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Roots, seeds and slow activism at the Edinburgh Art Festival 2025
Aug 12, 2025by Vamika Sinha Aug 12, 2025
This year’s Edinburgh Art Festival takes a slower, deeper curatorial approach, integrating within its home city more than ever before.
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Delaine Le Bas on language and power, and making interactive art
May 30, 2025by Srishti Ojha May 30, 2025
The British artist’s new exhibition, Fabricating My Own Myth – Red Threads & Silver Needles, at Newcastle Contemporary Art highlights the political power of presence.
Digital art and tactile realism: British artist Ed Atkins performs life in between
May 15, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 15, 2025
A retrospective of the artist, best known for his video art that manipulates reality, is currently on view at Tate Britain, London, featuring works spanning 15 years of his career.
'Art For Your Oceans' gathers leading artists to raise funds for the WWF
May 01, 2025by Manu Sharma May 01, 2025
This selling exhibition has been conceived as a collaboration between WWF, Artwise curators and Sotheby’s, to further ocean conservation initiatives across the UK.
The Mona Lisa, instagrammed: Simon Mordant weighs in on contemporary art
Apr 18, 2025by Manu Sharma Apr 18, 2025
STIR speaks with the investment banker and art collector on changemaking in today’s art world.
Sustainability, material legacies and AI: Brera Design District’s highlight installations
Apr 12, 2025by Anushka Sharma Apr 12, 2025
STIR enlists striking interventions dotting Brera during Milan Design Week 2025, emphasising art, technology, environment and their intersections.
Euroluce 2025 powers Milan with a variety of luminary art, design and symposiums
Apr 11, 2025by Almas Sadique Apr 11, 2025
While presenting stimulating collections by leading studios and brands, the biennial lighting exhibition also marks the debut of The Euroluce International Lighting Forum.
'Library of Light' by Es Devlin presents a cumulative spatial experience in Milan
Apr 08, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Apr 08, 2025
The illuminated kinetic installation for the Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025 is a stage for shared inquiry and dialogue, merging craftsmanship, literature and theatre.
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.
Wedding photos, 'boterismo' and Korean film stars: Your guide to Art Basel Hong Kong
Mar 24, 2025by STIRworld Mar 24, 2025
STIR spotlights eight artists presented by galleries across the Asia-Pacific region at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025.
Rein Wolfs on broadening the conversation around art at Stedelijk Museum
Feb 28, 2025by Manu Sharma Feb 28, 2025
STIR in conversation with the director of the Amsterdam museum about its efforts to build an inclusive programme and collection.
Liz West’s light art dazzles audiences in Jodhpur and New Delhi
Feb 12, 2025by Manu Sharma Feb 12, 2025
The British artist discusses her light installation Tiered Reflections, originally commissioned for Jodhpur Arts Week 2024.
Two Temple Place celebrates the multifariousness of working-class identity
Feb 10, 2025by Manu Sharma Feb 10, 2025
Curator Samantha Manton explores the intergenerational group show Lives Less Ordinary: Working-Class Britain Re-seen in an interview with STIR.
India Art Fair 2025: STIR brings you its list of must-visit booths
Feb 04, 2025by Manu Sharma Feb 04, 2025
STIR helps you navigate the art fair’s 100-plus booths so that you get the most out of your festival experience.
At Cure3, contemporary art supports curative Parkinson’s research
Feb 01, 2025by Ranjana Dave Feb 01, 2025
Cure Parkinson’s joins hands with Artwise and Bonhams to organise this selling exhibition, now in its fifth edition.
Maison&Objet 2025: Design in dialogue with commerce, feminism and 'Surrealism'
Jan 31, 2025by Giulia Zappa Jan 31, 2025
In conversation with Designer of the Year, Faye Toogood, STIR explores the fair's evolving outlook and familiar tropes while probing her oeuvre and inspirations in Womanifesto!.
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.
John Akomfrah’s ‘Four Nocturnes’ links migration and environmental collapse
Dec 10, 2024by Manu Sharma Dec 10, 2024
Exhibition facilitator Ashley Janke of Chicago’s Wrightwood 659 discusses Akomfrah’s decolonial approach to filmmaking in an interview with STIR.
Language, legacy and leisure: Hetain Patel’s multidimensional portrait of identity
Nov 26, 2024by Deeksha Nath Nov 26, 2024
British artist Hetain Patel reflects on the immigrant experience, offering a fresh and inclusive view of heritage in two recent showcases.
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.
Wastelands in the heart of the city: Imran Perretta at Somerset House Studios
Nov 08, 2024by Rhea Mathur Nov 08, 2024
In his latest exhibition, the artist transforms the Lancaster rooms into the patch of suburban wasteland at Reeves Corner that, like many others, remains stuck in the past.
