Frida Kahlos 1940 self-portrait breaks records with $54.7 million auction sale, top-selling work by a female artist at auction

Frida Kahlo's 'The Dream' (La cama) sold for a record-breaking $54.7 million at Sotheby's, making it the most expensive work by a female artist ever auctioned. The painting, depicting Kahlo with a skeleton adorned in dynamite, symbolizes her struggles with pain and mortality. This sale also set a new benchmark for Latin American art.