•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Sunena V Maju Oct 09, 2025
Under the artistic direction of Florencia Rodriguez, the sixth edition of the biennial reexamines the role of architecture in turbulent times, as both medium and metaphor.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Oct 06, 2025
An exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art delves into the clandestine spaces for queer expression around the city of Chicago, revealing the joyful and disruptive nature of occupation.
by Sunena V Maju Oct 02, 2025
Gordon & MacPhail reveals the Artistry in Oak decanter design by American architect Jeanne Gang as a spiralling celebration of artistry, craft and care.
by Aarthi Mohan Jul 16, 2025
Through 23 spatial and urban interventions, the tenth edition of this annual architecture festival brought the discipline closer to the rhythms of daily life.
by Ranjana Dave Apr 25, 2025
The executive director and chief curator of Shanghai’s Rockbund Art Museum in conversation with STIR about returning to China, institutional models and their wildest curatorial ideas.
by Aarthi Mohan Jan 15, 2025
From displacement to belonging, this exhibition at the Smithsonian Design Triennial examines how design creates new forms of home in a changing world.
by Manu Sharma Jan 02, 2025
Curator Jamillah James discusses painting’s longevity despite popular assumptions about the medium’s death.
by 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.
by Alexandra de Cramer Nov 11, 2024
With works by eleven contemporary artists, the group exhibition at Yapı Kredi Culture and Arts centres on ecological concerns and the need for equitable resource management.
by Diana Campbell Sep 28, 2024
For 10 years, AFIELD has empowered artists, designers and architects to push creative boundaries and tackle global issues like social justice, sustainability and equity.
by Manu Sharma May 05, 2024
Co-curator Jadine Collingwood discusses the American artist’s diverse practice and relatively new focus on sculpture.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Apr 05, 2024
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Robert Storr about learning from books and meeting people, what makes a successful exhibition and on the uselessness of art.
by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Jan 23, 2024
Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), the terminal seamlessly integrates nature, sustainability, and culture to create an experiential paradise.
by Almas Sadique Jan 20, 2024
For the exhibition in Chicago, curator Noemi Blager brings together works by ten architects hailing from both the Global North and the Global South.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Dec 15, 2023
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Erica Stoller, the daughter of photographer Ezra Stoller through whose eyes we see some of the most iconic 20th century buildings.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Oct 06, 2023
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks to Geoff Goldberg about his father, Bertrand Goldberg, whom he remembers as a brilliant problem-solver with unending curiosity.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 29, 2023
The apocalyptic tone of the exhibition The Chicago Cli-Fi Library at Neubauer Collegium, Chicago, curated by Dieter Roelstraete is inspired by the literary subgenre of climate fiction.
by Dilpreet Bhullar May 13, 2023
Blurring the boundaries between figuration and abstraction, the Chicago-based artist muses over the multiplicity of private life at the Josh Lilley art gallery in London.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky May 12, 2023
Vladimir Belogolovsky reviews Jeanne Gang’s new Gilder Center at the American Museum of Natural History which brings organic character to Manhattan’s architecture.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Apr 03, 2023
Vladimir Belogolovsky talks to Chicago-based artist Nick Cave who employs beauty as a mechanism for healing; his retrospective at the Guggenheim is on view through April 10, 2023.
by Jerry Elengical Mar 27, 2023
STIR interviews the author of Mies van der Rohe: The Collective Housing Collection about Mies' pioneering exploits in urban housing, for the late architect’s 137th birth anniversary.
by Manu Sharma Feb 07, 2023
STIR speaks with visual artist and digital animator Michael McAfee to explore his fascinating creative practice that straddles traditional formats and digital genres.
by Rahul Kumar Dec 10, 2022
An experimental format of curation by Jacob Fabricius and co-curator Mikkel Elming presents a show that communicates the role of the viewer in art across 4 acts.
by Sunena V Maju Nov 28, 2022
On the first death anniversary of Virgil Abloh, STIR dives into projects and exhibitions celebrating the fashion disruptor’s legacy, over the past year.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Oct 29, 2022
With the exhibition Unbearable Memories, Unspeakable Histories at South Asia Institute in Chicago, Pritika Chowdhry mines unsutured wounds carved by the 1947 partition of India.
by Zohra Khan Oct 28, 2022
Curated by the National Gallery of Victoria, the triennial prize awarded to Leo Burnett Australia celebrates how creativity can shape who we are and the world we live in.
by Zohra Khan Oct 06, 2022
The American architect and founder of Chicago-based Studio Gang has been announced as the honouree of the award that celebrates trailblazers in architecture.
by Manu Sharma Aug 19, 2022
New media artist Amay Kataria explores his latest work - Supersynthesis, a public art installation in Chicago - as well as the fascination with technology that underlines his work.
by Rahul Kumar Jul 23, 2022
STIR speaks to Natalia Grabowska, the project curator of Serpentine Pavilion 2022 on the inspirations, metaphors, and the-making-of-the Black Chapel by Theaster Gates.
by STIRworld Jul 21, 2022
The Swedish-born artist who died at the age of 93, has left behind a legacy of his larger-than-life pop art sculptures.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jul 05, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky visits two houses in Chicago built both as homes and architectural studios by locals Zoka Zola and Kwong Von Glinow Design Office.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jun 30, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky visits the American Framing at Chicago's Wrightwood 659, which he suggests encourages architects to work around all standards, whatever they may be.
by Aastha D. Jun 09, 2022
The Miami-based architect and designer investigates the connection between architecture and identity through historical research and design speculation.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky May 16, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky talks to artists Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero of Luftwerk who treat light as a material and make us see it in ways that are new and magical.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky May 09, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky visits two recent hybrid buildings in Chicago - the Independence Library and Apartments complex and the Northtown Library and Apartments.
by STIRworld May 06, 2022
The Lost Passage comments on the historical event of the passenger pigeon's Holocene extinction through a collaborative initiative.
by STIRworld Apr 26, 2022
Defined by X-braced, brick and glass façades, the mixed-use office tower with stepped terraces, and light-filled interiors uses technology to promote wellness and sustainability.
by Zohra Khan Mar 24, 2022
'House as Garden' by the late architect is his vision to provide a "beautiful life" to the African American community of Chicago's West Woodlawn.
by STIRworld Feb 04, 2022
Gates brings together the bottle kiln of industrial Britain and a bell from a demolished American church to create the Serpentine Pavilion, with support from Adjaye Associates.
by Nitija Immanuel, Jerry Elengical Sep 16, 2021
STIR speaks with the curators of the exhibition at Wrightwood 659 in Chicago, centered on two lost masterworks - Louis Sullivan’s Garrick Theatre and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Larkin Building.
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