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Frida Kahlo Painting Sets Artist Record of Nearly $55 Million. Women Are Fetching Higher Auction Prices.

The record-breaking result for Frida Kahlo’s surreal self-portrait El sueño (La cama) Thursday evening at Sotheby’s in New York highlights a trend gaining steam for female artists whose works are ...
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At Christie’s, Women Commanded the Market While Rewriting Records

Auctioneer Yü-Ge Wang sells Miss January by Marlene Dumas for $13.6 million. Christie's Women dominated Christie’s 21st Century Evening Sale on May 14. Led by auctioneer Yü-Ge Wang and largely powered ...