What is the top 10 most expensive painting ever sold?

The most expensive Paintings ever sold - A review of the 10 most expensive pictures of all time, at auction or private sale. read more

In February, a painting by Paul Gauguin was reportedly bought for $300m (£200m), making it the most expensive painting ever sold, at auction or in a private sale. Monday night’s sale makes Picasso’s piece the third most expensive painting to have ever been sold. read more

When Pablo Picasso's masterpiece, Les Femmes d’Alger, sold for $179 million (£116 million) in New York on Monday night, it smashed the record for a painting sold at auction. But even so it is still far from the most expensive painting of all time. It manages only fourth place. Others have changed hands for millions more in private sales. read more

Most expensive painting by a female artist. Georgia O'Keeffe holds the record for the highest price paid for a painting by a woman. On 20 November 2014 at Sotheby's, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art bought her 1932 painting Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 for $44.4 million (equivalent to $45.5 million in 2016). read more