by Samar Jodha Oct 05, 2026
Looking at Ahmed Ali’s photographs of workers and industry within the wider history of industrial photography, from Soviet state imagery and Sunil Janah to Lewis Hine.
by Srishti Ojha Oct 02, 2026
The Indian artist’s exhibition at the Bruce Museum in the US thinks through fundamental questions of humanity by focusing on the Sun and the cosmological timescale.
by Srishti Ojha Oct 01, 2026
The West Bengal-based visual storyteller speaks to STIR about his latest release, the Indian comic book industry and his many sources of inspiration.
by Vandana Kalra Sep 29, 2026
The Algerian-French artist and curator speaks to STIR about returning to curating, colonial legacies and the responsibilities of art institutions.
by Srishti Ojha Sep 26, 2026
The solo exhibition sees the American artist draw on the California desert, light and nature to create luminous landscapes.
by Srishti Ojha Sep 23, 2026
This is (Not) Conceptual Art in Korea’s MMCA is a nuanced look at the conceptual art that arose from Korea’s particular context, finding parallels in global exhibitions.
by Vandana Kalra Sep 18, 2026
The Emami Art Experimental Film Festival in Kolkata is set to present screenings, moving-image installations, workshops and conversations from India and around the world.
by Zohra Khan Sep 17, 2026
Haunting dreams and landscapes of grief and loss and a slowly eroding rural life mark this no-script-led Haryanvi film in which the literary and the cinematic coalesce.
by Vandana Kalra Sep 16, 2026
In a conversation with STIR, the Irish photographer reflects on three decades of his practice and how time can transform our understanding of an image.
by Srishti Ojha Sep 15, 2026
The London-based artist’s mid-career retrospective is a vibrant constellation of paintings, installations, VR environments and films that reflect his research in diverse fields.
by Vandana Kalra Sep 10, 2026
The first contemporary Indian art exhibition at the State Hermitage Museum in Russia initiates a conversation about memory and cultural exchange.
by Srishti Ojha Sep 07, 2026
The UK’s first survey of the Cuban-born American artist in a decade traces the breadth and innovation of her feminist practice, rooted in spirituality and the Earth.
by Vandana Kalra Sep 03, 2026
Eight South Asian women artists across generations examine power, memory and labour in an exhibition at the Vadhera Art Gallery in New Delhi.
by Srishti Ojha Aug 31, 2026
The French artist’s latest exhibition explores consciousness through an uncanny, video game-like environment
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by Zohra Khan Aug 18, 2026
A travelling exhibition and a photo book offer a tender compilation of portraits and pennings spotlighting rural Himachali women surviving systemic invisibility and unwaged labour.
by Vandana Kalra Aug 17, 2026
Christie’s London’s first summer exhibition dedicated to South Asia and a single institution explores connections between artists, traditions and ideas beyond chronology.
by 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.
by Srishti Ojha Aug 10, 2026
The Indian artist’s solo exhibition at Ludwig Museum Koblenz in Germany explores the space between the static and moving, past and present.
by Vandana Kalra Aug 06, 2026
Through essays, letters and lithographs, the publication positions Emily Eden as both an artist and chronicler of a rapidly changing colonial India.
by Anne Feenstra Aug 05, 2026
Marking a century since Calder’s arrival in France, the exhibition brings together nearly 300 works that explore his fascination with motion and material.
by Srishti Ojha Aug 03, 2026
The Indian artist’s exhibition, Cartography of the Grounded Sky, at Gladwell Projects in Jersey City weaves together the sacred and earthly through materiality and Sikh thought.
by Srishti Ojha Jul 31, 2026
The Blue Book: An Anti-Caste Graphic Novel is a surreal portrait of South Asia’s ongoing anti-caste struggle and its history seen through conversations with its icons.
by Srishti Ojha Jul 30, 2026
Speaking with Daehyung Lee, artistic director of the biennale's 13th edition, STIR explores the platform's focus on the future of ceramics and the human-nature-technology triad.
