Artist will fix errors in mural
A Miami artist who created a mural for the Livermore, Calif., library found to be riddled with spelling errors has agreed to return and fix the mistakes.
Maria Alquilar, who originally refused to fix the misspellings despite being paid $40,000 for the project, said Assistant City Manager Jim Piper persuaded her to rethink her decision.
“He convinced me the easiest way to lay the matter to rest is to correct it,” Alquilar said. “I really want people to see the work’s meaning so they stop making issues of things that are unimportant.”
Library staff counted 11 misspellings in the mosaic’s 175 words and names, including in the names of Einstein, Shakespeare, Van Gogh, Michelangelo and Schumann.
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