 Thomson denied any intention of vengeance with the paintings and said that "I would prefer her to enjoy these, as I still enjoy her art".Michael Dickinson, a Stuckist from Istanbul, was a guest artist at the show with a folder of collages.He had recently been released from ten days in a Turkish jail without charge after exhibiting "Good Boy", a collage of the Turkish prime minister, Tayyip Erdoğan as a dog.