•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
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.
by Srishti Ojha May 15, 2026
Curator Diane Lima turns to the anti-colonial, feminist works of Rosana Paulino and Adriana Varejão to explore stories of the formerly enslaved and colonised at the biennale.
by Zohra Khan May 12, 2026
Discussing home and everything we hold on to and leave behind, STIR speaks to the Lahore-born artist regarding her ongoing solo show at the Pristine Contemporary in Delhi.
by Chahna Tank May 11, 2026
STIR speaks with exhibition director Natsumi Toyama about using soup as a lens for understanding the origins of food, clothing and shelter.
by Srishti Ojha May 08, 2026
In this solo exhibition, niceaunties (a.k.a Wenhui Lim) uses AI to imagine a speculative future for aunties, pushing the artistic and social possibilities of AI art.
by Srishti Ojha May 01, 2026
As fascism and censorship rise, for how long can the art world avoid politics? At the 61st Venice Biennale, ‘neutrality’ towards controversial pavilions sparks mass protest.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Apr 30, 2026
At the Goa Open Arts and Museo Camera’s show What Remains, 10 visual artists presents what they hold on to amid times of uncertainty, movement and perpetual change.
by Srishti Ojha Apr 22, 2026
Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum’s solo exhibition of the German composer’s video works reveals the challenge of translating contemporary art for general audiences.
by Srishti Ojha Apr 20, 2026
The Indian artist’s landmark exhibition at NMACC in Mumbai is a collage of dreams, memories, aspirations, histories and futures created with ordinary objects.
by STIRworld Apr 14, 2026
74 artists and curators call for the exclusion of states accused of war crimes, including Israel, Russia and the United States, from the Venice Biennale 2026, due to open in May.
by Srishti Ojha Apr 06, 2026
The ArtScience Museum’s exhibition juxtaposes historical artefacts with contemporary artworks to discover the beliefs, scientific and cultural practices that undergird our conception of the human body.
by Ranjana Dave Apr 02, 2026
The inaugural convening of The Current V: Ancestral Ocean asked how the ocean might be mapped as a living archive—across ideas, commodities and people.
by Chahna Tank Mar 30, 2026
Raghubir Singh: Bombay presents the Indian photographer's work from the 1970s – 90s, capturing the contemporary city in colour, through its people and streets.
by Srishti Ojha Mar 28, 2026
The Jamaican-British painter exhibits works spanning his over 20-year career in the Tate Britain survey exhibition, Hurvin Anderson.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Mar 25, 2026
An exhibition at the Bundeskunsthalle in Germany brings together photographs by the photographer of the subversive art landscape of New York and the characters who populated it.
by Ranjana Dave Mar 20, 2026
In a conversation with STIR, Kallat and Munroe reflect on the instability of knowledge and what it means to stage a tightly argued exhibition inside an imperfect building.
by Srishti Ojha Mar 19, 2026
Tai Kwun Contemporary’s show, Stay Connected: Supplying the Globe, the second chaptazer of a survey series, takes a grassroots look at the impact of the globalised economy.
by Srishti Ojha Mar 13, 2026
As media culture is transformed by the social internet and AI tools, the filmmakers of ‘Low Signal Feedback Loops’ adopt a new visual language to critique and interrogate it.
by Sunena V Maju Mar 11, 2026
The 82nd Whitney Biennial 2026 is a group show that reflects the ‘turbulent existential weather’ of the United States today.
by Srishti Ojha Mar 06, 2026
The British artist’s solo exhibition, ZOT at Varvara Roza Galleries in London, takes a postwar, postmodernist peek behind the curtain of artist studios.
by De Beers Feb 27, 2026
The immersive installation by De Beers, featuring artist Lakshmi Madhavan, framed natural diamonds through art, nature and human expression at India Art Fair 2026.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Feb 27, 2026
Are You Human? brings together a staggering list of works that strive to question the consequences of our pervasive digitality but only engage with it superficially.
by Zohra Khan Feb 26, 2026
Curated by Minhazz Majumdar, this posthumous retrospective of the indigenous artist’s work is shaped by memory and lived experience.
by Srishti Ojha Feb 20, 2026
In an interview at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026, London-based architectural poet LionHeart talks about changing systems and architecture as a form of worldbuilding.
by Samta Nadeem, Srishti Ojha Feb 16, 2026
STIR spoke with the renowned contemporary artist on the occasion of his first solo exhibition in India.
by Ranjana Dave Feb 13, 2026
Speaking with STIR, the curator elaborates on the pavilion’s thematic focus and the five artists chosen to represent India at the “Olympics of the contemporary art world”.
by Srishti Ojha Feb 11, 2026
The multimedia artist enters a new chapter in his work on mining and extraction economies in Lone Runner’s Laboratory at Experimenter, Colaba.
by Srishti Ojha Feb 10, 2026
India Art Fair 2026 presented a series of special projects by artists from diverse backgrounds, created in collaboration with local and international institutions, galleries and events.
by Avani Tandon Vieira Feb 07, 2026
The sixth edition of Artizon Museum’s Jam Session presented a fluid understanding of place and past.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Feb 06, 2026
Organised by the Gujral Foundation, a centenary showcase repositions the artist's work in dialogue with the contemporary context.
by Srishti Ojha Feb 04, 2026
As the India Art Fair 2026 draws art lovers from around the world to Delhi, we recommend the best exhibitions, fair booths and events the city has to offer in the coming weeks.
by Ranjana Dave Jan 30, 2026
In venues across Colombo, Rhythm Alliances frames rhythm as the connective tissue between memory, movement, performance and social life.
by Ranjana Dave Jan 27, 2026
In a conversation with STIR, artistic director Natasha Ginwala reflects on the curatorial frameworks and geopolitical realities that have shaped the festival in Sri Lanka.
by Srishti Ojha, Harshali Pagare Jan 22, 2026
STIR speaks with the Ghanaian artist on his large-scale installation, Parliament of Ghosts, at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025 and the colonial histories of everyday materials.
by Srishti Ojha Jan 20, 2026
The artist’s solo exhibition at Jhaveri Contemporary contends with the split nature of marginalised identity through ceramics that fuse Western modernism and Eastern philosophy.
by Avani Tandon Vieira Jan 16, 2026
This exhibition at the National Museum of Art, Osaka searches for new forms of political articulation.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jan 15, 2026
The first institutional survey exhibition of the Chilean artist in Europe at the Haus der Kunst presents de la Horra’s expansive oeuvre and the rich stories, rituals and beliefs they hold.
by Srishti Ojha Jan 02, 2026
The 10th edition of the Serendipity Arts Festival in Panjim, Goa, showcased a commitment to interdisciplinary programming, drawing diverse audiences across its ten day span.
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