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Lutz Bacher's first posthumous retrospective reads like a lasting afterimage
Nov 03, 2025by Hili Perlson Nov 03, 2025
In its layered terrain, the show doesn’t explain who Lutz Bacher was—it renders the question beautifully irrelevant.
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An intimate record of temporality: Rules of Freedom, Freedom of Rules
Jul 02, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 02, 2025
A retrospective on the conceptual artist at Tai Kwun Contemporary in Hong Kong showcases text-centric work that documents the mundane aspects of the day.
The home and the world: Rashid Johnson’s multivalent Black selfhood
Jun 24, 2025by Avani Tandon Vieira Jun 24, 2025
The artist’s mid-career survey at the Guggenheim, New York, presents a plural imagination of medium, community and self.
A summer fair: Art Dubai foregrounds contemporary art from the Global South
Apr 14, 2025by STIRworld Apr 14, 2025
The Contemporary and Bawwaba sections of Art Dubai 2025 anchor artistic inquiries into ecology, migration and identity through context-rich, geographically informed works.
Anicka Yi's conceptual art explores pressing topics on the microbial level
Mar 27, 2025by Manu Sharma Mar 27, 2025
STIR speaks with the acclaimed South Korean artist about cultural hegemonies, microbiology and environmental collapse.
From finance to art, Sarah Meyohas treads uncharted territory
Mar 21, 2025by Manu Sharma Mar 21, 2025
STIR speaks with Meyohas about her compelling conceptual art at Desert X 2025.
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.
Where nothing is quite as it seems: Paul Pfeiffer at Guggenheim Bilbao
Dec 25, 2024by Tabish Khan Dec 25, 2024
Are sport, music and film replacing religion? Paul Pfeiffer interrogates this notion through film, sculpture, sound and installations in this major survey exhibition.
Christine Kozlov’s solo show marks a new chapter at the Academy of Arts and Letters
Nov 05, 2024by Kate Meadows Nov 05, 2024
Renovated and reimagined, a storied New York City institution opens its doors to the public with one of Conceptual art’s earliest practitioners.
Jiro Takamatsu’s U.S. showcase reveals simultaneous threads in postwar Japan
Oct 02, 2024by Kate Meadows Oct 02, 2024
STIR discusses Pace Gallery’s exhibition of works from the conceptual artist’s newly represented estate with partner Joe Baptista and curatorial director Xin Wang.
José Leonilson's poignant solo 'Now and Opportunities' at MASP São Paulo
Sep 19, 2024by Huma Kabakci Sep 19, 2024
Curated by Adriano Pedrosa, the exhibition dives into the last five years of the Brazilian artist’s life, exploring love, gender, abandonment, loss and illness.
Vibha Galhotra offers self-reflective perspectives on the climate crisis
Sep 02, 2024by Manan Shah Sep 02, 2024
The conceptual artist’s first-ever solo exhibition in the UK, Climacteric Whispers, highlighted ecological crises through multimedia works created over 15 years.
Following his footsteps: Remembering Iranian conceptual artist Farhad Moshiri
Jul 31, 2024by Huma Kabakci Jul 31, 2024
Moshiri, aged 61, was renowned for his modernist sensibilities, blending Iranian and Western culture through his oeuvre.
South Korean artist Kimsooja transforms a Paris museum – and our perception
Jul 22, 2024by Hili Perlson Jul 22, 2024
An exhibition at the Bourse de Commerce highlights Kimsooja’s thrust towards universality and her ability to entwine experiences across space and time.
Illuminating the invisible: Tavares Strachan's tribute to overlooked histories
Jul 17, 2024by Deeksha Nath Jul 17, 2024
The focal point of the conceptual artist’s ambitious solo exhibition at the Southbank Centre is the overlooked scientific, political and cultural contributions of Black people.
Reinventing the Western art canon: A view of John Baldessari’s time in India
Jul 02, 2024by Rhea Mathur Jul 02, 2024
Sprüth Magers’ new exhibition, Ahmedabad 1992, provides a fascinating look into the artist’s transformative residency in India
Olomouc Museum’s ‘Infinitum’ presents a large body of László Lakner’s art
Apr 28, 2024by Manu Sharma Apr 28, 2024
Co-curator Dávid Fehér discusses the Hungarian master’s haunting human portraiture and focus on mass-media with STIR.
Porsche and Vitra's collaboration at MDW 2024 explores the theme of dreaming
Apr 27, 2024by Zeynep Rekkali Jensen Apr 27, 2024
A dialogue of dreams, design and craftsmanship, Porsche and Vitra unveiled limited-edition chairs upholstered in original Pepita fabric at Milan Design Week 2024.
'Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind' at Tate Modern showcases over 200 works of the artist
Feb 26, 2024by Tabish Khan Feb 26, 2024
Yoko Ono urges us to give peace a chance in this retrospective of conceptual and interactive art organised in collaboration with Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Halil Altındere's unending expeditions: Surreal scenarios or the harsh reality?
Feb 09, 2024by Ayca Okay Feb 09, 2024
Speaking with STIR, the renowned contemporary artist discusses the intersection of technology, politics, and militarism in his art for his exhibition.
Taipei Biennial: "Small World" Thinking Big
Feb 08, 2024by Rémy Jarry Feb 08, 2024
The 13th edition of the Taiwanese biennial, running until March 24, 2024, is anchored in individual experiences and the micro-world to showcase the contemporary art scene.
