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by Sunena V Maju Oct 06, 2022
Through the intervention by Naso, Lago|Algo adorns a new identity with a restaurant and public gallery space inside the concrete shell of the modernist icon at Chapultepec.
by Shraddha Nair Sep 10, 2020
As they prepare for their exhibition at Mizuma Gallery in Tokyo, the Yonetani duo discusses the delicate balance of narratives embodied within their work.
by Rahul Kumar, Samta Nadeem Sep 13, 2022
Curator Ekow Eshun brought together 11 artists who inventively recycle and reconfigure elements of folklore, myth, science fiction, spiritual traditions, and legacies of Afrofuturism.
by Darshana Ramdev Mar 18, 2020
The visitors to the exhibition Japan Supernatural at the Art Gallery of NSW discovered the chilling, fantastic world of the paranormal, brought to life through Japanese art and folklore.
by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar May 29, 2023
The spiral marvel designed by US and China-based Atelier XI creates a book store that looks like an art sculpture.
by Vatsala Sethi May 21, 2023
Investigating Tokyo Gendai 2023, a contemporary art event at Pacifico Yokohama, featuring a lineup of 79 galleries from Japan, the Asia Pacific region, and around the world.
by Sunena V Maju May 19, 2023
STAMBH: Craft, Collaboration and Continuity by Ashiesh Shah celebrates indigenous living craft practices as a part of Sustain 2023 curated by G20 Culture Working Group.
by Sukanya Deb May 01, 2023
Between spiritualism, industrialisation and technological accelerationism in her hometown, Ngoc Nau questions the premise of development and speaks to that which protects the land.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Mar 30, 2023
Soft sculptures & performances by IV Chan populate her new work Poop Me to the Moon by Para Site. The exhibition looks at the unsaid impurity of the inner & outer human body.
by Almas Sadique Feb 25, 2023
Art and architecture projects by Carlos Lazo, Mathias Goeritz, Juan O'Gorman, and Javier Senosiain examine cave habitats at the Noguchi Museum with the show In Praise of Caves.
by Niyati Dave Dec 26, 2022
STIR speaks with artists using sound as a tool, medium, and object of enquiry at the World Weather Network, a constellation of weather stations set up by 28 arts agencies worldwide.
by Vatsala Sethi Dec 26, 2022
Best of 2022: STIR looks at art galleries, art collectives, and movements that supported LGBTQ artists, people of colour, and diverse life forms.
by Urvi Kothari Dec 11, 2022
Taking over the Rotunda at Tate St. Ives, Pachpute pays homage to the community of coal miners and their contribution to the ecology, in an alluring but unsettling installation.
by Sunena V Maju, Zohra Khan Nov 23, 2022
Talking to STIR, Rigzin W. Lachic of Dolkhar shares how the boutique hotel in Tukcha, Leh was revived and given a new identity, inspired by the traditions and people of Ladakh.
by Georgina Maddox Nov 07, 2022
A report after attending the Body as Barometer: Live Arts Workshop 2022 at Khoj Studios in New Delhi, India.
by Sunena V Maju Oct 25, 2022
After a two-year gap, Bhutan reopens its borders with a new vision for the future and mark the moment with a new graphic identity by London and Seoul-based MMBP & Associates.
by Vatsala Sethi Oct 04, 2022
The public exhibition in London's Regent's Park will feature 19 large-scale works by prominent artists and run alongside Frieze London and Frieze Masters.
by Rahul Kumar Sep 21, 2022
Illustrative Chronicles: Investigating Eya Mordyakova's fairytale-inspired illustration approach as it appears in children's books, and discovering what drives her as an artist.
by Sunena V Maju Sep 09, 2022
Domenic Lippa, partner at Pentagram, speaks with STIR about the significance of the colours used and dives into the special limited edition collector's book celebrating 20 years of LDF.
by Urvi Kothari Sep 04, 2022
Vision in Motion presents Nalini Malani’s five decades-long and yet ongoing investigations on the histories of violence, oppression and socio-political injustices.
by Rahul Kumar Aug 02, 2022
STIR looks at the art and design of illustration as a discipline to narrate stories of the contemporary urban, created in digital and non-digital formats.
by STIRworld May 19, 2022
The sculpture-like residential high-rise by ACPV Architects is a subtle exhibitionist edifice in the native setting of Thailand’s capital, and the newest addition to the city’s dynamic skyline.
by Rahul Kumar Mar 25, 2022
In a recent show at Chemould Prescott Road, the artist showcased works that emerged from his research of astrophysics, and personal experiences of migration and bereavement.
