DUBAI: Sotheby’s will stage a fine art exhibition in Abu Dhabi next month, bringing together works from the celebrated Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Frida Kahlo, Edvard Munch, Rene Magritte and Camille Pissarro.
Running from Oct. 1 to 2 at the Bassam Freiha Art Foundation, the show will feature six masterworks with a combined value of $150 million. It will also mark Sotheby’s most valuable exhibition ever presented in the region.
Frida Kahlo, 'El sueño (La cama),' 1940. (Supplied)
Among the highlights is Kahlo’s “El sueno (La cama),” painted in 1940 during a period of personal turmoil. The work is worth an estimated $40 to $60 million, the highest valuation for a Kahlo piece to date.
Van Gogh’s “Romans Parisiens (Les Livres jaunes),” valued at around $40 million, will also be on display. The still life, first exhibited in Paris in 1888, is regarded as one of the artist’s most significant works and has rarely been shown publicly.
