“Think You Know Your Actors?”: Identify Who Played These 28 Well-Known Historical Figures

Everyone’s heard of historical figures like Queen Victoria and Richard Nixon. Emily Blunt and Anthony Hopkins are also known ...
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A week of art milestones: Frida Kahlo, Gustav Klimt masterpieces smash records

It’s been a major sales week for the art market in New York, with a Gustav Klimt portrait fetching more than $236 million on Tuesday, making it the second-most expensive painting ever sold at auction, ...
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Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait, sold for US$54.7m, breaks auction record for female artists

A haunting 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Thursday for US$54.7 million and became the top-selling work by any female artist at an auction. The painting of Kahlo asleep in ...
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Frida Kahlo painting sells for $54.7 mn in record for female artist

A self-portrait by celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million in New York on Thursday, setting a record for the price of a painting by a woman, the auction house Sotheby's said. The ...
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Who was Frida Kahlo? Mexican painter whose self-portrait sold for $55 million

Frida Kahlo's painting El sueño (La cama) fetched a record $55 million. This sale highlights the enduring global appeal of the Mexican artist. Kahlo's life was marked by resilience and tragedy, which ...
The Indian Express

At $54.7 million, Frida Kahlo sets record for the most expensive work by a female artist

Considered one of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s “most psychologically resonant” and compelling works, painted in 1940 — the year that saw her divorce and remarriage to artist Diego Rivera as well as ...
The Indian Express

Frida Kahlo sets the record for the most expensive work by a female artist’: Five things you should know about her

Long celebrated for reflecting the pain and upheaval of her life in her emotionally searing self-portraits, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has set a new record with the sale of her 1940 canvas El sueño ...
India Today

Frida Kahlo artwork fetches $54M in New York, highest-ever bid for woman artist

Frida Kahlo’s 1940 painting El Sueño (La cama) sold for $54.66 million in New York. (Image: AP) Celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million in New York on Thursday, setting a record ...
The Hindu

Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait sells for $54.7 million, shatters auction record for female artists

A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Thursday (November 20, 2025) for $54.7 million at a New York art auction and became the top sale price for a work by any female artist.
The Straits Times

Frida Kahlo painting auctions for $71m, record for woman artist

NEW YORK – A self-portrait by legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for US$54.66 million (S$71 million) in New York on Nov 20, setting a new record for the price of a painting by a woman, the ...
Hindustan Times

Frida Kahlo painting auctions for $54.6 million in new record for woman artist

Frida Kahlo's self-portrait went on the auction block at Sotheby's with an estimated price ranging from $40 million to $60 million. A self-portrait by legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54 ...
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Frida Kahlo self-portrait tops female artist auction record

A haunting 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold on Thursday for $54.7 million and became the top-selling work by any female artist at an auction. The painting of Kahlo asleep in ...