Nagle said conservators would need to experiment on reconstructions of the original painting's damaged area.

BBC: Rothko damage 'could take up to 18 months to repair'

Conservator Julia Nagle said on Radio 4's Today programme that she had "every faith" the defaced painting could be restored.

BBC: Defacing Rothko painting 'not vandalism'

Julia Nagle, a London-based independent paintings conservator, explained that repairing a painting such as Rothko's would be a lengthy process.

BBC: Rothko damage 'could take up to 18 months to repair'

"The remarkable thing about the multiplier effect is that so few kids can affect the attitude of so many, " says Thomas Nagle Jr.

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That early successes might not replicate nationally is a "huge risk, " said Geoffrey A. Nagle, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral health at Tulane University.

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That year Palmer went on to claim his second British Open title at Royal Troon -- "certainly one of my best Opens" -- as he finished 12 under par on the seaside links to win by six from Kel Nagle.

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The core members of the Fall quit, for good, and Smith was left to do a gig in England a few weeks later with only the keyboard player his then girlfriend, Julia Nagle and the drummer Kate Themen, a new addition, who played a grand total of three shows with the Fall (possibly a record).

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