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This Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait Could Become the Most Expensive Work by a Female Artist Ever Sold at Auction

"The Dream (The Bed)" will go under the hammer at Sotheby's in November. Experts say it could fetch between $40 million and ...
Wall Street Journal

Would You Pay $1,200 for an Oil Painting of…Yourself?

IN THE AGE of Instagram, it seems everyone’s a star: Whether to celebrate an engagement or enshrine a “babymoon,” the celeb-style photo shoot—complete with elaborate costume changes—is how many people ...