CultureThe $179 Million Picasso & The World's Most Expensive ArtHigh RollersPicasso’s ‘Women of Algiers’ sold for $179.3 million and became the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction. It joins the ranks of other mega-priced canvases. The Daily BeastUpdated Jul. 12, 2017 3:55PM EDT / Published May 12, 2015 12:45PM EDT Darren Ornitz/REUTERS Pablo Picasso, "Les femmes d'Alger (Version O)"Darren Ornitz/REUTERS Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ‘At the Moulin de la Galette’Tim Clary, AFP / Getty Images Vincent van Gogh, ‘Portrait of Dr. Gachet’Eckehard Schulz / AP Photos Pablo Picasso, ‘Dora Maar au Chat’Timothy A. Clary, AFP / Getty Images Pablo Picasso, ‘Boy With a Pipe’Sotheby's / AP Photos Pablo Picasso, ‘Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust’Stan Honda, AFP / Getty Images Edvard Munch, 'The Scream'Mario Tama / Getty Images Gustav Klimt, ‘Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer’Dieter Nagl, AFP / Getty Images Willem de Kooning, ‘Woman III’Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Andy Warhol, 'Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)'Sotheby's/AP Jackson Pollock, ‘No. 5, 1948’Martha Holmes, Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images Francis Bacon, 'Three Studies of Lucien Freud'Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Paul Cézanne, ‘The Card Players’Stan Honda, AFP / Getty Images The Daily Beast@thedailybeastGot a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.
Pablo Picasso, "Les femmes d'Alger (Version O)"Darren Ornitz/REUTERS Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ‘At the Moulin de la Galette’Tim Clary, AFP / Getty Images Vincent van Gogh, ‘Portrait of Dr. Gachet’Eckehard Schulz / AP Photos Pablo Picasso, ‘Dora Maar au Chat’Timothy A. Clary, AFP / Getty Images Pablo Picasso, ‘Boy With a Pipe’Sotheby's / AP Photos Pablo Picasso, ‘Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust’Stan Honda, AFP / Getty Images Edvard Munch, 'The Scream'Mario Tama / Getty Images Gustav Klimt, ‘Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer’Dieter Nagl, AFP / Getty Images Willem de Kooning, ‘Woman III’Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Andy Warhol, 'Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)'Sotheby's/AP Jackson Pollock, ‘No. 5, 1948’Martha Holmes, Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images Francis Bacon, 'Three Studies of Lucien Freud'Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Paul Cézanne, ‘The Card Players’Stan Honda, AFP / Getty Images