France raffle offers a $1M Picasso for a 100 euro ticket to raise money for Alzheimer's research

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France raffle offers a $1M Picasso for a 100 euro ticket to raise money for Alzheimer’s research

Updated 6:54 AM EDT, April 14, 2026

PARIS (AP) — In a few hours, one lucky winner will find themselves the owner of a Pablo Picasso painting for less than $120. ... A raffle in France is offering the chance to win a $1 million portrait by the Spanish artist for the price of a 100-euro ticket ($117), with proceeds going to Alzheimer’s research. The draw takes place later Tuesday at Christie’s auction house in Paris.

The third iteration of the “1 Picasso for 100 euros” lottery is for Picasso’s “Head of a Woman,” with proceeds going to Alzheimer’s research. ... The gouache on paper was painted by Picasso in 1941.

The first such raffle in 2013 saw a Pennsylvania man who worked at a fire-sprinkler business win “Man in the Opera Hat,” which the Spanish master painted in 1914 during his Cubist period.

The oil-on-canvas “Still Life” was raffled off in 2020 and made a very happy mom of Claudia Borgogno, an accountant in Italy whose son bought her the ticket as a Christmas present.

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. If an American won, he'd have to pay Trump Tariff on it

[Bluestocking]

2. Darn it. I didn't win.

Someone from Paris won. It was 1 in 120,000 chance. Pretty good odds. At least my 100 euro goes towards Alzheimer’s research in France.