STIRpad.com
Hurvin Anderson’s landscapes defy a linear chronology
Mar 28, 2026by Srishti Ojha Mar 28, 2026
The Jamaican-British painter exhibits works spanning his over 20-year career in the Tate Britain survey exhibition, Hurvin Anderson.
Contemporary Artist
485 result(s)
OMA’s New Museum expansion in New York negotiates memory, identity and authorship
Mar 26, 2026by Sunena V Maju Mar 26, 2026
The highly anticipated expansion by OMA, reconfiguring the museum alongside SANAA's original building, is a statement unto urban image, thresholds and uneasy coexistence.
In medias res: Paul Hodgson on unfixing artworks and the creative process
Mar 06, 2026by Srishti Ojha Mar 06, 2026
The British artist’s solo exhibition, ZOT at Varvara Roza Galleries in London, takes a postwar, postmodernist peek behind the curtain of artist studios.
A Voyage through the Diamond Realm
Feb 27, 2026by De Beers Feb 27, 2026
The immersive installation by De Beers, featuring artist Lakshmi Madhavan, framed natural diamonds through art, nature and human expression at India Art Fair 2026.
Inside Worldglimpsing: worlding and roleplay as rehearsals for the real world
Feb 20, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Feb 20, 2026
At ArkDes in Stockholm, the design exhibition positions collective imagination as a civic and political act and design as a method of rehearsing hopeful futures.
Ai Weiwei on censorship and hypocrisy, and his first visit to India
Feb 16, 2026by Samta Nadeem, Srishti Ojha Feb 16, 2026
STIR spoke with the renowned contemporary artist on the occasion of his first solo exhibition in India.
Activating space, objects and thresholds at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026 with LIVinSET
Feb 11, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Feb 11, 2026
The experiential product gallery at the recent Architecture & Design Film Festival staged a series of encounters including culinary experiences and other cultural programming.
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.
India Art Fair 2026 and more in Delhi: The STIR list of must-see exhibitions
Feb 04, 2026by Srishti Ojha Feb 04, 2026
As the India Art Fair 2026 draws art lovers from around the world to Delhi, we recommend the best exhibitions, fair booths and events the city has to offer in the coming weeks.
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.
Journeying Across the Himalayas returns with a diverse yet rooted sophomore edition
Dec 08, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Dec 08, 2025
The second edition of Journeying Across the Himalayas by the Royal Enfield Social Mission comprises an expanded showcase with immersive installations, talks and vibrant crafts.
Contextual modernisms: Mrinalini Mukherjee and Her Circle
Nov 17, 2025by Deeksha Nath Nov 17, 2025
An ambitious exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, traces the intertwined pedagogies and friendships that shaped India’s postcolonial modernism.
Endurance and erosion: Restless Circle at Sharjah Art Foundation
Nov 07, 2025by Srishti Ojha Nov 07, 2025
Abu Dhabi-based artist Afra Al Dhaheri captures, interrogates and braids time in Restless Circle, exploring care, fatigue and the nature of progress.
A Shared Scaffolding considers temporary frameworks sustaining enduring forms
Nov 06, 2025by Chahna Tank Nov 06, 2025
Drawing inspiration from the anatomy of a circus tent, the design exhibition by Jacqueline Sullivan Gallery x BRUISES presents works reflecting on structure and balance.
Städel Museum’s exhibition of Asta Gröting’s art rewards slow contemplation
Oct 24, 2025by Srishti Ojha Oct 24, 2025
A Wolf, Primates and a Breathing Curve shows seven video works and a laser projection by the German artist, drawing viewers’ attention to the unnoticed aspects of life.
Clément Cividino makes layers of history visible with Tropical Pavilion at Terra Remota
Oct 17, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Oct 17, 2025
While peeking into his latest offering at the Spanish vineyard, STIR further delves into the French collector’s annual restorations that generate discourse on adaptable architectures.
In its 2025 edition, Grow, Asia NOW turns its focus to West Asia
Oct 08, 2025by Srishti Ojha Oct 08, 2025
The 11th edition of the international art fair celebrates the multiplicity and richness of the Asian art landscape.
Cholte Cholte 40: Asian Paints’ royal, yellow taxi tribute to Kolkata
Oct 08, 2025by Asian Paints Oct 08, 2025
Forty Kolkata taxis became travelling archives as Asian Paints celebrates four decades of Sharad Shamman through colour, craft and cultural memory.
Witnessing conflict through form: Mona Hatoum meets Alberto Giacometti
Sep 29, 2025by Deeksha Nath Sep 29, 2025
An exhibition at the Barbican Centre places the 20th century Swiss sculptor in dialogue with the British-Palestinian artist, exploring how displacement, surveillance and violence shape bodies and spaces.
