Frida Kahlo makes history as self-portrait sets record for sale price for female artist

The painting of Kahlo asleep in a bed — titled “El sueño (La cama)” or "The Dream (The Bed)” — sold for $54.7 million.

Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for nearly $55 million, shattering record for female artists

A 1940 self-portrait by Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7 million and made auction history at Sotheby's in New York.

Frida Kahlo painting sells for $55 million, a record for a female artist

Kahlo’s haunting 1940 self-portrait, “El sueño (La cama),” had previously sold at Sotheby’s 45 years ago for $51,000.

$60m Frida Kahlo painting set to become most expensive by a woman artist

With an estimated price of $40 million to $60 million, “El sueño (La cama)” – in English, “The Dream (The Bed)” — may surpass the top price for a work by any female artist when it goes under the ...
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Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait sets record with $54.7 million sale at Sotheby’s

A rare 1940 self-portrait by Frida Kahlo has become the most expensive artwork by a female artist ever sold at auction, ...

Self-portrait by acclaimed Mexican painter sells for $55 million at auction, setting a record for female artists

Famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's self-portrait sold for an astonishing $55 million at auction on Thursday - setting a new ...

Images after Hurricane Melissa expose Cuba’s descent into extreme poverty

Hurricane Melissa’s impact on eastern Cuba has exposed the country’s extreme poverty and the state of abandonment in remote ...

It’s not just you — we’re all experiencing the winter uglies

The ‘winter uglies’ is a term that women have coined online and it’s all to do with the way the gloomy winter months can ...