Art Restoration Miracles and Disasters

 Restoration of art is not a trend, but recent fails within the field have turned it a rage. We've seen it all.

 Themes of disastrous attempts to restore historic Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop works of art (often theological), Ecce Homo or Immaculate Conception are two examples.

 famed that led to Spain deciding to overhaul its art restoration laws in 2020. There are many other incredible stories.

 There are many art restorations that have gone horribly wrong, or even been hilariously, on artworks.

 Did you see the one about Christo's pieces that  Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop weren't wrapped in customs? True story. Or, that time Steve was a Las Vegas casino owner.

 Wynn accidentally smashed his elbow in the Picasso valued at over $130 million. Or, the "starving artists" who consumed the banana-duct tape that was attached to his wall (also called).

 as Comedian by Maurizio Cattelan) at Art Basel Miami in 2019? This one  Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop was a little more unique. The gallery that exhibited the work ended up with a very happy ending.

 Emmanuel Perrotin decided to decline to press charges against Perrotin. Perrotin stated that he did it as a "hungry" act and became an instant web sensation.

 sensation.

 Who's Afraid of Art Restoration?

 The wonderful podcast 99.9% invisible has a delightfully  Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop  hilarious episode entitled "The Many Deaths of a Painting", about the artwork who's fear of

 American postwar artist Barnett Newman's Red, Yellow, Blue III. The work is a minimalist design which uses just three primary colours -- but

 Visitors to Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum were so upset by  Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop  the mostly red-colored work that they recalled the incident. The museum acquired the work in 1969.

 Physically sick and/or angry just thinking of it.

 Gerard Jan van Bladeren, at the time a struggling  Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop  artist for 30 years, attacked the work in the 80s while it was on display.

 The canvas's center. According to reports "When the slashes are put together, they are more than fifty feet." But, this is only the.

 This is the start of the tale.

 The museum took four years restoring the structure. It ultimately  Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop cost them more than $1 million. They were later the subject of an extensive defamation lawsuit with the

 Daniel Goldreyer, work's conservator. Goldreyer assured the Stedelijk that he was able to restore the painting "within 98%" when he was first hired.

 accuracy." But, when the painting was exposed post-restoration, it appeared to be different in some way The paint seemed flatter and more opaque.

 The attack was not accompanied by the "shimmering  Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop Tune Crop
 effect to the red that created a sense of depth"

 The Stedelijk conducted forensically-based investigations into the painting and were told by the restorer who claimed that he simply employed a simple brush roller to cover it.

 He claimed that the whole area of the canvas was covered with matte paint. This was a claim he strongly denied. The artwork was not only distinct, but was also exhibiting the same characteristics.