Małgorzata Mirga-Tas brings Roma lives and stories to Kunsthaus Bregenz
Sep 18, 2025by Srishti Ojha Sep 18, 2025
In Tełe Ćerhenia Jekh Jag (Under the starry heavens a fire burns), the artist draws on her ancestry to depict the centrality of craft in Roma life and mythology.
What the map does not know: Examining the land in Photographic Geomancy
Sep 12, 2025by Avani Tandon Vieira Sep 12, 2025
Fotografiska Shanghai’s group exhibition considers geography through the lens of contemporary Chinese image-making.
Art & Bali brings Indonesian artists and culture to the global stage
Sep 08, 2025by Srishti Ojha Sep 08, 2025
The fair’s inaugural edition, with the theme Bridging Dichotomies, celebrates Balinese philosophy, Indonesian artists and Southeast Asian art with a sustainable twist.
Muziris Contemporary opens in Mumbai with the exhibition Memory Palace
Aug 29, 2025by Srishti Ojha Aug 29, 2025
The art gallery’s inaugural exhibition, titled after an ancient mnemonic technique, features contemporary artists from across India who confront memory through architecture.
Asunción Molinos Gordo looks to the past to interpret the future
Aug 21, 2025by Srishti Ojha Aug 21, 2025
Jameel Art Centre’s survey exhibition, The Peasant, the Scholar and the Engineer, charts the artist and researcher’s ecocentric approach to contemporary art.
M HKA in Belgium explores the affect and politics of infrastructure
Aug 14, 2025by Srishti Ojha Aug 14, 2025
The Geopolitics of Infrastructure. Contemporary Perspectives examines the power of infrastructure through experimental multimedia installations.
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.
The Cairo Road sees Zambian artists taking representation into their own hands
Aug 11, 2025by Srishti Ojha Aug 11, 2025
A group exhibition at Strangers House in Mumbai features photographer Alick Phiri and other contemporary artists from Lusaka as they overwrite colonial narratives.
Look at the Sun: On the work of James Turrell, Kimsooja and Lee Eunsun
Aug 08, 2025by Lee Daehyung Aug 08, 2025
The three contemporary artists counter digital acceleration with art that demands stillness and introspection.
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.
The Bagri Samaya series celebrates and amplifies women’s voices
Jul 30, 2025by Srishti Ojha Jul 30, 2025
The Bagri Foundation’s series, A Woman Hums: Women, Voice, Creativity, brings together women curators, artists, filmmakers and writers from across Asia and its diaspora.
Rot, burn, fade: Charwei Tsai on spirituality and impermanence
Jul 24, 2025by Srishti Ojha Jul 24, 2025
The Taiwanese artist’s first solo exhibition in Malaysia, Tofu, Incense, and Sky situates old knowledge systems in a new world.
The lay of the land: Deep-time ecologies at the Folkestone Triennial 2025
Jul 22, 2025by Sofia Hallström Jul 22, 2025
Amidst ecological crises and geopolitical disorientation, the Folkestone Triennial 2025 explores a deep-time ecology of ritual, resistance and repair.
Irena Haiduk's Nula reconceives material and moral value in a crumbling world
Jul 15, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 15, 2025
The New York-based artist’s project turns the Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, into a film set where visitors play roles in a fictional world.
Ai Weiwei’s Five Working Spaces are living studios of resistance and creation
Jul 14, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Jul 14, 2025
The recent architectural exhibition offered an intimate lens on five studios of the Chinese artist, shaped by necessity and defiance at the Aedes Architecture Forum, Berlin.
Mark Goudy’s translucent Origami vessels embody mathematics in porcelain
Jul 12, 2025by Anushka Sharma Jul 12, 2025
The California-based artist channels his knowledge of digital tools to emulate the fragility and precision of the Japanese craft in porcelain.
Painting as palimpsest: a survey of Julie Mehretu’s work comes to Germany
Jul 11, 2025by Srishti Ojha Jul 11, 2025
KAIROS / Hauntological Variations’ a journey through the Ethiopian-American artist’s career, will be on view at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf.
Fiona Tan curates a cabinet of fixations in Monomania at the Rijksmuseum
Jul 10, 2025by Hili Perlson Jul 10, 2025
A 19th-century portrait of a kleptomaniac sparked the artist’s yearslong dive into the history of psychiatry.
Layered Medium: We Are in Open Circuits – Between Korea and the Middle East
Jun 30, 2025by Lee Daehyung Jun 30, 2025
This exhibition reconfigures transnational exchange by foregrounding digital media, conceptual installations and archival interventions by Korean and Middle Eastern contemporary artists.
The Semiotics of Dressing turns the dressing room into a stage for the self
Jun 30, 2025by Chahna Tank Jun 30, 2025
Comprising design artefacts from the 1900s to the present day, the group show at Jacqueline Sullivan Gallery explores how we make and remake ourselves each day.
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.
LOAD MORE
see more articles
Sign in with Google
Sign in with email