French Software Engineer Wins $1 Million Picasso in Charity Raffle
Ari Hodara, a 59-year-old software engineer from Paris, won a Picasso painting worth $1.18 million after purchasing a $117 raffle ticket. The painting, titled 'Tête de femme' (1941), is a gouache-on-paper portrait. The raffle was organized to raise funds for Alzheimer's research and took place at Christie's auction house in Paris. Opera Gallery, which owns the painting, described it as a portrait shaped through shifting planes and soft greys. The raffle sold 120,000 tickets, raising significant funds for Alzheimer's research. 