Seven exciting artists who use AI as a medium of expression
Oct 31, 2024by STIRworld Oct 31, 2024
As AI technology continues to advance, STIR looks at artists like Harold Cohen and Yousuke Fuyama using AI for artistic and philosophical projects.
Friend or Foe: Melanie Pocock and Marilou Laneuville on shared friendships
Oct 15, 2024by Rajesh Punj Oct 15, 2024
Friends in Love and War - L’Éloge des meilleur-es ennemi-es curated by Melanie Pocock (Ikon) and Marilou Laneuville (macLYON) explores themes of companionship.
Fair's fair – or is it?
Oct 09, 2024by Digby Warde-Aldam Oct 09, 2024
Frieze London is upon us. Since the turn of the century, major art fairs have changed the way the art world operates – and not everyone is happy about it.
Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley gamifies the fight for visibility at Berghain
Oct 07, 2024by Manu Sharma Oct 07, 2024
Dr Boris Magrini, Senior Curator, LAS Art Foundation, and visiting curator Mawena Yehouessi discuss the mysterious video game ‘ARE YOU SOULLESS, TOO?’.
Bharti Kher presents a transformative body of work at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Sep 06, 2024by Rajesh Punj Sep 06, 2024
Reflecting on her show Alchemies, the sculptor discusses the cyclical lives of her sculptures, in all of their incarnations, in a conversation with STIR.
Sydney Design Week 2024 construes design discourse 'In Between Worlds'
Sep 05, 2024by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 05, 2024
The annual design event in Sydney from September 13-19, brings together a diversity of designers and artists providing perspectives on our alternative futures.
The Hepworth Wakefield presents an expansive Ronald Moody retrospective
Sep 01, 2024by Manu Sharma Sep 01, 2024
Guest curator Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski discusses the Jamaican-British artist’s prolific career and this timely exhibition in an interview with STIR.
Experiencing shadow and form in Anthony McCall’s sculptural projections
Aug 31, 2024by Deeksha Nath Aug 31, 2024
Solid Light, showing at Tate Modern in London, chronicles Anthony McCall’s expansive practice over five decades.
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.
Kunsthalle Mannheim treats audiences to the bawdry humour of Sarah Lucas
Aug 11, 2024by Manu Sharma Aug 11, 2024
Exhibition curator Luisa Heese discusses Lucas’ feminist art and her place in the Young British Artists canon, in an interview with STIR.
'Interwoven' realities: Christopher Kelly's sculptural narratives of neurodiversity
Aug 09, 2024by Aarthi Mohan Aug 09, 2024
Textile techniques and found objects blend to reflect the intricate layers of neurodiversity in Christopher Kelly’s evolving Interwoven series.
'Reflection in Numbers' is a critical exploration of racism in sports by Yinka Ilori
Aug 02, 2024by Aarthi Mohan Aug 02, 2024
The British designer's pavilion at HKW in Germany mirrors societal issues through the lens of sports, advocating accountability in combating racism.
Exploring the work of 10 Olympian artists ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics
Jul 24, 2024by Manu Sharma Jul 24, 2024
On the eve of the Paris 2024, we look at the Olympic athletes who have excelled in both art and sport. Here are STIR’s top picks.
Mark Leckey on his collaboration with choreographer Oona Doherty
Jul 05, 2024by Ayesha Adonais Jul 05, 2024
The artist bridges movement and sound in Wall, performed by the National Youth Dance Company in the UK.
Art For Your Oceans brings the arts and the environment together
Jun 29, 2024by Ranjana Dave Jun 29, 2024
With a focus on ocean health, the project by Artwise Curators in partnership with WWF and in collaboration with Sotheby’s raises funds for ocean conservation initiatives.
Osman Yousefzada frames home as a site for dreaming
Jun 24, 2024by Zahra Khan Jun 24, 2024
The artist’s solo site-specific exhibition presented by Fondazione Berengo in Venice offers a poignant perspective on migration and the immigrant experience.
Yinka Ilori x Momentum's textiles collection is a 'testament to the power of happiness'
Jun 11, 2024by STIRworld Jun 11, 2024
Yinka Ilori in collaboration with Momentum launches his first commercial textile and wallcovering collection in colourful geometric and floral patterns.
Yinka Shonibare CBE considers entwined postcolonial identities in 'Suspended States'
Jun 03, 2024by Deeksha Nath Jun 03, 2024
The British artist highlights the complex present-day relations between Europe and its former colonies in his new solo exhibition at the Serpentine Galleries.
Confrontational or corrective? 'Raise the Roof: Building for Change' at RIBA
May 17, 2024by Anmol Ahuja May 17, 2024
A series of commissions at a new exhibition at 66 Portland Place, London, attempt to probe and address the elite architecture institute’s racially and imperially charged history.
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