Frida Kahlo

Megha Rao on her new book Music to Flame Lilies, 'art for life’s sake' and the moral responsibility of artists

Megha Rao is a 23-year-old author, poet and artist who has recently released her third novel Music to Flame Lilies. In an interview with Firstpost, Rao talks about the book, and the power of art to save and uplift lives.

Frida Kahlo's 112th birth anniversary celebrated in Mexico City with an exhibition, fan-led parade

Kahlo was known for defying the norms femininity and depicting this idea in her work. Later she would also go on to join the Mexican Communist Party while her art grew to incorporate diverse themes including indigenous folk culture of Mexico.

Finding Frida: How the iconic artist has been reinvented, kept alive in popular memory

Frida Kahlo’s art continues to have the power to move, disturb, and thrill, even if it is endlessly replicated as a photo, or appears as an image printed on some very curious objects

Frida Kahlo's once-sealed personal belongings go on display in UK's Victoria and Albert Museum

Over 200 items from Blue House, the home Frida Kahlo shared with husband Diego Rivera in Mexico City, will be showcased at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Sonam Kapoor stuns as Frida Kahlo, Madhubala for Vogue India photoshoot

Sonam Kapoor recently did a photoshoot for Vogue India in which she donned the looks of famous women throughout history — from Frida Kahlo, Madhubala to Mata Hari

Snapchat does it again: Its Women's Day filter paying tribute to Marie Cure borders on insensitivity

The unfortunate part is that this is not the first time that Snapchat has been the centre of controversy for the filters that come with the app.

International Women's Day 2017: Breaking down today's Google Doodle

For International Women's Day 2017, Google has a Doodle that takes the opportunity to celebrate again the women memorialised in previous Google Doodles.

Frida Kahlo painting, unseen for 60 years, sells for $1.81 million at Sotheby's auction

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's Nina Con Collar, an early painting whose whereabouts had been a mystery for 60 years, has sold for $1.81 million at a Sotheby's Latin American art auction