Night of Modern Art History, Night of Spectacle at Sotheby’s

At $236.4 million, a portrait by Gustav Klimt is the second most expensive painting at auction, while Maurizio Cattelan’s ...

Why we pay less for art made by women

A self-portrait by Frida Kahlo is expected to break records when it goes up for auction this week, with experts valuing it between $40 and $60 million. While these are hefty price tags, they are ...
PBS

Portraits - Women in Art

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People

Mysterious Portrait of a Woman Discovered Beneath Painting from Pablo Picasso's Blue Period

"Picasso often reused his canvases at this time because he did not have much money," the institute explained The Courtauld/Facebook Historians recently made an unexpected discovery while examining one ...

Klimt portrait in late Estée Lauder heir’s collection could fetch over $150 million at auction

Artist Gustav Klimt’s ‘Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer’ hung in the home of a billionaire for decades; now it’s expected to smash auction records.
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National Portrait Gallery Presents “Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939”

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will present “Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939,” highlighting the myriad ways that American women contributed to the city’s ...
Hyperallergic

Gwen John’s Portraits of the “New Woman”

Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris shows the nature of her dogged opposition: how she fought back, and won, in her own way. Gwen John, "Autoportrait à la Lettre" (Self-Portrait with a ...
USA Today

Portrait of mystery woman found beneath famous Pablo Picasso painting, conservators say

Conservators in London, England used infrared and X-ray imaging to reveal a never-before-seen portrait of a woman beneath a popular painting by renowned artist Pablo Picasso. The Courtauld ...
Portland Press Herald

Portrait of mystery woman found hidden beneath century-old Picasso

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