The surrealistic self-portrait was made in 1940, a turbulent year in the Mexican artist’s life as her health and marriage deteriorated.

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

On Thursday night, Christie's finished off a week of evening sales with a mostly energetic three-part auction of modern art ...

The Dream (The Bed)’ by the Mexican icon surpassed a $44.4 million Georgia O’Keeffe flower that held the top honor for 11 ...

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

Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer is now the most expensive work of modern art ever sold at auction. How did Sotheby’s pull off ...

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A haunting 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7m, making it the most expensive work by a ...

A Gustav Klimt portrait painting has sold for a record $236 million at an auction where a solid gold toilet also sold for $12 ...

"Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer," which played a role in protecting the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust, sold ...

A self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has become the most valuable work by a female artist sold at auction.

A Gustav Klimt portrait painting that helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust sold Tuesday for $236.4 ...