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9 hours ago

Cecilia Gimenez, Patron Saint of Bad Restorations, Dies at 94

Cecilia Giménez’s 2012 amateur restoration of the 'Ecce Homo' fresco became a viral artwork that boosted Borja's tourism and economy.
fromenglish.elpais.com
10 hours ago

Ecce Homo': The miraculous disaster that made a small Spanish town famous

Many remember the Ecce Homo painting that decorates one of its walls not for the original 19th-century brushstrokes, but for the disastrous restoration carried out by a woman then just over 80 years old who acted spontaneously and without asking anyone's permission, though with good intentions. The work of Cecilia Gimenez, who passed away this Monday at the age of 94, was not only catastrophic, blurry, and unrecognizable, but also became an object of ridicule.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
14 hours ago

Cecilia Gimenez, famed for Monkey Christ' mural mishap, dies at 94

Cecilia Gimenez, whose botched restoration of a 19th-century Ecce Homo mural became a global sensation and boosted Borja's tourism, has died aged 94.
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