Picasso painting sets world record

A Pablo Picasso painting has set a world record for artwork at auction, selling for $179.4m, and a work by Alberto Giacometti became the most expensive sculpture, at $141.3m.

Picasso’s Women Of Algiers (Version O), regarded as one of Picasso's best, and Giacometti’s life-size Pointing Man were among dozens of masterpieces from the 20th century that Christie’s offered in a sale titled Looking Forward To The Past.