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Being and becoming: Embracing in-betweenness in Artizon's In the midst of
Feb 07, 2026by Avani Tandon Vieira Feb 07, 2026
The sixth edition of Artizon Museum’s Jam Session presented a fluid understanding of place and past.
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Sandra Vasquez de la Horra: Soy Energia links our bodies with our natural contexts
Jan 15, 2026by 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.
Christiane Paul on creating a sustainable ecosystem for digital art
Dec 19, 2025by Lee Daehyung Dec 19, 2025
In a conversation with STIR, the digital art curator talks about the challenges and responsibilities of shaping a lasting digital art landscape for museums and artists.
COLLECTIBLE New York's second edition examined design as a cultural currency
Sep 19, 2025by Sunena V Maju Sep 19, 2025
The fair dedicated to contemporary collectible design wrapped up a lively showcase of 128 exhibitors from 24 countries, confirming its growing place in the city’s design scene.
Songzhuang Z Museum: A Quartet of tiered terraces and a colour-shifting woven skin
Aug 27, 2025by Jincy Iype Aug 27, 2025
Neither concealed nor diminished, an incongruous structure is deconstructed into four ‘quartets’ by TEAM_BLDG, shaping China’s first contemporary rural art museum for weaving.
Jacopo Benassi’s Libero! is a punk-infused rebellion against images
Aug 25, 2025by Hili Perlson Aug 25, 2025
In Genoa, the Italian artist disrupts the photographic image’s dominance.
A ghostlight in dark times: Stan Douglas’ survey at the Hessel Museum
Aug 04, 2025by Paola Malavassi Aug 04, 2025
A powerful journey through decades of groundbreaking art by the Canadian artist, Ghostlight is a timely reminder that the past shapes the present.
In her own image: The radical practice of Emma Amos
Jul 23, 2025by Deeksha Nath Jul 23, 2025
Amos shaped a practice of formal innovation and political resistance, centring the frontal figure as a site of radical visibility and cultural critique.
Irony and endurance: Kumu Art Museum presents Ragnar Kjartansson’s works
Jun 27, 2025by Srishti Ojha Jun 27, 2025
A Boy and a Girl and a Bush and a Bird presents the Icelandic artist’s signature video installations alongside a newly commissioned series of landscape paintings in Estonia.
Contemporary art undergirds a topography of the superlative at Simose Art Museum
Jun 26, 2025by Louis Ho Jun 26, 2025
An exhibition of contemporary art in a stunning new Japanese museum, designed by Shigeru Ban, speaks to the natural environment as well as the industrial suburbs around it.
Local voices, global reach: Latin American art fairs gain ground
Apr 28, 2025by Mercedes Ezquiaga Apr 28, 2025
From Brazil to Chile and Peru, Latin American fairs embrace local voices and practices while expanding their reach and reshaping the future of contemporary art.
Louisa Gagliardi’s slick, foreboding surrealism sums up 21st century anguish
Mar 28, 2025by Hili Perlson Mar 28, 2025
The Swiss artist, who shot to fame in recent years, is staging her first institutional show in Switzerland at MASI Lugano, titled Many Moons.
Goa's art scene moves away from the market and towards the community
Mar 25, 2025by Mustafa Khanbhai Mar 25, 2025
India's metro-centric, closed-door art world encounters novel challenges in Goa, where markets are reinvented to side-step the usual economic forces.
On the violence of the present: Reena Saini Kallat’s ‘Cartographies of the Unseen’
Mar 13, 2025by Avani Tandon Vieira Mar 13, 2025
The artist’s multimedia survey exhibition at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in Mumbai, mobilises art as a tool for cartographic contestations.
Between the urban jungle and scenic nature: Two new art institutions in Thailand
Mar 03, 2025by Rémy Jarry Mar 03, 2025
The Bangkok Kunsthalle and the Khao Yai Art Forest opened in January 2024 and February 2025 respectively, both projects driven by philanthropist Marisa Chearavanont.
Is the Asia Pacific Triennial really curated?
Jan 22, 2025by Rémy Jarry Jan 22, 2025
The 11th edition of the Asia Pacific Triennial stands out for its distinctive approach, which challenges conventional methods of exhibiting contemporary art in Asia and Oceania.
The Pinakothek celebrates eccentricity in an intergenerational group show
Jan 10, 2025by Manu Sharma Jan 10, 2025
Curators Eva Karcher and Bernhart Schwenk explore eccentricity and connect it to contemporary art in an interview with STIR.
New and upcoming arts spaces in South and Southeast Asia to look out for
Dec 29, 2024by Manu Sharma Dec 29, 2024
STIRred 2024: STIR rounds up some of the most promising art spaces in the region, highlighting what they have to offer.
In West Bengal, a museum in a mud house now has the world’s attention
Dec 11, 2024by Charlotte Jansen Dec 11, 2024
Indian artist Khandakar Ohida’s 2022 film, Dream Your Museum, about her uncle’s unconventional collection, wins the prestigious Jameel Prize 2024.
Mire Lee’s ‘Open Wound’ inspires awe and terror in equal measure
Dec 06, 2024by Manu Sharma Dec 06, 2024
At London’s Tate Modern, curators Alvin Li and Bilal Akkouche discuss the installation Open Wound and its historical significance in an interview with STIR.
