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Art Market Overview: Frida Kahlo, Latin America’s Most Expensive Artist

Published on , by Vanessa Schmitz-Grucker

In 2021, Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait Diego y yo broke a record by achieving the highest price ever paid for a work by a Latin American artist.

Diego y yo reached $34.8 million at auction on 16 November.
 Art Market Overview: Frida Kahlo, Latin America’s Most Expensive Artist

Diego y yo reached $34.8 million at auction on 16 November.

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was the surprise at Sotheby’s Modern Evening Sale in New York on November 16 last year, when her Diego y yo fetched $34.8 M:…
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