A painting by South African artist Marlene Dumas has sold for $13.6 million at auction, setting a new record for a living female artist.

“In this painting, Dumas triumphantly demonstrates a formal ... At Wednesday’s auction, a 1982 triple portrait by Jean-Michel Basquiat, titled “Baby Boom,” sold for $23.4 million, and ...

In May 2025, Marlene Dumas’s painting Miss January sold for $13.6 million at Christie’s in New York, setting a new auction ...

Dumas had previously held an auction record when her painting The Visitor (1995) sold for $6.33 million at Sotheby’s London in 2008. The other big sale at the Christie’s auction was Jean-Michel ...