• eighty@aussie.zone
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    “Dublin City Council do not want anyone to touch any work of art whether indoors or outdoors to avoid damage and costly repairs,” a spokesperson said.

    However, [The council] said that these options (moving the statue/raising the plinth) would be “costly”, adding that placing a railing around the artwork “may increase risk”.

    So it would be be less costly to just leave it? I swear, this subject is not indecent enough to warrant this amount of attention, resources, nor effort. Please work on something else.

      • Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Skin oils alone will corrode various metals over years. Also, lots of touching will basically erode it, hence the “polished” look on the statue’s entire cleavage