Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Frida Kahlo unseats Rivera as the most sought-after Latin American artist

One of the last portraits of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo broke the record for a Latin American artist at auction on Tuesday. The self-portrait Diego and yo, from 1949, was the star of the auction that the Sotheby's house held this Tuesday in New York, within the framework of the autumn season of the art market.

With a starting price of $30 million, the painting, which shows the author head-on, with the figure of Diego Rivera inserted in his forehead as a haunting presence, was auctioned for $34.9 million, a . . .

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