The stolen Picasso drawing Tete de Femme is recovered
US police have recovered a Picasso drawing, two days after it was stolen from the Weinstein gallery in San Francisco. The drawing, valued at $275,000 (£172,000), was taken from the gallery by a man wearing dark glasses. He was filmed by security cameras leaving the scene in a taxi.
The suspect, named as Mark Lugo, 30, has been taken into custody. He was arrested at a hotel in Napa, California, where the artwork was found, police said. He faces several charges, including theft and possession of stolen property.
Graham Spicer, aka ‘Gramilano’, is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Italian ballerina Carla Fracci.
Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.
He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.
