{"source_url": "https://www.theguardian.com", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/dec/31/man-charged-over-damage-to-20m-picasso-at-tate-modern", "title": "Man charged over damage to \u00a320m Picasso at Tate Modern", "top_image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/68a1c4e56e7507a71c294d5cfc203afab9aca5e2/27_447_6207_3724/master/6207.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=ae8471d873c58e90185e45977e00c06b", "meta_img": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/68a1c4e56e7507a71c294d5cfc203afab9aca5e2/27_447_6207_3724/master/6207.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=ae8471d873c58e90185e45977e00c06b", "images": ["https://phar.gu-web.net/count/pvg.gif", "https://phar.gu-web.net/count/pv.gif", "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/dc0db936a37deb121a7bf3bf5330b6cf620314e6/0_144_3744_4080/master/3744.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e773da6bea16a6dd3ff574cf3f1bfde2", "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/68a1c4e56e7507a71c294d5cfc203afab9aca5e2/27_447_6207_3724/master/6207.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=ae8471d873c58e90185e45977e00c06b", "https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=UK+news"], "movies": [], "text": "Bust of a Woman was reportedly ripped while gallery was open to public on Saturday\n\nA man has been charged with criminal damage after a \u00a320m Picasso was allegedly attacked while on display at Tate Modern.\n\nThe 75-year-old oil painting was reportedly ripped on Saturday while the London gallery was open to the public.\n\nShakeel Ryan Massey, 20, from north-west London, appeared at Camberwell Green magistrates court on Monday charged with criminal damage. He indicated he would deny the charge.\n\nThe painting, Bust of a Woman, has been removed from display and is being assessed by conservation experts. Tate Modern declined to comment on the condition of the painting.\n\nA spokesperson for the gallery said a member of the public had attempted to damage a painting, and a suspect had been \u201cswiftly apprehended\u201d.\n\nThe Metropolitan police said in a statement: \u201cDetectives investigating an incident of criminal damage at the Tate Modern, Bankside, on Saturday 28 December have charged a man.\u201d\n\nMassey was denied bail and has been remanded in custody until a pre-trial hearing at Inner London crown court on 30 January.\n\nBust of a Woman was created in Paris in 1944 during the Nazi occupation. The semi-abstract work portrays the photographer Dora Maar, reportedly Picasso\u2019s lover, sitting on a metal chair wearing a hat and green clothing.\n\nTate Modern is the most popular visitor attraction in the UK, welcoming almost 5.9 million people in 2018. It offers a number of free exhibitions and has an extensive collection of international artworks.\n\nIn 2012, a prized Mark Rothko painting was vandalised at the gallery, for which a man was sentenced to two years in prison. Vladimir Umanets wrote his name and a statement about the visual movement Yellowism on the painting, claiming it was an artistic act.\n\nAt London\u2019s National Gallery in 1914, Vel\u00e1zquez\u2019s Rokeby Venus was slashed by a suffragette, Mary Richardson, who was protesting against the arrest of Emmeline Pankhurst. 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