Turning over an old leaf - Crawford Art Gallery statues to make 'Fig Reveal' in Cork

A somewhat unusual conservation project is about to begin in Cork - taking a peek under some fig leaves hiding the modesty of six 200-year-old sculptures of males.

Over the course of two weeks, as part of Cork Midsummer Festival, sculpture conservator, Eoghan Daltun, will remove the fig-leaves from six male figures from Crawford Art Gallery’s historic collection of Canova Casts.