'The Elemental You' at KNMA offers meditations on nature, memory and time
Dec 03, 2024by Manu Sharma Dec 03, 2024
Curator Akansha Rastogi discusses the layered themes of The Elemental You, stretching from the personal to the environmental.
Cindy Sherman’s ‘Anti-Fashion’ gains new meaning amidst Antwerp’s Ensor Year
Nov 15, 2024by Hili Perlson Nov 15, 2024
A survey of the photographer’s flirtation with fashion reveals unexpected links to the Belgian iconoclast.
Threading new narratives: ‘Material Worlds’ pushes the boundaries of textile art
Nov 12, 2024by Hannah McGivern Nov 12, 2024
This group exhibition at Warwick Arts Centre explores how contemporary artists engage with textiles as a medium and a concept to convey ideas of culture, identity and history.
The Van Abbemuseum foregrounds indigenous practices embedded in ‘Soils’
Nov 09, 2024by Mrinmayee Bhoot Nov 09, 2024
An ongoing exhibition at the art museum in Eindhoven presents trans-local stories and sustainable practices around soil and our diverse and complex relationships with it.
Roots of imagination: Exploring the intersection of art and landscape at Inhotim
Oct 28, 2024by Huma Kabakci Oct 28, 2024
A deep dive into one of the largest open-air museums in Latin America, which situates art in a lush natural environment.
MICAS announces a promising inaugural exhibition programme for 2024-2026
Oct 14, 2024by Manu Sharma Oct 14, 2024
In conversation with STIR, Edith Devaney, artistic director of MICAS, discusses the introductory programme for Malta’s first contemporary art museum.
Luanda’s art scene forges a new narrative for Angola
Sep 24, 2024by Rebecca Anne Proctor Sep 24, 2024
Artist-led initiatives create spaces for practice and discourse in the Angolan capital, even as they reckon with the country’s chequered past.
Intergenerational reckonings bring diasporic artists together in ‘Twilight Child’
Sep 23, 2024by Manu Sharma Sep 23, 2024
The exhibition at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle treated audiences to the works of two queer diasporic Chinese artists, working forty years apart.
'Matrix' by CPLUS at Taikang Art Museum re-imagines urban experiences
Sep 17, 2024by Dhwani Shanghvi Sep 17, 2024
The supple inflatable cabin in Beijing evokes a primordial, womb-like space to alleviate urban alienation.
Challenging spaces: Florentina Holzinger performs ‘Harbour Étude’ in Bergen
Sep 09, 2024by Marilena Borriello Sep 09, 2024
In Bergen, Norway, space, objects and the body are choreographed into a dynamic experience, as irreverent performativity pushes the limits of performance.
Digital art museum teamLab Borderless Jeddah arrives in Saudi Arabia
Aug 27, 2024by Rebecca Anne Proctor Aug 27, 2024
The Tokyo-based digital collective's latest museum in Saudi Arabia, its first in the Middle East, reflects a desire to further the Saudi art and cultural scene.
A major survey in Florence highlights Louise Bourgeois' fear of abandonment
Aug 26, 2024by Hili Perlson Aug 26, 2024
Centred on the tensions within the artist's work, the show at Museo Novecento includes works that have never been exhibited before.
MORE Architecture's brutalist museum in Jiaxing embodies the grit of ginkgo trees
Aug 26, 2024by Simran Gandhi Aug 26, 2024
The Ginkgo Gallery in Jiaxing, China, merges the structured approach of a guided museum with the freedom of a free-flow plan.
Inside Museum Voorlinden: Ron Mueck's sculptures to Kusama's 'Infinity Mirror Room'
Aug 24, 2024by Rosalyn D`Mello Aug 24, 2024
Art museums, this writer attests, are inherently toddler-unfriendly. This art critic mother braved a visit while solo parenting.
Toledo Museum of Art highlights an underrepresented legacy in 'Marisol'
May 29, 2024by Manu Sharma May 29, 2024
Curator Jessica S Hong explores the late pop artist Maria Sol Escobar's sculpture practice and the usage of scale in an interview with STIR.
Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art presents Takashi Murakami’s vibrant world
May 23, 2024by Manu Sharma May 23, 2024
Co-curator Shinya Takahashi explores the exhibition’s thematics and its connection to Kyoto’s rich artistic history.
Imran Qureshi’s stark artworks address war, genocide and global instability
May 21, 2024by Urvi Kothari May 21, 2024
The artist explores violence as a visual metaphor in two exhibitions at the COMO Museum and Barracks Gallery in Lahore, Pakistan.
The Modern Art Museum presents pan-African surrealism in a large group show
May 19, 2024by Manu Sharma May 19, 2024
Surrealism and Us curator María Elena Ortiz joins STIR in an interview, to add nuance to the intergenerational exhibition.
EXPO Chicago's growing cultural community facilitates curatorial exchange
May 18, 2024by Megha Ralapati May 18, 2024
The ICI Curatorial Forum 2024 brings opportunities for curators to engage with local artists, museums and galleries.
Stanley Whitney’s ‘How High the Moon’ is a revelation of colour and form
May 11, 2024by Marcus Civin May 11, 2024
Whitney’s travelling retrospective, now at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, is a pilgrimage worthy exhibition exploring his abstractions through extensive installations.
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