by Devanshi Shah Mar 01, 2022
The dual exhibitions at The MET, NY, and the HNI in Rotterdam illustrate a narrative that connects Disney’s inspiration and his continued influence on contemporary design.
by Jincy Iype Feb 22, 2022
Studio Perspektiv and DF Creative Group convert a 1940s Slovakian heating plant into a coworking space, preserving most of the original architecture in its modern programme.
by Sukanya Deb Feb 13, 2022
STIR delves into fabric sculptures and the evocation of fabric in modern and contemporary installation practices that defy the very nature of monumentalism in art.
by Anmol Ahuja, Devanshi Shah Feb 11, 2022
In its third edition held on February 5 at the Guggenheim Museum, The World Around Summit facilitated discussions among changemakers on architecture’s now, near, and next.
by Jerry Elengical Jan 08, 2022
Developed around the Impression Sanjie Liu shows in Yangshuo County, ‘Bamboo Bamboo, Canopy and Pavilions’ harnesses bamboo to craft an otherworldly journey through nature.
by Jincy Iype Nov 25, 2021
The Hospitality Center by Megabudka in Russia draws visually from local architectural heritage and contemporary design, articulated as a set of ebony-clad geometric volumes.
by Indranjan Banerjee Nov 01, 2021
Artist and performer Hanna Tuulikki’s extensive notation and visual score making practice of the moving and sounding body unlocks new meanings and reveals new knowledges.
by Jincy Iype Oct 16, 2021
Immersed into the powerfully natural hills of Tai’an, China, The Hometown Moon by Syn Architects is a womb-like ceremony hall and chapel that revels in romantic symbolism.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Sep 20, 2021
The US-based artist’s sculptures, featuring an accidental abstraction, forge a relationship between the past and the present, to let the viewers take on a journey of introspection.
by Jerry Elengical Aug 30, 2021
Taking urban farming to new heights, the 218m-high structure in Shenzhen, China, will be the first skyscraper with a vertical hydroponic farming system covering its entire façade.
by Devanshi Shah Jun 19, 2021
Norway's digital program at the London Design Biennale 2021 explores the intimate relationship between the country's waterscapes and design through four marquee projects.
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 Devanshi Shah May 09, 2021
London-based Superflux's installation at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021 goes beyond a human centric narrative as it imagines a home where humans live with other species.
by Devanshi Shah Apr 22, 2021
STIR brings you a series of articles that chronicles the best of digital and physical exhibitions at this year’s edition of the Biennale Architettura 2021.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jan 08, 2021
Photographer Ellie Davies, who has been living in Dorset for the last five years, has forest as a recurring motif in her photography to retrace the coexistence of human life and nature.
by Rahul Kumar Jan 05, 2021
Belgian multidisciplinary artist Hans Op de Beeck creates architectural scale works that invite viewers to wander and discover a magical world.
by Gautam Sen, Avik Chattopadhyay Oct 15, 2020
In the first of a monthly column on automotive design, Gautam Sen and Avik Chattopadhyay trace the earliest inventions, from da Vinci’s designs in 1478 to the Benz Patent-Motorwagen.
by Rosalyn D`Mello Aug 24, 2020
Contemporary artists are boldly aligning their practices within Femmage to make visible lost, stolen, and invisibilised histories of female labour.
by Rahul Kumar Aug 17, 2020
Ahead of World Photography Day, photographer Sharbendu De evokes emotions that go far deeper than a visual documentation of the Lisu community through near-surreal images.
by Rahul Kumar May 19, 2020
STIR presents conversation between the curators of the two spaces in UAE that present artist Amar Kanwar’s films - Such a Morning and The Sovereign Forest - in a unique collaboration.
by Justyna Green Apr 03, 2020
Livingston, the curator for the exhibition AI: More than Human at the Barbican Centre in 2019, shares what the future holds for artificial intelligence.
by Sukanya Garg Apr 02, 2020
STIR speaks to Maya El Khalil, the curator of the 7th edition of 21,39 Jeddah Arts taking place in Saudi Arabia, which is a call to action in response to the environmental crisis.
by NOWNESS Feb 20, 2020
The Manhattan based artist embracing the earth’s natural resources at home.
by Sukanya Garg Sep 18, 2019
British artist Mark Leckey’s exhibition O’ Magic Power of Bleakness, beginning September 24, 2019, would be a theatrical experience of spectral visions, sound and video.
by Sukanya Garg Aug 30, 2019
Exhibition Radio Carabuco by Bolivian artist Andrés Pereira Paz, at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, evolved from the podcast station of the same name created by him.
by Naomi Davenport Aug 02, 2019
In seeking to explore the implications of artificial intelligence, the exhibition AI: More than Human, at London’s Barbican Centre, holds a mirror to the history of human nature.
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