Art dealer facing ‘Kusama pumpkin’ trial

A German art collector and socialite accused of carrying out a £1 million fraud has been remanded in custody after her extradition from Portugal. Angela Gulbenkian, 38, allegedly pocketed £1,143,656.25 in 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, who’s fortune funded a multi-billion pound foundation and Lisbon museum. The Gulbenkians are considered one of…