https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Oops. Spain did it again. https://www.thelocal.es/20201110/a-grotesque-cartoon-spain-laughs-and-groans-at-yet-another-botched-art-restoration Tue, 10 Nov 2020 18:16:43 +0100 a-grotesque-cartoon-spain-laughs-and-groans-at-yet-another-botched-art-restoration A well-meaning parishioner has become the latest Spaniard to make headlines with a botched restoration job after sprucing up wooden carvings in her local church. https://www.thelocal.es/20180907/spain-has-yet-another-new-botched-restoration Fri, 07 Sep 2018 13:26:42 +0200 spain-has-yet-another-new-botched-restoration The restoration of a 16th century wooden statue of St George in a church in Estella, Navarra, made headlines in Spain and provoked widespread mirth. https://www.thelocal.es/20180627/st-george-or-tintin-the-best-memes-of-spains-latest-botched-restoration Wed, 27 Jun 2018 14:28:11 +0200 st-george-or-tintin-the-best-memes-of-spains-latest-botched-restoration One would think that after all the furore over the botched restoration of a priceless fresco of Christ by an amateur painter well into her 80s that those tempted to pick up a paintbrush to touch up an ancient artwork in Spain might think twice. https://www.thelocal.es/20180626/new-botched-restoration-gives-600-yr-old-st-george-statue-a-cartoon-face Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:44:41 +0200 new-botched-restoration-gives-600-yr-old-st-george-statue-a-cartoon-face An opera celebrating the story of an octogenarian artist whose attempt to restore a fresco of Christ went disastrously wrong has had its US workshop premier in Arizona. https://www.thelocal.es/20180523/curtain-up-for-botched-jesus-comic-opera Wed, 23 May 2018 18:07:14 +0200 curtain-up-for-botched-jesus-comic-opera A painting has been discovered that shows the original Ecce Homo, a fresco made infamous when an octogenarian amateur artist attempted to restore it - with disastrous results. https://www.thelocal.es/20161117/original-ecce-homo-painting-shows-pre-botch-jesus Thu, 17 Nov 2016 16:39:20 +0100 original-ecce-homo-painting-shows-pre-botch-jesus Four years after an octogenerian achieved worldwide notoriety when an attempt to spruce up a fresco of Christ went disastrously wrong, she is about to find renewed fame as the protagonist of an opera. https://www.thelocal.es/20160816/botched-restoration-monkey-jesus-ecce-homo-opera Tue, 16 Aug 2016 17:51:21 +0200 botched-restoration-monkey-jesus-ecce-homo-opera Three years after an octogenerian achieved worldwide notoriety when an attempt to spruce up a fresco of Christ went disastrously wrong, she is about to find renewed fame as the protagonist of an opera. https://www.thelocal.es/20150820/ecce-homo-the-opera Thu, 20 Aug 2015 13:46:01 +0200 ecce-homo-the-opera The Spanish woman who attained global celebrity after she 'restored' a prize fresco of Jesus Christ known as Ecce Homo is about to see her career take another turn — as the co-star of a rock video clip. https://www.thelocal.es/20140414/monkey-jesus-artist-set-for-music-debut-eccehomo-celia-gimenez Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:41:00 +0200 monkey-jesus-artist-set-for-music-debut-eccehomo-celia-gimenez The priest of the small Spanish village home to an infamous 'restored' fresco of Jesus Christ was on Thursday remanded in custody on sex and fraud charges. https://www.thelocal.es/20131205/monkey-jesus-priest-remanded-in-custody Thu, 05 Dec 2013 13:00:00 +0100 monkey-jesus-priest-remanded-in-custody The priest of a small Spanish village which rose to international fame after a local woman in 2012 'restored' a fresco of Jesus Christ has been arrested for alleged sexual abuse and the embezzlement of €210,000 ($285,000). https://www.thelocal.es/20131202/monkey-jesus-priest Mon, 02 Dec 2013 13:44:00 +0100 monkey-jesus-priest A year ago she became a global laughing stock after she destroyed a prized fresco of Christ. Twelve months on she’s launched her very own art exhibition. Meet the world's most infamous art restorer – Cecilia Gimenez - our Spanish Face of the Week. https://www.thelocal.es/20130813/they-didnt-let-me-finish-ecce-homo-artist Tue, 13 Aug 2013 20:17:00 +0200 they-didnt-let-me-finish-ecce-homo-artist