by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 23, 2021
American artist Dan Graham speaks with STIR about the relationship shared among architecture, built-environment and viewers on the sidelines of his show at 303 Gallery, New York.
by Rahul Kumar Jul 22, 2021
In the wake of pulling down of a video work titled Uglier and Uglier by artist Song Ta at gallery OCAT Shanghai, the art world discusses the very idea of artistic freedom.
by Girinandini Singh Jul 21, 2021
Rigby speaks on the dichotomies of natural physical-histories, and technology and innovation finding a place in her art that is research-based and akin to archaeological discoveries.
by Manu Sharma Jul 20, 2021
Though new to pixel sorting and glitch arts, Dario Paczula’s work often carries a sense of motion, owing to the manner in which he “sorts” a selection of pixels within each piece.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 19, 2021
Iran-based photographer Shadi Ghadirian talks about the issues of censorship, modernity and sectarian politics that have found resonance far and beyond her home-nation.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 18, 2021
Multiple-layered photographs of the Slovenian photographer, Vanja Bučan, invite the audience to gauge the imbalance defining the relationship between humans and nature.
by Rahul Kumar Jul 17, 2021
Photographer Luisa Lambri and architect and artist Bijoy Jain explore the ideas of space and line through the lens of history and material in their distinct practices.
by Girinandini Singh Jul 16, 2021
The Italian duo of Fabio Di Salvo and Bernardo Vercelli speak about their video and sound installations that investigate the bounds of synthetic technology in the realm of the natural.
by Shraddha Nair Jul 15, 2021
Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe, Director of Asia Society Museum and co-curator of the Triennial, talks about Asian art and its diaspora.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 14, 2021
Taiwan-born Lee Mingwei invites the visitors to explore emotive experiences and decipher the variety of thoughts through his participatory conceptual performances.
by Rosalyn D`Mello Jul 14, 2021
Taloi Havini’s recently unveiled site-specific installation at Ocean Space, Venice, locates the visitor within a complex ontological framework of indigenous place-thought.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 13, 2021
Works by Norwegian artist and musician, Sandra Mujinga, were displayed in the exhibition Midnight at Vleeshal Center for Contemporary Art in Middelburg, the Netherlands.
by Rahul Kumar Jul 12, 2021
Intersectional and multidisciplinary artist, Sajan Mani, currently based in Berlin, questions the non-existing histories of Dalit and hegemonic Brahmanical archives.
by Manu Sharma Jul 11, 2021
Exploring the skull as totem through the work of American NFT artist Runny Lump.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 10, 2021
The French architect-turned-artist, Cyril Lancelin, envisions cactus as a material for his sprawling installation work to recreate a tension between the real and unreal worlds.
by Shraddha Nair Jul 09, 2021
Taiwanese artist Yuan Hui-Li’s solo exhibition at Tina Keng Gallery in Taipei, Taiwan, is an exploration of the female narrative in shanshui painting traditions.
by Shraddha Nair Jul 08, 2021
The Swedish artist, Charlotte Johannesson, puts up her tapestry and digital art as part of Take Me to Another World, a solo retrospective at Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain.
by Girinandini Singh Jul 08, 2021
STIR speaks with multidisciplinary artist, Hema Shironi, on her creative practice questioning the ideas of migration, home and identity, and her recent work for Colomboscope.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 07, 2021
Geneva-based artist Apnavi Makanji’s body of work, spread across the mediums of drawings, installations and videos, is an investigation of the ideas on home and memory.
by Girinandini Singh Jul 06, 2021
STIR speaks with Scotland-based contemporary artist, Bea Last, on her process-based creative practice which builds on a socially impactful aesthetic language.
by Girinandini Singh Jul 05, 2021
Indian photographer Nirvair Singh Rai talks about the ethical and aesthetical responsibility of depicting a humanistic representation of refugee communities.
by Manu Sharma Jul 03, 2021
Bridging the tangible and digital with Russian digital artist, creative coder and art researcher, Stas Sumarokov.
by Rahul Kumar Jul 02, 2021
Straddling across media and formats, Federico Clapis transitioned into the digital format in undercover with the idea of entertainment before focusing on his art through online channels.
by Rosalyn D`Mello Jul 01, 2021
In part two of the series, despite the crowded displays and the repetitious Manthropocene discourse at the VAB 2021, the writer experienced instances of elevated calm and pleasure.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jun 29, 2021
Marcin Dudek's solo exhibition Slash and Burn II at Harlan Levey Projects 1080 is an invitation to relook at the violent past of the artist only to underline the importance of its futility.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jun 28, 2021
The curatorial-archival practice of Morad Montazami, director of Zamân Books & Curating, aims to extricate the critical vocabulary on Southern Modernism from the western domination.
