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AITJ for 'restoring' a classic 19th-century fresco in our family villa using modern artistic techniques, which resulted in my grandmother fainting and declaring me a 'vandal of cultural heritage'?

¿Soy el malo por «restaurar» un fresco del siglo XIX en la villa familiar con técnicas artísticas modernas, lo que provocó que mi abuela se desmayara y me declarara «vándalo del patrimonio cultural»?

OP, a trained muralist, thought they were saving a deteriorating family fresco from total ruin. Their grandmother sees it differently—very differently.

Contexto: tengo 29 años, soy muralista de formación. Estudié Bellas Artes en Valencia y después hice un máster en conservación y restauración en Florencia, aunque acabé especializándome en técnicas contemporáneas de intervención mural, no en restauración clásica propiamente dicha. Esto es relevante, ya lo veréis.

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