Arts & Culture

David Hockney dies at 88: The artist who put queer joy on canvas

From swimming pools and sunshine to portraits of lovers and friends, Hockney spent more than six decades showing that queer life could be ordinary, beautiful and full of colour.

Péro’s Aneeth Arora calls herself a dressmaker and NOT a fashion designer | EXCLUSIVE Interview

Fashion Police! Péro’s Aneeth Arora loves textiles and prefers to call herself a dressmaker.

Ruskin Bond’s EXCLUSIVE Interview: ‘Difficult times shouldn’t discourage creativity; stories become important during uncertain times…’

In an EXCLUSIVE interview with Firstpost’s Lachmi Deb Roy, Ruskin Bond open’s up his heart and home during 'The Ruskin Bond Literature Festival' to talk about his love for writing, his documentary ‘Mastery’ and why friendships are important during difficult times.

Marjane Satrapi dies at 56: Remembering the Iranian author behind 'Persepolis'

Her drawings were monochrome, but the world she captured was anything but. Marjane Satrapi leaves behind a body of work that reshaped how we understand Iran, exile and resistance

A Gen Z Reviews the Classics: Why 'Giovanni's Room' is the book to read this Pride Month

As Pride Month begins, we revisit James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room, a canonical queer text whose protagonist is selfish, destructive, and irredeemable in ways that contemporary culture, with its appetite for morally spotless queer characters, has almost forgotten how to sit with.

Indian artists are painting ecological grief — and the results are anything but pretty

From a polluted Ghaziabad studio to a childhood spent near Chhattisgarh's Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary, a new wave of Indian artists is turning environmental loss into urgent art.

A Gen Z Reviews the Classics: How Hamnet made me embrace Shakespeare's Hamlet

‘A Gen Z Reviews the Classics’ is a new weekly column on Firstpost, reviewing old, classic books. On Shakespeare’s 462nd birthday, a first encounter with Hamlet through the back door of O'Farrell's novel, a Bangalore bookshop, and the death of an eleven-year-old boy.

This Moscow Park has over 1,000 statues and a story behind each one

What makes Muzeon Park of Arts compelling is not just the volume of its collection, but the shift in context

5 famous artworks by women that were misattributed to men for centuries

From Michaelina Wautier to Artemisia Gentileschi, these works were misattributed to men for centuries, revealing how the art canon was built, and who it left out.

Raja Ravi Varma’s Yashoda and Krishna becomes India’s most expensive artwork at Rs 167 crore

Ravi Varma has long been central to India’s visual imagination; today, the market has aligned with that significance at the highest level

Before you watch the film, read the book: Essential Ramayana reading for the Ranbir Kapoor era

The most expensive Indian film ever made arrives at Diwali. Here is what to read before the lights go down.

Dreamy comfort books for children this spring and summer

Spring is in the air — a season of hope and new beginnings, its gentle warmth wrapping itself around us, and there is nothing quite as lovely as curling up with a little one and a book that neither of you will ever forget.

Meet Botto: The AI-artist who has already made millions

AI artist Botto is turning heads at Art Basel Hong Kong with a surreal installation that transforms visitors’ emotions into live digital artworks.

US is returning these 3 stolen antiques to India - here's what they are

Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art returns Shiva Nataraja, Somaskanda, and Saint Sundarar with Paravai bronzes stolen from Tamil Nadu temples to India.