It was an unholy mistake — that became one town’s miracle. In 2012, an amateur art restorer in the small village of Borja, Spain, turned her attention to a fresco of Jesus Christ called ...

Art World Art Bites: The Controversial Dalí Painting That Was Vandalized—Twice. The Surrealist's 'Christ of Saint John on the Cross' was controversial for many reasons.

Dali's surrealist peers were critical of his interest in religion. He took his inspiration for the painting from a drawing of the Crucifixion made by St John of the Cross, a 16th Century Spanish ...