Hidden Artworks in Gold Surprise Conservators Renovating America’s Oldest Basilica (LOOK)

Renovators recently washing an arch high up on the ceiling of St. Mary's Basilica in Minneapolis were left stunned when a sheen of gold suddenly began to gleam from beneath a paint layer. Below the dull, tannish mauve, gold stencil work—hidden perhaps since the previous cleaning in the 1950s—was found to cover the arch and