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Jacopo Benassi’s Libero! is a punk-infused rebellion against images
Aug 25, 2025by Hili Perlson Aug 25, 2025
In Genoa, the Italian artist disrupts the photographic image’s dominance.
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Nous, le Climat at BAP! Île-de-France: sensing climate at the table
Aug 05, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Aug 05, 2025
French landscape collective TER’s installation at the Potager du Roi coalesced architecture and environmental data, making sensors like heat, water and wind part of the experience.
Speculative cities of dissonance in CJ Lim and Luke Angers' Dreams + Disillusions
Jul 25, 2025by Jincy Iype Jul 25, 2025
Published by Routledge, the book redraws the built environment through satire, storytelling and speculative drawing – a reminder that architecture is, first and always, a fiction.
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.
Anton Repponen on distorting the mundane into unfamiliar visual explorations
Jul 04, 2025by Zohra Khan Jul 04, 2025
The Brooklyn-based co-lead of Anton & Irene looks back on his journey so far as a Tallinn-raised architecture graduate finding his ground in interaction design.
Alexander Tovborg tackles the sublime and absurd in structures of faith
Jun 16, 2025by Alice Godwin Jun 16, 2025
After making his own church in Copenhagen, the Danish artist’s largest show to date explores tales of The Divine Comedy, myth, and Christianity in Aarhus.
At the Hayward Gallery, Yoshitomo Nara asks you to feel what cannot be seen
Jun 13, 2025by Zohra Khan Jun 13, 2025
A travelling retrospective of the celebrated Japanese artist’s work comes to London, spanning four decades of practice.
Frank Lloyd Wright is the figurative architect of grief in Alison Thumel’s ‘Architect’
Jun 05, 2025by Chahna Tank Jun 05, 2025
In her debut collection of poems, the American poet mourns a personal loss while reframing grief as a kind of architecture.
‘Walk the House’ explores Do Ho Suh’s poetic fabrications of home and belonging
May 29, 2025by Aarthi Mohan May 29, 2025
The South Korean artist's ongoing showcase at the Tate Modern captures the essence of migration and layered memories of home.
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.
Maria Saleh Mahameed juggles movement and memory in ‘Peace of Mind’
May 12, 2025by Karen Chernick May 12, 2025
In an exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the artist uses her body and found objects to create raw, tactile works.
'Seeing Fire | Seeing Meadows' rallies against the dichotomies of our overtly digital age
Apr 30, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 30, 2025
Written by architect Anna Kostreva, the book presents a fictional story depicting algorithms exercising control over humans and how this affects the built environment.
'Sections of the Mind' imparts creative agency to the humble architectural section
Apr 24, 2025by STIRworld Apr 24, 2025
An exhibition of 30 drawings by architect Sergei Tchoban, cutting across scales and typologies at the Paul Rudolph Institute in Manhattan, reveals layers of meanings.
‘Empowerment - Art and Feminisms’ shines a light on the radical positions of feminist art
Apr 24, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 24, 2025
This travelling exhibition, on view at Travancore Palace, presents works by artists who centre feminism to speak out against injustices against minority communities.
Speculating architecture beyond the built and 'Drawing as Thought' with Steven Holl
Apr 11, 2025by Dhwani Shanghvi Apr 11, 2025
In conversation with STIR, Steven Holl discusses his exhibition at the Tchoban Foundation in Berlin, and how drawing initiates architecture, shaping it from idea to realised form.
Building worlds: Arpita Singh’s artistic mapping of memory and history
Apr 02, 2025by Deeksha Nath Apr 02, 2025
The artist’s first institutional solo show outside India, Remembering, at Serpentine North, reflects an illustrious six-decade career through large-scale paintings and intimate ink drawings.
Danish artist Frederik Næblerød has his largest solo show to date
Feb 24, 2025by Alice Godwin Feb 24, 2025
Næblerød’s riotous artworks take over ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art in an institutional show charged with the artist’s famously explosive energy
The ambivalence of images: Rexy Tseng at Magenta Plains
Feb 06, 2025by Leah Triplett Feb 06, 2025
In his first New York presentation, Tseng parses our relationship to pictures of disaster and destruction.
The Origami House: where water, stone and light create a living landscape
Feb 05, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Feb 05, 2025
A courtyard-centred retreat by Kiasma Studio fuses Japanese traditions with Indian sensibilities for a tranquil living experience in Hyderabad.
