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 ...

Art restorers are accused of castrating a very old “Tree of Fertility” mural by removing its many phalluses. The restorers tell The Telegraph there were no body parts changed or removed. State ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hot on the footsteps of what are now known as “Potato Jesus” and “Mary of the Melted Face,” yet another piece of Spanish art has been subjected to a disastrous restoration attempt. The victim in this ...

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 ...

A 16th-century wooden figure of St. George restored at St. Michael’s Church in Estella, Spain. ACRE Restorers Association Never hire a furniture repair service to do the job of an art restorer. That’s ...

He’s not in bad shape considering he celebrates his 500th birthday this year, but Michelangelo’s David is suffering from weak ankles. A team of art restorers, halfway through giving the white marble ...

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 ...