'Arte! Arte! Arte!': The Jewish Museum echoes Marta Minujín’s feisty anthem
Jan 29, 2024by Kate Meadows Jan 29, 2024
The Argentine conceptual artist’s first major museum survey in the United States features a quieter archive of her six-decade history of making waves in the global art world.
Yuri Albert on the conflicted and evolved relation between artist and audience
Jan 12, 2024by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jan 12, 2024
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Moscow-born, self-taught, and Cologne-based conceptual artist Yuri Albert to uncover the histories of Sots, unofficial and Apt art.
Berlin Art Week offers a flurry of events putting women artists front and centre
Sep 24, 2023by Hili Perlson Sep 24, 2023
Marking the official start of the art season in the German capital, the action-packed festival celebrated the city’s wide range of art spaces and its art-hungry audiences.
In ‘red curtains opening’, Nihaal Faizal simulates the language of a search bar
Sep 16, 2023by Sukanya Deb Sep 16, 2023
The artist contemplates photography within contemporary moments that signal towards the de-authored image—between stock imagery, wallpapers and security cameras.
AΦE and A+E Lab: Current projects by Aoi Nakamura and Esteban Lecoq
Aug 14, 2023by Manu Sharma Aug 14, 2023
AΦE and A+E Lab's Aoi Nakamura and Esteban Lecoq discuss their work TAPE and REBOOT.
Erwin Wurm’s 'Trap of the Truth': disrupting reality through sculpture
Aug 12, 2023by Aarthi Mohan Aug 12, 2023
Exploring identity, absurdity and societal conformity through Austrian artist Erwin Wurm’s whimsical sculptures.
‘Coded Gestures’ is survey of invested labour performed by the human body
Jun 29, 2023by Dilpreet Bhullar Jun 29, 2023
The exhibition Coded Gestures at NIKA Project Space, Dubai, showcases the conceptual works by Alexander Ugay, Minja Gu, Fatma Al Ali, Mona Ayyash and Khalid.
Beatriz Milhazes' Maresias is a celebration of nature, culture, and abstract art
Jun 10, 2023by Vatsala Sethi Jun 10, 2023
Milhazes highly anticipated return to the UK will take place at Turner Contemporary and feature paintings from the late 1980s and 1990s
David Henderson's 'Disturbances' is a visual language on the flow of movement in nature
Jun 08, 2023by Dilpreet Bhullar Jun 08, 2023
David Henderson's sculptures in the exhibition Disturbances at Slag & RX, New York, conceptually translate tensions across organic and art realms to navigate spatial motion of nature.
Contemporary artist CJ Hendry’s 'Plaid' turns a playground into an art sculpture
May 10, 2023by Dilpreet Bhullar May 10, 2023
Inspired by the limited sophistication in the design of public parks and playgrounds, the solo exhibition at Greenpoint Avenue, Brooklyn, experiments with the built environment.
Art of embroidery is an extension of personal identity in 'Strings of Desire'
May 07, 2023by Dilpreet Bhullar May 07, 2023
The exhibition Strings of Desire at Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles showcases the works of 13 artists who put the art of embroidery at the centre of their multimedia works.
Kasia Fudakowski’s ‘Gallery Power LTD’ explores power dynamics with daring levity
Apr 30, 2023by Hili Perlson Apr 30, 2023
The London-born artist interprets power dynamics via kinetic and electric sculptures, inspired by fables and personal ponderings at her solo exhibition in Chert Lüdde gallery.
Michael Heizer's 'City' plays with the idea of urbanism and ecology
Jan 25, 2023by Devanshi Shah Jan 25, 2023
Fifty years in the making, American artist Michael Heizer’s land art sculpture City in the US state of Nevada is a rare diamond in the rough.
Nate Mohler on experimenting with digital art and new media
Dec 19, 2022by Manu Sharma Dec 19, 2022
Artist Nate Mohler discusses where his art comes from, and how he negotiates the real and digital.
'Nancy Holt/Inside Outside' offers a survey of the artist's multifaceted artistic oeuvre
Dec 03, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Dec 03, 2022
The exhibition Nancy Holt / Inside Outside at Bildmuseet, Sweden, curated by Lisa Le Feuvre and Katarina Pierre, displays the work from 1966 to 1992 for the first time in Europe.
Mihail Chemiakin says "I wanted to live in a free world"
Nov 05, 2022by Vladimir Belogolovsky Nov 05, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky talks to Paris-based Mihail Chemiakin who believes that only a serious understanding of earlier masters can give artists wings.
Surrealism in Erik Johansson's photographs creates a world of alternate realities
Oct 21, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Oct 21, 2022
Swedish photographer and visual artist Erik Johansson with his rich body of work brings together disparate situations and objects together to keep the viewers attentive.
For Terézia Krnáčová the shards of thread are synonymous with woven words
Sep 29, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Sep 29, 2022
Slovakian fibre artist Terézia Krnáčová with her art practice conceives conceptual fibre installations to let the viewers reimagine conventional meanings of weaving.
‘The Waiting’ by Monica Bonvicini plays with the notion of fears and expectations
Sep 17, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Sep 17, 2022
The Waiting, an installation by Italian artist Monica Bonvicini at La Ribaute, indicts the urban design to talk about the inherent prejudice of patriarchal and socio-culture structures.
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