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April 15, 2026
Pay 100 Euros, Win a Picasso Painting Worth a Million
A man won an original Pablo Picasso painting worth over a million euros in a charity lottery.
TL;DR
- Ari Odara, an engineer and art enthusiast, won a Picasso painting worth over one million euros.
- The charity lottery, '1 Picasso for 100 Euros', sold over 120,000 tickets at 100 euros each.
- The event raised around 11 million euros for Alzheimer's disease research.
- The winning artwork is 'Tête de Femme', a portrait of Dora Maar.
- A million euros from the proceeds will go to the gallery Opera, the owner of the painting.
- The remaining funds will be donated to the Foundation for Alzheimer's Disease Research in France.
- Previous editions of the lottery funded preservation in Tyre, Lebanon, and sanitation projects in Cameroon, Madagascar, and Morocco.