National Gallery explores artisic damage in new sculpture show

An unusual exhibition has opened in the National Gallery, looking at the times that paintings are attacked and if they should be repaired afterwards.
Paintings sometimes attract people who attack them, sometimes for political reasons, sometimes for the glory, and sometimes because the voices told them to — and the art is hurriedly covered up and conservators spend months repairing the damage.
The National Gallery’s “artist in residence”, Ali Cherri has taken a look at thi