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We sinful women have always been here
Oct 20, 2025by Vamika Sinha Oct 20, 2025
We Sinful Women: The Library Project charts refusals and transgressions by leading women artists from South Asia and the Middle East, around an Urdu feminist poem.
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A poetics of fracture and possibility at the 14th Taipei Biennial
Oct 03, 2025by Ranjana Dave Oct 03, 2025
Bridging a museum collection and contemporary works, curators Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath treat ‘yearning’ as a continuum in their plans for the 2025 Taipei Biennial.
How T. Vinoja maps collective memories of the civil war in Sri Lanka on textiles
Sep 19, 2025by Upasana Das Sep 19, 2025
Speaking with STIR, the Sri Lankan artist delves into her textile-based practice, currently on view at Experimenter Colaba in the exhibition A Moving Cloak in Terrain.
Ebb and flow: Dialogues on the independent art scene in Venice
Jul 08, 2025by Eleonora Ghedini Jul 08, 2025
An exploration of some innovative curatorial practices while walking and talking in a city that keeps reinventing itself beyond every dreamy idealisation.
In Minor Keys: Venice Biennale 2026 reveals its curatorial theme
May 27, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 27, 2025
The biennale's organisers acknowledged the passing of curator Koyo Kouoh, reiterating their support for her curatorial vision of "a collective score composed together with artists".
‘Why Look at Animals?’ considers art, ethics & ecosystems beyond the Anthropocene
May 23, 2025by Asmita Singh May 23, 2025
Curated by Katerina Gregos, the exhibition at ΕΜΣΤ outlines the institutional mechanisms of violence & exploitation of non-human species & reaffirms their roles as sentient beings.
Girls on swings, transforming art history: Cecily Brown’s Themes and Variations
Apr 04, 2025by Leah Triplett Apr 04, 2025
This 30 year survey of the British artist’s work at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia leaves questions unanswered.
The Guggenheim traces the career of Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes
Mar 10, 2025by Manu Sharma Mar 10, 2025
Curator Geaninne Gutiérrez-Guimarães discusses Milhazes' vibrant art and the intricate cultural context that underpins it.
The Broad connects Joseph Beuys’ humanist art practice to Los Angeles
Mar 04, 2025by Manu Sharma Mar 04, 2025
In Defense of Nature presents the German artist’s work and environmental advocacy, connecting to a reforestation effort.
South Asian art in focus: Key conversations from the India Art Fair Talks Programme
Feb 14, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Feb 14, 2025
At India Art Fair 2025, speakers like Naomi Beckwith, Manuel Rabaté and Sangita Jindal discussed building access and community in the arts,
Fame, fortune and fruit: Yu Cheng-Ta makes durian an unlikely co-star
Jan 31, 2025by Ranjana Dave Jan 31, 2025
Performing as durian tycoon FAMEME across multiple projects, the Taiwanese artist explores Asian male identity and geocultural intricacies at Malaysia's Blank Canvas.
'The Color Black' traces multiple pathways through art and architecture
Jan 15, 2025by Manu Sharma Jan 15, 2025
The 2024 book presents essays by Mohsen Mostafavi and Max Raphael that explore the colour’s significance through the ages.
Stillness in architectural narratives: The best of architectural photography in 2024
Dec 27, 2024by Bansari Paghdar Dec 27, 2024
STIRred 2024: A round-up of the best of the year’s architectural narrativisation through books and exhibitions that capture the possibilities and realities of built environments.
Artworks and exhibitions that responded to the trauma of war
Dec 17, 2024by Manu Sharma Dec 17, 2024
STIRred 2024: Creative responses to war and conflict reflected contemporary realities in 2024, as STIR’s archive demonstrates.
BMW ART MAKERS illuminates Paris Photo with ‘The Green Ray’
Nov 23, 2024by Bakul Patki Nov 23, 2024
At this year’s Paris Photo, Bakul Patki met BMW ART MAKERS Mustapha Azeroual and Marjolaine Lévy whose project The Green Ray uses abstraction to tell stories about our impact on the world.
India's complex and changing landscape undergirds the Barbican's latest show
Nov 06, 2024by Aparna Kumar Nov 06, 2024
The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998 at the Barbican Centre in London features works by over thirty Indian artists on themes of love, religion, community and protest.
Sammy Baloji shows us the frame
Oct 30, 2024by Maanav Jalan Oct 30, 2024
Congolese photographer and artist Sammy Baloji presents ways of looking beyond photography in a major solo exhibition at the Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art.
Kim Lim and Teo Eng Seng: A study in contrasts
Oct 29, 2024by Louis Ho Oct 29, 2024
Large-scale surveys of Kim Lim and Teo Eng Seng at the National Gallery Singapore highlight divergent sensibilities, exhibition aesthetics and cultural politics.
'Materialized Space' traces the tangled legacy of architect Paul Rudolph
Oct 23, 2024by Sunena V Maju Oct 23, 2024
The exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art revisits Rudolph’s contributions to architecture, from his early modernist roots to his bold experiments in brutalism.
'Panorama Monferrato' is an invitation to rediscover the importance of dialogue
Sep 10, 2024by Eleonora Ghedini Sep 10, 2024
STIR reports from Panorama Monferrato by ITALICS, where artists from diverse historical ages reflect on the fractures of our times.
Britta Marakatt-Labba creates an embroidered universe in Oslo
Jul 23, 2024by Eleonora Ghedini Jul 23, 2024
The Nasjonalmuseet exhibition Moving the Needle explores the link between the Sámi people and their homeland, and the environmental fragility of the Arctic tundra.
