez, the artist behind the viral Beast Jesus restoration, has died at 94. Her legacy lives on in memes, tourism, ...

There are few career paths where a professional mishap leads to great success, but Cecilia Giménez found one. The Spanish artist, who died this week at the age of 94, rose to fame and notoriety in the ...

Spain, the country most famous for producing botched art restorations, has produced, for your viewing pleasure, yet another mauled artwork, this time in the city of Palencia. What was once a ...

The arrest of the British antiques restorer Neil Perry Smith in July is not the first instance of a restorer becoming embroiled in crime. Smith was extradited to the US and charged on 29 counts for ...

Conserved Funerary Vessel, South Italian, from Ceglie del Campo, Apulia, about 350 BCE, associated with the Iliupersis Painter, Terracotta, Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (courtesy Getty ...

Those in charge of the restoration of various types of artwork in the Vatican museums stress that the preservation of such treasures is necessary on both a historical and an educational level. "I ...

But the silver lining in all of this is one of the most famous botched art restorations actually saved a small village. Cecilia Giménez’s 2012 viral interpretation of a Jesus fresco actually inspired ...