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Jake and Dinos Chapman, the enfants terribles of Britart, bought a mint collection of Goya's most celebrated prints - and set about systematically defacing them. Jonathan Jones on the breaking of art's ultimate taboo.

Defaced?: one of the Chapmans' 'rectified' Goyas. Defaced?: one of the Chapmans' 'rectified' Goyas. Jones on art Jake and Dinos Chapman This article is more than 23 years old Look what we did This article is more than 23 years old Weaned on a diet of pickled animals and unmade beds, the British public has become remarkably difficult to shock. Could that be why Jake and Dinos Chapman, the enfants terribles of Britart, bought a mint collection of Goya's most celebrated prints - and set about systematically defacing them? Jonathan Jones on the breaking of art's ultimate taboo Picture gallery Jona

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