Restoration will halve painting's value
(NEWSER) - It's painstaking work, but conservators can indeed repair the Picasso torn by a clumsy museum patron. Once restored, however, the painting will likely lose about half its $130 million value, reports the New York Post . A few different repair options are available, notes the Explainer column in Slate . With the damaged painting under a microscope, experts can line up each weft—the crosswise fibers—with its counterpart, and re-weave them together. More»
