A 20-year old man, Shakeel Massey, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for criminal damage after pleading guilty to attacking a Picasso painting at Tate Modern. The painting from 1944, titled Bust of a Woman, sustained significant damage after being repeatedly punched, causing the canvas to rip.
At Leila Heller Gallery in Dubai, Indian contemporary artist Manish Nai invites viewers to reconsider the materials that surround them. In In Search of Material within Material, a solo exhibition bringing together works created between 2021 and 2026, discarded objects, industrial surfaces and familiar everyday materials become the starting point for an exploration of form, memory and transformation.