Facepalm Moment

[tiggerblue10]

Remember this?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19349921

Well now there's this!

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jun/22/experts-call-for-regulation-after-latest-botched-art-restoration-in-spain

[pixie374]

Oh dear... :-/.

[Old_Geezer]

It's not ideal, but it looks nothing like a palm !

[jackthehat]

Oh dear......LoL

On what planet do the 'restorers' think their efforts improve matters?

[naomi24]

Oh good grief! Whatever possesses people to think they're capable?

[cassa333]

Why was it given to a furniture restorer?

[steg]

They look like Picasso’s now

[Mamyalynne]

Awful, I'd rather have faded glory than shoddy attempts at restoration.

[Lie-in King]

Good grief. An Immaculate Misconception.

[jno]

they keep calilng it a Murillo after saying it's a copy, which I presume it is. It's privately owned and the owner called in a furniture restorer. Pretty daft, but if it's his he can do what he likes with it. Remember when a crime writer bought a Sickert and slashed it to prove he was Jack the Ripper?

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2001/dec/08/art.artsfeatures

[tomus42]

Let's face it the owner must be pretty stupid.

[Theland]

I like the new ones.

[tomus42]

//I like the new ones. //

The new ones would be fine if they hadn't been painted on top of the old one.