Access Kafka’ honours Kafka's legacy, gesturing to parallels in contemporary art
Feb 03, 2025by Hili Perlson Feb 03, 2025
The exhibition at the Jewish Museum Berlin explores the themes of entry points, freedom and agency in the Czech writer’s oeuvre.
'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.
Bady Dalloul and ‘Land of Dreams’: A journey through migration and imagination
Jan 09, 2025by Erik Augustin Palm Jan 09, 2025
Syrian-French artist Bady Dalloul’s Land of Dreams at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo invites viewers into a world where migration, memory and fiction collide.
Maria A. Guzmán Capron: Constructing shared worlds through fabric
Jan 01, 2025by Leah Triplett Jan 01, 2025
The California-based artist discusses what inspires and informs her work on the heels of two major installations in New York.
Tate Modern’s ‘Electric Dreams’ explores tech art before the internet
Dec 22, 2024by Manu Sharma Dec 22, 2024
Curator Val Ravaglia explores the massive group show and connects it to contemporary discourse in an interview with STIR.
Words, spaces & discourses: a look at the best design and architecture books of 2024
Dec 20, 2024by Jincy Iype Dec 20, 2024
STIRred 2024: We recount titles published this year that inspired, provoked and provided insight, with topics ranging from propaganda graphics to sacred modernist architectures.
Lithuanian contemporary art claims its spotlight across Centre Pompidou
Dec 12, 2024by Giulia Zappa Dec 12, 2024
An exhibition in Paris featuring installations, paintings and video art uncovers a silenced chapter of art history, inviting reflection on how geopolitics shape artistic legacies and national identity.
Newcastle's 20th-century 'Concrete Dreams' as the 'Brasilia of the North'
Oct 26, 2024by Bansari Paghdar Oct 26, 2024
Farrell Centre explores the past and present of Newcastle’s ambitious and controversial urbanisation after the 1960s through an exhibition for the Concrete Dreams project.
The poetics of quantum entanglements and spirituality meet in Patricia Dominguez's film
Oct 24, 2024by Akin Oladimeji Oct 24, 2024
Chilean artist Patricia Dominguez speaks with STIR about her film project Three Moons Below, installed at Cecilia Brunson Projects in London.
'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.
Debashish Paul presents narratives of queer repression and resurgent hope at Emami Art
Oct 23, 2024by Manu Sharma Oct 23, 2024
In his debut solo exhibition at the Kolkata-based gallery, Paul joins STIR to discuss his vision of queer love in an enlightening interview.
The 'Z-axis' conference reflects on Charles Correa's legacy and India's urban identity
Oct 19, 2024by Akash Singh Oct 19, 2024
Held in Mumbai, India, the two-day event explored Charles Correa's role as an architect, planner and cultural thinker in post-independence India.
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.
Artist Shahzia Sikander on creating artworks that inspire discourse
Oct 11, 2024by Cleo Roberts-Komireddi Oct 11, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: Shahzia Sikander reflects on her retrospective show Collective Behavior, a collateral exhibition of the 60th Venice Biennale.
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.
'Tales from the East' explores labour, migration and environmental ruin
Sep 08, 2024by Manu Sharma Sep 08, 2024
Curator Prayag Chakradhar discusses the works shown at the exhibition and the important topics they shed light on, in an interview with STIR.
Rae-Yen Song on alternative ways of world-building at CCA Glasgow
Jul 21, 2024by Shalmali Shetty Jul 21, 2024
STIR interviews Glasgow-based artist and maker Rae-Yen Song on their recently concluded exhibition which proposes collective and decolonial approaches to world-building.
‘I. M. Pei: Life Is Architecture’ opens at M+ after seven years of scrupulous preparation
Jul 17, 2024by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jul 17, 2024
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with co-curator Shirley Surya, who distilled some of the key aspects of the Chinese architect’s career and pinpointed this monumental show’s highlights.
Leslie-Lohman's intergenerational queer art show inspired by Candy Darling
Jul 10, 2024by Manu Sharma Jul 10, 2024
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art's co-curator Stamatina Gregory explores the radical presentation of LGBTQIA+ practices, in an interview with STIR.
Proudly Queer: Discover eight exciting artists from the LGBTQIA+ community
Jun 20, 2024by Manu Sharma Jun 20, 2024
To celebrate Pride Month, STIR delves into its extensive archive to highlight the compelling artistic practice of eight queer artists.
TANK Shanghai’s ‘Parallel Circus’ explores a dark period in Chinese history
Jun 09, 2024by Manu Sharma Jun 09, 2024
Artist and curator Xun Sun connects with STIR to discuss the show’s central work The Shock Dream in Circus.
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