Remember when Mr. Bean fixed Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1?
Oh God it’s made it “Over There”?
People were talking about it at work and for some reason one of the things that was most remarked upon was “she’s erased the crown of thorns completely!”, never mind that there’s an ochre blur where the face should be.
I saw the woman on the news, saying that she “hadn’t finished fixing it” as she’d had to go out of town (a trip with one of her children) and that the priest knew she wasn’t done. What I want to know is, what posessed the priest to let her even try.
Satan?
OK, this is a piece of news that happened in Spain a few days ago. Initially I only found it in Spanish language media, and was busy translating the relevant articles, but then I saw that “The Guardian” published a piece about it, so here goes the link.
Words fail me. What possessed that lady to do that? What happened? HOW can you end up with something like that?
Oh well.
OK, that is fucking hilarious. I’ll bet that story is doing the rounds in the archival restoration community.
Jesus in muppet form.
The ‘before’ and ‘after’ sort of reminds me of those bad portrait tattoos that you often see, where the photograph and tattoo are put side by side, and the tattoo looks like the subject is deformed.
So hilarious! Thanks for sharing.
Fozzie Bear died for our sins.
Story on the BBC at the moment about an old dear who has attempted to restore a deteriorated fresco… with hilarious results
I hope they can properly restore the fresco now and that it isn’t lost forever.
Or the ghost of Francisco de Goya… aged 3.
There are already two separate threads about this… 
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=662934 (<– this is the oldest one)
I can see this meme catching on. Even as I write, I bet someone out there on the net is doing a “Last Supper” in the same style.
That’s age 7 at least!
Merged three threads, so the continuity of the result may be a little wonky – as though fixed by a half-blind 80-year-old woman, in fact.
You know, I see the humor, but it’s the kind of laughing that could so easily turn into abject weeping. A hundred or more years old fresco turned into a joke.
Whether or not it can be repaired will really depend on what type of paint the old woman used. Tempera can probably be washed off without damage. Acrylic, if it’s high quality, might actually peel off. Oil? I have no idea. I’m guessing enamel would be the worst. What a nightmare.
What can I say, it looks better than a Picasso.