by Vandana Kalra Jul 27, 2026
In its 15th edition, the Hub in Kolkata turned the spotlight on the curator's evolving role amid changing political and cultural realities.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Jul 23, 2026
STIR talks to the Berlin-based sculpture artist on his journey and learnings from decades of creating public installations using upcycled loudspeakers.
by Srishti Ojha Jul 18, 2026
Superblue invited global immersive and new media artists to reimagine the relationship between technology and nature. STIR reports from the exhibition walkthrough.
by Emma Drocco Jul 15, 2026
A double solo exhibition of Sheila Hicks and Shi Hui unpacks two independent artistic worlds through material, memory and the unmediated experience of making.
by Srishti Ojha Jul 11, 2026
At Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, photographer Sunhil Sippy joins Shivendra Dungarpur and Mortimer Chatterjee to discuss the effects different photographic formats tap into.
by Srishti Ojha Jul 10, 2026
This July, Experimenter Kolkata will host the 15th edition of the Curators’ Hub, where select global curators gather to broaden conceptions of curation in a circular model.
by Srishti Ojha Jul 02, 2026
Cao Fei: Testimonies to the Near Future transforms the Kunstmuseum Basel’s building into an immersive experience that is simultaneously virtual and real, futuristic and historic.
by Srishti Ojha Jul 01, 2026
The British coastal gallery’s 2026 summer programme of sea-centric exhibitions and institutional collaborations marks a shift in the art world’s response to urgent global issues.
by Srishti Ojha Jun 29, 2026
La Rencontre du Troisième Type, featuring Bernard T. Sestig and duo Middernacht & Alexander, features unsettling works that explore decay and transformation.
by Srishti Ojha Jun 26, 2026
STIR visited Julio Le Parc: Light. Colour. Action. and spoke to the curator of the Latin American artist’s retrospective about his legacy in kinetic and immersive art.
by Srishti Ojha Jun 19, 2026
The gallery presents the largest retrospective of the modern artist in the last 50 years, enlivening eternal debates about what ‘real art’ is for 21st-century audiences.
by Srishti Ojha Jun 16, 2026
In Predicting History: Testing Translation at the 61st Venice Biennale, the black British artist depicts the strategies marginalised people must employ to create belonging.
by Srishti Ojha Jun 15, 2026
The New Delhi-based photographer’s docu-fiction photo series follows a nomadic troupe of Tamasha folk-art performers who bend form to capture feelings.
by Agnish Ray Jun 12, 2026
Queer and migrant identities intersecting at this year’s Venice Art Biennale highlight the normative exclusions of the nation-state.
by Srishti Ojha Jun 09, 2026
The exhibition of the Indian photographer’s works at Experimenter in Mumbai depicts the lives of locals in Kashmir and Madhya Pradesh, focusing on the poetics of the everyday.
by Rosalyn D`Mello Jun 05, 2026
Maternal fury against an anti-natalist world fuels the artist’s latest animation chamber, a collateral exhibition at the Venice Biennale, hosted by the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art.
by Debika Ray Jun 04, 2026
Protests, strikes and exclusions at the 2026 Venice Art Biennale are exposing the fragility of the international order on which the cultural world is built.
by Bansari Paghdar Jun 03, 2026
At the New Taipei City Art Museum, spiders and geopolitics collide in a dense field of unresolved relationships through installations, sound and participation.
by Bakul Patki May 29, 2026
Alwar Balasubramaniam, Asim Waqif, Ranjani Shettar, Skarma Sonam Tashi and Sumakshi Singh map Geographies of Distance, curated by Amin Jaffer.
by Srishti Ojha May 29, 2026
The multimedia artist’s two installations at the 61st Venice Biennale, conference of one’s self and khalil, ask audiences to imagine a self and world harmonious even in instability.
by Srishti Ojha May 20, 2026
The 2026 edition of the sā Ladakh Biennale, themed Signals from Another Star, will feature site-specific art that emerges from the communities, culture and ecology of Ladakh.
by Rosalyn D`Mello May 18, 2026
Koyo Kouoh’s In Minor Keys brings the fringe to the fore, emphasising artistic resilience amid the apocalypse.
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