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A Nightmarish Restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece Wool Go Down in Meme History

by Sarah Rose Sharp January 22, 2020January 22, 2020

A $2.4 million restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece will be best remembered as meme fodder. This lamb has seen some things, man.

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Botched Spanish Sculpture Restoration Evokes the Infamy of Beast Jesus

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton June 28, 2018

A church in a small Spanish city entrusted the restoration of a neglected artwork to an amateur art restorer. Sound familiar?

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Worshipping at the Altar of Beast Jesus

by Sabine Heinlein November 3, 2016November 3, 2016

Since Cecilia Giménez Zueco transformed Elías García Martínez’s “Ecce Homo” into the viral sensation “Monkey Jesus,” the Santuario de Misericordia has been turned into an interactive tribute to the two artists’ improbable collaboration.

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A Pilgrimage to Beast Jesus

by Sabine Heinlein November 1, 2016November 1, 2016

Cecilia Giménez Zueco’s botched restoration of a small fresco in Spain looks as entrancingly bad in person as it does in pictures.

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Second Coming of Beast Jesus Spotted in Canada [UPDATED]

by Jillian Steinhauer October 20, 2016October 24, 2016

After vandals stole baby Jesus’s head off a sculpture, a local artist replaced it — with disconcerting results.

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