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Paintings · New YorkA self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has become the most valuable work by a female artist sold at auction after selling for $54.7 million.
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Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for $54.7 million, setting new record for female artists
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Mental HealthBy Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — Cambridge Dictionary has named its word of the year for 2025, alighting on “parasocial,” used to describe a connection that people feel with someone they don’t know – or even with an artificial intelligence. The term was coined in 1956 by sociologists Donald Horton and Richard Wohl, who wanted to describe how television viewers formed “para-social” relationships with TV personalities, the dictionary said in a stat…See the Story
Cambridge Dictionary Names 'Parasocial' Its Word of 2025
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