A light beyond the abyss: Anselm Kiefer at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence
Jun 08, 2024by Eleonora Ghedini Jun 08, 2024
Anselm Kiefer. Fallen Angels encounters a Renaissance architectural masterpiece, exploring existential themes through eclectic materials and techniques.
Gulam Mohammed Sheikh mobilises mythical worlds to tell contemporary stories
May 31, 2024by Ranjana Dave May 31, 2024
The veteran artist's recent exhibition, Kaarawaan and Other Works, at Chemould Prescott Gallery in Mumbai, presented a staggering range of works created over the past decade.
Albion Jeune in London reopens with Alia Ahmad’s 'Thought to Image'
May 16, 2024by Vladimir Belogolovsky May 16, 2024
Lucca Hue-Williams shares her ambitious vision for Albion Jeune, a new John Pawson-designed gallery she founded in 2023.
Hans Memling’s ‘St. John Altarpiece’, and its role in medieval healthcare
May 12, 2024by Manu Sharma May 12, 2024
Anna Koopstra and Anne van Oosterwijk explore faith and healing through the ‘St. John Altarpiece’, in an interview with STIR.
Why all the art for the Croatia Pavilion is being hand-delivered
Apr 18, 2024by Eleonora Ghedini Apr 18, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: Artist Vlatka Horvat mobilises an informal delivery network of friends and strangers in her show at the Venice Biennale.
Politics Everywhere: conflict and diplomacy at the Venice Art Biennale
Apr 17, 2024by Hannah McGivern Apr 17, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: The 2024 Biennale opens at a time of heightened political instability, but history shows that it has long been a site of debate and protest.
Elective affinities: 'Hard/Soft' at the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna
Apr 11, 2024by Eleonora Ghedini Apr 11, 2024
Exploring the similarities between the only apparently opposite media of textiles and ceramics, the exhibition awakens our senses as well as our desire for tactility.
Theorist David Teh on Southeast Asian contemporary art, power, and 'home'
Jan 31, 2024by Sukanya Deb Jan 31, 2024
Singapore-based curator discusses with STIR, the role of a curator, cultural exchange, the perception of institutional narratives, and national identity and aesthetics.
Ravenna’s Mosaic Biennale is a tapestry of history and contemporary art
Jan 21, 2024by Aarthi Mohan Jan 21, 2024
Through noteworthy exhibitions and curatorial perspectives from the recently concluded Mosaic Biennale in Ravenna, STIR delves into the fusion of tradition and modernity.
Uzbekistan: art, architecture, heritage and soft power
Nov 16, 2023by Daria Kravchuk Nov 16, 2023
The Central Asian country is working to enhance social cohesion and ensure its presence on the global art stage.
STIR announces its new arts editorial panel built on the foundation of collaboration
Nov 06, 2023by STIRworld Nov 06, 2023
STIR welcomes on board Dr Beth Citron and Dr Cleo Roberts-Komireddi, extending the arts vertical’s global reach.
Behind artists' embroideries: Varunika Saraf and Nour Shantout on their process
Oct 27, 2023by Rosalyn D`Mello Oct 27, 2023
In the first part of this mini-series, two artists reflect on the feminist underpinnings of their intricate embroideries.
'Art Firsts' by Nick Trend: exploration of debuts through the canon of art history
Jul 08, 2023by Sakhi Sobti Jul 08, 2023
Examining the distinction between art history and history of art to find Art Firsts at the intersection of the two discourses.
A look at Villa Romana's transformation under its new director Elena Agudio
Jun 30, 2023by Rosalyn D`Mello Jun 30, 2023
A first-time visit and stay at the storied artist residency in Florence allowed this writer to see Agudio's attempt to transform Villa Romana into ‘A House for Mending, Troubling, Repairing.’
'The Grand Italian Vision': a repository of the Italian Transavanguardia movement
May 31, 2023by Georgina Maddox May 31, 2023
STIR speaks with Achille Bonito Oliva, the curator of Farnesina Collection's The Grand Italian Vision, an anthology of 70 masterpieces of Italian art on view at Bikaner House, New Delhi.
Akbar Padamsee’s 'Late Works' are moving aesthetic meditations on mortality
Apr 12, 2023by Rosalyn D`Mello Apr 12, 2023
Curated by Akbar Padamsee’s wife, Bhanu, a posthumous show of the late modernist’s drawings of heads expands his artistic trajectory.
Galleria Continua's exhibition 'Human Scale’ traces the legacy of Arte Povera
Apr 02, 2023by Dilpreet Bhullar Apr 02, 2023
The exhibition at Galleria Continua Havana in Cuba, brings together works of Italian multimedia artist Michelangelo Pistoletto and Cuban sculptor Yoan Capote.
Can the recent revolution in BioArt revise human relationship to the planet?
Jan 30, 2023by Sunena V Maju Jan 30, 2023
MIT List Visual Arts Centre’s exhibition Symbionts: Contemporary Artists and the Biosphere presents artworks that ‘collaborate’ with symbionts to create BioArt.
Senga Nengudi to receive the Nasher Prize for redefining the medium of sculptures
Dec 29, 2022by Jones John Dec 29, 2022
The African American artist is the seventh recipient of the award instituted by the Nasher Sculpture Centre, US, to recognise her contributions to the medium’s potentiality.
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