•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Rahul Kumar Mar 24, 2023
STIR speaks with the curator of Art Dubai Digital, Clara Che Wei Peh about her vision, the trends in digital art and the future of NFTS and blockchain.
by Rahul Kumar Mar 17, 2023
Through the theme of Against Disappearance, independent curator Vipasha Purichanon highlights the level of skill involved in creating works of art, at Art Dubai Bawwaba 2023.
by Jincy Iype Mar 16, 2023
With mirrored columns and silver-leafed ceilings, Josette "takes on the form of a woman: elegant, eccentric, commanding, accomplished, poised, mischievous, cultured, chic."
by Rose Lejeune Mar 07, 2023
At the recently concluded Art Dubai 2023, 10 artists presented performance pieces through the lens of food, allowing food to act both as metaphor and a literal site of exchange.
by Shraddha Nair Jan 09, 2023
A posthumous solo exhibition at Galleria Continua Dubai, celebrates Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz-Diez and his fascination with colour theory, through his works.
by Vatsala Sethi Dec 30, 2022
Best of 2022: STIR looks back at public artwork from around the world that captivated viewers through light, augmented reality, scale, and more.
by Sukanya Deb Dec 23, 2022
The Dubai-based artist’s first solo show looks at reclaiming lost luggage, staging of a silhouette, letters to a stranger, and clocked-in time that is constantly accounted for.
by Esra Lemmens Nov 26, 2022
Diving into the creative festival, which presented works of designers and studios working across disciplines as they attempted to Design with Impact.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Oct 08, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Vinu Daniel of Wallmakers who tries not to be an architect; he says, "unlearning is as necessary as learning.”
by Rosalyn D`Mello Aug 26, 2022
Absentee bodies are among the complex subjects on display as part of the work (Non)-Places at Graben, Vienna, that critiques the rifts between the haves and the have-nots.
by Sukanya Deb Aug 13, 2022
Jameel Arts Centre presents a significant exhibition of works that envision the idea of a collaborative and co-authored art history, rather than one of proprietorship and ownership.
by STIRworld Jun 15, 2022
Notre-Dame de Paris: The Augmented Exhibition by Histovery unravels the cathedral’s 850-year-history in mixed reality experience at the National Building Museum in Washington DC.
by Rahul Kumar May 30, 2022
'Research as Practice' - an ongoing program by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art - focuses on the nuances of academic investigation in the context of visual arts.
by Rahul Kumar Apr 24, 2022
Straddling the old and new, quiet and bold, handmade and industrial, the Turkish artist presents works that respond to his research on his culture and history at Anna Laudel gallery.
by Rahul Kumar Apr 18, 2022
When Images Speak, curated by Nada Shabout, explores the lesser represented works of Arab modernists, as part of the Dubai Collection initiative under the guidance of Carlo Rizzo.
by Sukanya Deb Apr 17, 2022
Dubai-based artist Lantian Xie’s solo exhibition Volcano at Grey Noise, looked at institutional infrastructures and the manufactured nature of instruction.
by Rahul Kumar Apr 13, 2022
Bright Moments gallery showcased digital works of artist Jeff Davis at the debut edition of Art Dubai digital at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai.
by Devanshi Shah Apr 11, 2022
The artist’s Aeolian Landforms and the site-specific Waterbones series are extracted from nature, the artworks being a study of a continuous dynamic phenomenon that feeds itself.
by Rahul Kumar Apr 07, 2022
The 15th edition of Art Dubai hosted a specially curated Bawwaba section by cultural theorist and curator Nancy Adajania to include 10 solo presentations from the Global South.
by Anmol Ahuja Mar 09, 2022
An interactive, varicoloured compendium of life on Earth, The Library manifests as a mammoth installation and an immersive ecological archive of our planet's biodiversity.
by Jerry Elengical Feb 28, 2022
In a hybrid ceremony at the Es Devlin-designed UK Pavilion, the winners of the ‘Reimagining Cities and Towns Post-COVID’ competition were honoured for their imaginative proposals.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Feb 27, 2022
The light art installation City Gazing Dubai by VOUW Studio, suspended over DIFC Gate, forges a relationship between human progress, connection and sustainability.
by John Jervis Feb 25, 2022
From towers and domes to wheels and vessels, these spectacular structures blow budgets, attract controversy and risk disaster. Yet, just occasionally, they triumph.
by Jincy Iype Feb 15, 2022
Tadeu Baldani Caravieri (Director) and Carlo Rizzo (Editor) of the Global Grad Show at Dubai Design Week 2021 discuss its impactful themes of healthcare, sustainability, ethics and more.
by Esra Lemmens Dec 20, 2021
Diving into the creative festival, which featured 250 activities, 430 UAE-based designers and 560 companies, a noted industry insider talks about some of her favourite findings.
by Jincy Iype Dec 09, 2021
The year that was – STIR rounds up design and architectural fairs and festivals that made a powerful comeback after delays and challenges of the years devoured by the pandemic.
by Zohra Khan Nov 29, 2021
Based on the idea that imagination is stimulated by dim light, the installation Context Reflections by ANARCHITECT invited visitors to contemplate their context.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Nov 04, 2021
Vladimir Belogolovsky visits Expo 2020 Dubai where spectacle-driven architecture is the core of the new smart city of the future; shares his list of 20 must-see pavilions.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Oct 16, 2021
Vladimir Belogolovsky talks to Sergei Tchoban about the architect’s Russian Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, his interest in domed spaces, and the role materiality plays in his architecture.
by Jincy Iype Oct 14, 2021
STIR speaks to Michiel Raaphorst, founding partner, V8 Architects and Marjan van Aubel who preach sustainability with their biophilic design for The Netherlands pavilion at Dubai Expo.
by Jincy Iype Oct 12, 2021
Roar dots the new HQs for Abu Dhabi’s Early Childhood Authority with coloured, playful accents for a whimsical office where adults approach the world through the eyes of a child.
by Jerry Elengical Aug 26, 2021
Designed as a vast sunken cityscape replete with derelict streets and apartments in Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, this 60m deep diving pool is 'an experience like no other'.
by Jerry Elengical Jul 17, 2021
With Expo 2020 Dubai set to open its doors to public this October, STIR offers a glimpse into the unique features of five country pavilions - Singapore, India, UK, Morocco, and South Korea.
by Rahul Kumar Jun 04, 2021
At a solo presentation titled (Un) Containable Life, at 1x1 Art Gallery in Dubai, artist Sonia Mehra Chawla showcases a transmedia practice that included her works from 2013-2020.
by Priyanka Sacheti Apr 01, 2021
Home to striking large sculptures and installations, Jaddaf Waterfront Park brings together diverse communities of Dubai through the medium of public art and space.
by Girinandini Singh Mar 27, 2021
Austrian artist Thomas Medicus talks about his art practice and working with glass to create sculptural illustrative installations.
by Priyanka Sacheti Mar 13, 2021
Hyperrealist Haifa-based artists, Michael Halak and Samah Shihadi, jointly exhibit their works in Terra (un)Firma at Tabari Art Space, Dubai.
by Rahul Kumar Mar 03, 2021
Sohrab Hura speaks about his inaugural curatorial project presented at Ishara Art Foundation in Dubai, and about the motivations for his own art practice.
by Anmol Ahuja Feb 05, 2021
Designed by Turkish architectural design studio Hayri Atak, this unique parametric skyscraper design set in Dubai seeks ‘electric’ inspiration from vertical wind turbines.
by Jones John Nov 13, 2020
STIR investigates the multifaceted art-activism of Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz, who is showcasing his first solo exhibition at the Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai.
make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
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