MDTD-ArtIR: Benchmarking Image Editing and Restoration Models for Art Image Restoration under Texture-Overlay Degradations

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.00736v1
• Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:14:46 GMT
• Title: MDTD-ArtIR: Benchmarking Image Editing and Restoration Models for Art Image Restoration under Texture-Overlay Degradations
• Abstract summary: We introduce a benchmark for blind restoration of semantic, semi-transparent image media degradations.<n>We present a new dataset and benchmark evaluating state-of-the-art universal restoration models.<n>Experiments demonstrate that image editing models consistently outperform specialized restoration architectures for arbitrary degradations.
• Score: 19.59428665923708
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Restoring severely degraded visual media still remains a formidable challenge, as existing methods often hallucinate unnatural textures and contents, struggle with preserving color and texture, or fail to leverage partially retained image information. Existing restoration benchmarks assume known degradation operators and fail to capture the complex characteristics of artistic damage such as cracks, stains, and color/texture deviation. We introduce a controlled benchmark for blind restoration of semantic, semi-transparent image media degradations, accompanied by a new, publicly open degradation alpha texture mask dataset MDTD-Art. We present a new dataset and benchmark evaluating state-of-the-art universal restoration models against image editing and vision-language models across varying mask opacity levels. Our experiments demonstrate that image editing models consistently outperform specialized restoration architectures for arbitrary degradations, with performance gains amplified by structured prompt engineering emphasizing detail preservation and structural consistency. These findings position recoverable semantic information and prompt controllability as critical factors in art image restoration.

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