Something to sing about: 'worst art restoration ever' inspires an opera
Cecilia Giménez was scorned after her amateur efforts to repair a faded painting of Christ – but in the years since, the disaster has been transformed into a windfallWith just a few strokes of a paintbrush, Cecilia Giménez unwittingly became one of Spain’s best-known living painters.
The honour was dubious, with Giménez famous for all the wrong reasons after her attempt at restoring a painting of Christ in her local church in 2012. Related: Life after a viral nig
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