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At $54.7 million, Frida Kahlo sets record for the most expensive work by a female artist
November 21, 2025 4:51 pm
The amount fetched by the 1940 canvas The Dream (The Bed) is more than 1,000 times it sold for in 1980
Frida Kahlo sets the record for the most expensive work by a female artist’: Five things you should know about her
November 21, 2025 4:31 pm
This week, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's 1940 canvas El sueño (La cama) sold for $54.7 million at Sotheby’s -- the highest by a female artist at an auction. Here's why Frida Kahlo remains among the most celebrated artists of all times.
Why Frida Kahlo’s self-portraits sell for millions
September 24, 2025 4:31 pm
‘El sueño (La cama)’, or ‘The Dream (The Bed)’, by Kahlo is expected to go for an estimated $40 to $60 million at Sotheby’s upcoming New York sale on November 8. This could make it the most expensive artwork by a woman to be sold at an auction
On Frida Kahlo’s birth anniversary, a question: Would she have liked how she is understood by the world today?
July 06, 2024 5:04 pm
The Mexican artist has had many labels slapped onto her — surrealist, quirky, Diego Rivera's wife — of which she chose none. For a woman who fought those who reduced her to her ‘eccentricism’ and ‘exoticism’ and physical anguish and personal upheaval, co-opting the artist for marketing ploys or easy activism is unjust
Documentary Frida out: Five things you should know about Frida Kahlo, revolutionary artist and feminist
March 21, 2024 8:27 am
Frida Kahlo's intensely personal works drew from Mexican culture, folk art and her own struggles with love and health. They also represented her rejection of conservative values. Here's a brief account of her life and some of her famous paintings.
How the work of radical photographer Tina Modotti stood the test of time
January 07, 2022 4:04 pm
Modotti's modern shots remain style-defining, with Madonna being a collector. Yet, she traded in her camera in 1931 to serve the Communist Party of Moscow.
Explained: Frida Kahlo, her influences, inspirations, and most recognised works of art
November 18, 2021 7:19 am
Considered one of Mexico's greatest artists, Frida Kahlo painted intensely personal work that was often bold and vibrant.
Frida Kahlo self-portrait sets auction record for Latin American painting
November 17, 2021 1:59 pm
Completed in 1949, Kahlo's Diego y yo (Diego and I) went under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York and sold to an unidentified buyer
On Frida Kahlo's birthday, a look at the times B-Town celebs channeled the famous painter
July 06, 2021 1:24 pm
From Kangana Ranaut to Swara Bhasker, some actors have paid homage to this artistical genius through their style -- check it out
Loneliness in Art: Jitish Kallat and Gigi Scaria on its intensity and escape
June 09, 2020 11:40 am
For Jitish Kallat, Frida Kahlo’s The Two Fridas melds imagery of healing and agitation all at once, Gigi Scaria finds in Sudhir Patwardhan’s Balcony a faraway destination that’s as important as one’s breath.
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