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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Court battle over Picasso art exposes offshore finances of Farage’s billionaire Davos sponsor

Two gallery workers holding the huge painting
The firm represented by Ghandehari has accused Christie’s of misrepresentation in the sale of Femme dans un rocking-chair, but the auctioneers have made a counterclaim over failure to pay for the artwork. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing/Getty Images

A high court battle over a Picasso painting has shone a light on the offshore financial structures of an Iranian-born businessman who paid for Nigel Farage’s £50,000 trip to Davos.

The details about Sasan Ghandehari, who funded Farage’s tickets to the summit, emerged in court papers about a £4m claim brought by a British Virgin Islands firm, which has accused Christie’s auction house of misrepresentation when it sold the art to it.

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