Sales engineer takes home $1 million Picasso with $117 raffle ticket

A Parisian art enthusiast has won a Pablo Picasso painting with a $117 raffle ticket.

• Apr 15

Inside the V&A East Storehouse

The Victoria and Albert East Storehouse, a warehouse that holds items unable to fit in the renowned British museum's main space, offers the public a rare glimpse at history -- including David Bowie's trousers and an enormous Picasso piece.

• Nov 29, 2025
• 5:58

Police bust plot to sell fake artwork purportedly by Rembrandt, Picasso

The fake paintings were being offered for between about $465,000 and $150 million, police said in a statement.

• Oct 24, 2025

Gallery's Picasso exhibit that sparked gender war wasn't painter's work

The artwork had been displayed at Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art for more than three years before its provenance was questioned.

• Jul 12, 2024

Artist threatens to destroy masterpieces

Russian artist Andrei Molodkin says he's planning to destroy up to $45 million worth of art, including pieces by Rembrandt, Picasso and Andy Warhol, if Wikileaks founder Julian Assange dies in prison. He says the masterpieces had been donated to him.

• Feb 15, 2024
• 0:33

Pablo Picasso: Different perspectives on the cubist's life and art

This year, nearly 50 museums and galleries around the world are marking the 50th anniversary of Pablo Picasso's death, by honoring the artist's revolutionary vision while also, in the era of #MeToo, reappraising the master's reputation. Correspondent Anthony Mason talks with the artist's daughter, Paloma Picasso; art critic Deborah Solomon; and artist Mickalene Thomas, about how Picasso should be viewed today.

• Dec 17, 2023
• 6:49

Pablo Picasso: Different perspectives on the cubist's life and art

This year, nearly 50 museums and galleries around the world are marking the 50th anniversary of the artist's death by honoring his revolutionary vision while also, in the era of #MeToo, reappraising his reputation.

• Dec 17, 2023

Painting of Picasso's mistress could fetch $120 million at auction

Picasso and Marie-Thérèse Walter kept their relationship a secret because of her age and because Picasso was married to Olga Khokhlova, a Russian-Ukrainian ballerina.

• Sep 13, 2023

Picasso heirs launch NFTs of ceramic work by famed artist

"We're trying to build a bridge between the NFT world and the fine art world,"the famed artist's great-grandson said.

• Jan 26, 2022

Greek police recover stolen paintings by Picasso and Mondrian

The Picasso piece was personally donated by the Spanish artist in recognition of Greece's resistance against the Nazi occupation during WWII and features the inscription: "For the Greek people, a tribute by Picasso."

• Jun 29, 2021

Stolen Picasso works of art?

On Sunday's season premiere of "60 Minutes," Bill Whitaker brings us a story about Pablo Picasso's former electrician and his wife who came forward with 271 never-before-seen pieces of work, claiming they were a gift from the painter. But was this trove really a gift? Whitaker joins "CBS This Morning" with a preview.

• Sep 23, 2016
• 3:52

Preview: The Picasso Portfolio

When 271 never-before-seen Picassos appeared in 2010 the art world was stunned. Were they really a gift or was the artwork stolen? Bill Whitaker reports on Sunday, Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. PT.

• Sep 22, 2016
• 1:45

A $15M Picasso masterpiece called "The Hairdresser" has been recovered by custom agents in New Jersey

A $15M Picasso masterpiece called "The Hairdresser" has been recovered by custom agents in New Jersey. CBS News' Weija Jiang has the latest on recovery.

• Aug 13, 2015
• 1:25

Art history was made at Christie's auction house Monday when a Pablo Picasso painting sold for more than $179 million, the most ever paid for an artwork at auction

Art history was made at Christie's auction house Monday when a Pablo Picasso painting sold for more than $179 million, the most ever paid for an artwork at auction.

• May 11, 2015
• 1:00

The art and food worlds collide at Edible Masterpieces, an auction held by The Art Fund in London. Amateur bakers take their best shot at duplicating the famous works of legendary artists such as Picasso, Dali and Warhol in cake or pastry form

The art and food worlds collide at Edible Masterpieces, an auction held by The Art Fund in London. Amateur bakers take their best shot at duplicating the famous works of legendary artists such as Picasso, Dali and Warhol in cake or pastry form. The charity helps raise funds for galleries and museums across Great Britain. CBS News' Alphonso Van Marsh reports.

• May 16, 2014
• 1:24

Erin Moriarty of “48 Hours” takes us on a tour of the recreated Nazi "degenerate art" event at the Neue Galerie in New York City

During Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in the 1930s, one of the many groups he targeted during his quest to remake the world in his image was modern artists. The Nazis confiscated works by Matisse, Van Gogh, Picasso and others, and at a historic art show in 1937 displayed modern art pieces as "degenerate art." Erin Moriarty of “48 Hours” takes us on a tour of the recreated event at the Neue Galerie in New York City.

• May 4, 2014
• 6:51

"Guernica" tapestry removed

It is one of the most famous tapestries globally, depicting the work of one of the most famous artists in the world. Now the work is being reclaimed by its owner after it was on display for more than three decades. Jeff Glor has the details.

• Feb 27, 2021
• 1:22

Picasso's anti-war "Guernica" tapestry removed from U.N. headquarters

The famous tapestry was retrieved by Nelson A. Rockefeller Jr., whose father loaned it to the United Nations in 1984.

• Feb 25, 2021

For the first time ever, a painting from Pablo Picasso's own collection will be raffled off for charity

For the first time ever, a painting from Pablo Picasso's own collection will be raffled off for charity. "The Man in the Opera Hat" will be raffled, rather than offered at a million-dollar auction. Charlie D'Agata reports.

• Dec 15, 2013
• 2:07

Sotheby's Paris is raffling off "Man in the Opera Hat," a million-dollar work by Pablo Picasso, and it only costs $130 for a charity raffle ticket

Sotheby's Paris is raffling off "Man in the Opera Hat," a million-dollar work by Pablo Picasso, and it only costs $130 for a charity raffle ticket. CBS News correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports.

• Dec 16, 2013
• 2:53

Rockefeller estate sale could fetch $1B

The estate of David and Peggy Rockefeller goes up for auction at Christie's in New York next week. The sale includes masterpieces by Picasso, Monet and Matisse and is expected to be the highest-grossing, single-owner auction in history. Anthony Mason previews what some are calling the sale of the century.

• May 5, 2018
• 5:53

Billionaire found guilty of smuggling Picasso painting from Spain

The work is valued at $28 million and was designated a Spanish national artistic treasure.

• Jan 17, 2020

Francoise Gilot, famous for her relationship with Picasso, debuts her worldly sketches

Three of her sketchbooks have been published in a book by Taschen

• Nov 10, 2018

Picasso's former companion debuts her own art

French artist Francoise Gilot has made a name for herself with her paintings, but it's two other names that have given her special notoriety. She was a longtime companion of Pablo Picasso and later she was the wife of renowned scientist Dr. Jonas Salk. As a couple, they traveled all over the world and now three of her sketchbooks from those trips have been published in a book by Taschen. Anthony Mason reports.

• Nov 10, 2018
• 4:44

Leonard Cohen wrote a poem called "Kanye West Is Not Picasso"

The poem features lines like "I am the Kanye West of Kanye West/ The Kanye West/ Of the great bogus shift of bulls**t culture"

• Oct 11, 2018

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