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Julie Mehretu attends The Kering Foundation's Caring for Women dinner at The Pool on Park Avenue on September 15, 2022 in New York City.

Julie Mehretu attends The Kering Foundation's Caring for Women dinner at The Pool on Park Avenue on September 15, 2022 in New York City.

Photo by Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images.

Julie Mehretu Breaks Her Own World Record For Highest Sale of an African Artwork

A 2008 painting by the Addis Ababa-born, U.S.-based artist has fetched $10.7 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York.