Inhabiting the uncanny and liminal at Pierre Huyghe’s Swiss exhibition
Aug 31, 2026by Srishti Ojha Aug 31, 2026
The French artist’s latest exhibition explores consciousness through an uncanny, video game-like environment
Yayoi Kusama passes away at 97: The artist who turned hallucinations into infinity
Aug 27, 2026by Vandana Kalra Aug 27, 2026
A pioneer of the postwar avant-garde art, the Japanese artist spent decades pushing painting, sculpture and installation beyond conventional boundaries.
Mecanoo’s Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi stages a stroll through geological time
Aug 24, 2026by Pia Bhatia Aug 24, 2026
The sprawling, geomorphic museum structure brings slowness and wonder to one of the latest landmark developments in the Saadiyat Island Cultural District.
STIRpad: a launch pad for your new
by Amit Gupta Jul 01, 2021
Explore STIRpad, our brand NEW digital launch pad to help creators, studios, galleries and manufacturers share and demonstrate their NEW collections, exhibitions, special projects, new designs, collaborations, milestones and much more...
A reconsideration of Partition and memory
Aug 26, 2026by Samar Jodha Aug 26, 2026
Partition is often told through stories of displacement and loss. The exhibition MOOL asks what survives for those who inherited a history they never lived.
Shadows of the Moonless Nights captures the urban search for rest and home
Aug 21, 2026by Srishti Ojha Aug 21, 2026
FTII graduate Mehar Malhotra’s short film uses an immersive soundscape and experimental camera work to evoke the altered state of a protagonist haunted by sleepless nights.
Unearthing India’s buried legacy of visual storytelling
Aug 14, 2026by Srishti Ojha Aug 14, 2026
A Moving Line sees graphic novelist Amruta Patil putting temple friezes and folk art next to comics and graphic novels to argue for visual storytelling as an art form.
Are dumbphones in the face of smarter algorithms our technological salvation?
by Chahna Tank Aug 20, 2026
With the smartphone as a portal to the relentless advent of newer technologies and conveniences, dumbphones seek to offer an analogue but curated detachment.
Kulpreet Singh on how art, activism and farming intertwine in his practice
Aug 28, 2026by Srishti Ojha Aug 28, 2026
The Indian multimedia artist speaks to STIR about using art as a platform to support and serve farmers and the disenfranchised.
Vishal K Dar on taking art outside the white cube at sā Ladakh Biennale
Aug 27, 2026by Samta Nadeem, Vandana Kalra Aug 27, 2026
The artist-architect speaks about his approach to curating a biennale rooted in Ladakh’s landscapes, communities and artistic practices.
Níall McLaughlin on conducting and taking part in architecture as a temporal orchestra
Aug 21, 2026by Anmol Ahuja Aug 21, 2026
A conversation with the 2026 winner of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture spotlights his body of work, the philosophies grounding it and the framing of legacy in an active career.
Tracing the spatial and ecological impact of our food systems with Cooking Sections
Aug 19, 2026by Mrinmayee Bhoot Aug 19, 2026
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