Priceless Canadian art pieces from St. Anne’s church fire wreckage being brought back to life [Video]

Six months after a devastating fire tore through Toronto’s St. Anne’s Church, some of the art has been recovered and is in the process of being restored. CBC’s Talia Ricci visited Toronto Art Restoration to learn more.

Looking at the fragments of canvas covered in soot and debris after the devastating fire at Toronto’s historic St. Anne’s Church, it’s difficult to imagine the artwork could be brought back to life.

But six months on, there’s hope that a few of the priceless works can be restored.

The items are now in the hands of an art restoration company made up of conservators who work together to restore paintings, sculptures, works on paper and public artwork.

“Everybody thought that everything from the church was going to be completely destroyed,” said Alicia Coutts, director of Toronto Art Restoration.

On June 9, 2024, a blaze gutted St. Anne’s Anglican Church‘s dome and caused heavy damage to the rest of the Byzantine-style church that …