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Dublin's Molly Malone statue to get stewards to stop 'groping' (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] eighty@aussie.zone 35 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"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.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What costly repairs would a bronze that's touched more require?

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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