by Manu Sharma Jun 25, 2021
Exploring the pioneering spirit of British digital explorer, Vector Meldrew, through his stimulating work.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jun 24, 2021
The collective Loose Leaf creates concept-driven and experiential sculptural installations to blur the distinction between the natural and the physically real spaces.
by Rosalyn D`Mello Jun 23, 2021
Venice Architecture Biennale 2021 sidesteps from framing more damning questions even as it offers moments of poignant reflection, explores the author in the Part 1 of two-part series.
by Rahul Kumar Jun 22, 2021
Presented at the Guardian Art Center in Beijing, Cookie Cookie - the first show of artist Liu Jiaying - explores the ideas at the intersection of technology and human behaviour.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jun 21, 2021
Peruvian photographer, Macidiano Céspedes, who lives in Buenos Aires, creates photographs that underline the moments of speaking out, yet with a tinge of solitary confinement.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jun 20, 2021
Amsterdam-based visual artist Fiona Tan’s first retrospective, With the other hand, at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg and Kunsthalle Krems, spans her output across the past 20 years.
by Manu Sharma Jun 19, 2021
Exploring emergent digital art motifs through the work of Yuma Yanagisawa, an artist who creates immersive installations and experimental films with real-time computer graphics.
by Shraddha Nair Jun 18, 2021
The directors of Amsterdam and New York based Art/Switch Foundation tell STIR about their series of virtual conferences that throw light on green practices in the art industry.
by Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi Jun 17, 2021
Reflecting on Australia-based Alana Hunt’s Cups of nun chai, this article emphasises on the ideas of repetition and resilience to address the recent history of violence in Kashmir.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jun 16, 2021
Dutch artist Germaine Kruip, with her minimalistic sculptures at exhibition Screenplay at Axel Vervoordt Gallery, invites the viewers to reaffirm their presence in the built environment.
by Rahul Kumar Jun 15, 2021
Khageswar Rout’s Annex & Dissever Code present enlarged, yet intricate organic forms in terracotta that negotiate between reason and instinct at gallery Project 88 in Mumbai, India.
by Manu Sharma Jun 14, 2021
Born in the US, and now based in Sydney, Kim Leutwyler is ana artist who creates stunning portraiture exploring the LGBTQ+ community.
by Girinandini Singh Jun 13, 2021
The artist discusses themes of departure, dislocation and temporality in her recent work, which explores the impact of the lockdown experienced across three continents.
by Shraddha Nair Jun 12, 2021
US-based Chinese artist Zi Yi Wang discusses material culture, globalisation and loss of heritage, referencing her exhibition at the Olympia gallery in New York.
by Rosalyn D`Mello Jun 11, 2021
A recent addition to my library, Simon Browne’s index cards straddle the line between thesis, artwork, and object.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jun 10, 2021
At the Jewish Museum of Belgium, the exhibition Ellis Island with a variety of works by the artists of different generations, is a visual walk through the meaning of home and belonging.
by Jincy Iype Jun 09, 2021
STIR speaks with Indian artist and designer, Alex Davis, about Moody Blooms, a collection of life-size, monochrome sculptures emulating the beauty of flowers with stainless steel.
by Rahul Kumar Jun 09, 2021
The recent sale of Italian artist Salvatore Garau’s ‘invisible’ sculpture is a potent reminder of ‘conceptual art’, where the idea takes precedence, and not its physical manifestation.
by Manu Sharma Jun 08, 2021
An Indian artist currently based in New York, Visakh Menon discusses his craft and its exploration that revolves around error.
by Girinandini Singh Jun 07, 2021
Indu Antony on avoiding the trap of the ‘saviour complex’ as an artist working with marginalised issues of gender, class equity, feminism, and LGBTQ+ rights.
by Shraddha Nair Jun 06, 2021
The exhibition Another Energy at Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan, is a curated display of 16 female artists aged 70 to 105, from across the globe.
by STIRworld Jun 06, 2021
STIR presents exclusive interviews and features on the festival scheduled to take place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with the edition focused on ‘Language is Migrant’.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jun 05, 2021
The latest exhibition, Die Nichtschönen: Works 1967–1974, at Kunsthalle Basel showcases the sculptures by the German artist Joachim Bandau that underscore the reality of ugliness.
by Rahul Kumar Jun 04, 2021
At a solo presentation titled (Un) Containable Life, at 1x1 Art Gallery in Dubai, artist Sonia Mehra Chawla showcases a transmedia practice that included her works from 2013-2020.
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