Frida Kahlo Breaks Auction Records, Snagging $54.7 Million for 1940 Self-Portrait
For more than a decade, Georgia O’Keeffe held the auction record for the most valuable work by a female artist, clocking in at $44.4 million. That all changed on November 20, 2025, when a self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for an astonishing $54.7 million during an auction at Sotheby’s in New York.











































































