Leak In Spain’s Reina Sofia Museum Damages Paintings

Madrid’s Reina Sofia modern art museum opened an acclaimed new wing last September. But there was a serious flaw. “Days before the new wing, designed by France’s leading avant-garde architect Jean Nouvel, was inaugurated by Queen Sofia to international acclaim, drops falling from the ceiling left marks on an important painting by the Spanish master of cubism Juan Gris, Frutero y periodico (fruitbowl and newspaper).”