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Art History Parades Around the Streets of Japan Ahead of Halloween

Avatar photo by Zachary Small October 30, 2018October 31, 2018

“Beast Jesus” is finally getting his due alongside works by Picasso, Vermeer, and Munch.

Posted inIn Brief

15th-Century Virgin Mary Sculpture Gets a Very Special Makeover

Avatar photo by Zachary Small September 10, 2018

We have no record of what color the Virgin Mary’s hair was when she gave birth to Jesus, but it probably wasn’t turquoise.

Posted inSatire

Beast Jesus Predicted Trump

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian July 31, 2017July 31, 2017

Little did we know it was a prophesy.

Posted inArt

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.

Posted inArt

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.

Posted inIn Brief

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.

Posted inIn Brief

Our Prayers Are Answered as Beast Jesus Stars in a Comic Opera

by Claire Voon August 15, 2016

It is the botched restoration that just keeps giving. Beast Jesus — the “Ecce Homo” fresco that now resembles a primate thanks to octonagerian restorer Cecilia Giménez — will make its stage debut this month.

Posted inIn Brief

With Its Own Arts Center, Beast Jesus Rises Again

by Claire Voon March 18, 2016

It was inevitable: Beast Jesus is getting its very own arts center in its home of Borja, Spain.

Posted inIn Brief

How Beast Jesus Saved a Spanish Town

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton December 15, 2014December 17, 2014

Anyone who still doubts that internet memes can have an impact on the real world should pay a visit to the small town of Borja, in northeastern Spain. Thousands of tourists have been doing just that ever since local amateur art restorer Cecilia Giménez blessed us with Beast Jesus.

Posted inOpinion

Buy Beast Jesus Artist’s Original Painting on eBay

by Kyle Chayka December 12, 2012

Are you ready for the collecting opportunity of the century? Cecilia Gimenez, the (in)famous artist behind the restoration of Elias Garcia Martinez’s “Ecce Homo” in a church in northeastern Spain, is selling her original work on eBay.

Posted inOpinion

Halloween Costume Conundrum: Beast Jesus or Big Bird?

by Jillian Steinhauer October 10, 2012October 12, 2012

With Halloween only three weeks away, those of us in the art community are facing a very important decision: what should we dress up as — Beast Jesus or Big Bird?

Posted inOpinion

Beast Jesus Could be Restored in Just Seven Minutes, Says Conservator

by Kyle Chayka October 9, 2012October 15, 2012

Cecilia Gimenez’s creative restoration of an 120-year-old ecce homo fresco by Elias Garcia Martinez in Spain may have become an international icon for its frizzy mane of hair and blurred face (even inspiring a Halloween costume), but it could all vanish in a matter of minutes.

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