German socialite admits stealing more than £1.1million from a Hong Kong art firm
German socialite admits stealing more than £1.1million from a Hong Kong art firm over the sale of a Yayoi Kusama pumpkin sculpture Angela Gulbenkian, 39, pocketed the £1.1m payment for a polka-dotted piece Born in Munich, she married the great-grand-nephew of Calouste Gulbenkian They are considered one of Europe’s most renowned art collecting families
A German socialite admitted to stealing more than £1.1million from a Hong Kong art firm over the sale of a pumpkin sculpture.
Angela Gulbenkian, 39, pocketed the payment for a polka-dotted piece called the ‘Kusama pumpkin’ by Yayoi Kusama but never handed over the item.
Gulbenkian grew up in Munich and married the great-grand-nephew of oil tycoon Calouste Gulbenkian, whose fortune funded a multi-billion pound foundation and Lisbon museum.
Gulbenkian, pictured, became heavily involved in the continental art world,
