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At Colomboscope 2026 in Sri Lanka, a score for many people
Jan 30, 2026by Ranjana Dave Jan 30, 2026
In venues across Colombo, Rhythm Alliances frames rhythm as the connective tissue between memory, movement, performance and social life.
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Rhythmic entanglements: Colomboscope enters its ninth edition
Jan 27, 2026by Ranjana Dave Jan 27, 2026
In a conversation with STIR, artistic director Natasha Ginwala reflects on the curatorial frameworks and geopolitical realities that have shaped the festival in Sri Lanka.
Serendipity Arts Festival is no longer an outsider in Goa, says Sunil Kant Munjal
Dec 12, 2025by Zohra Khan Dec 12, 2025
In an interview with STIR, the founder patron of SAF unpacks the role of cultural patronage and interdisciplinarity in shaping the Serendipity Arts Festival’s milestone tenth edition.
Dubai Design Week 2025 exemplified how design can forge common ground
Nov 18, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Nov 18, 2025
Over six days, the annual design festival traced new forms of connection, showing how design can move beyond trends to embody context, care and continuity.
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.
No Trespassing at Ishara Art Foundation revels in the aesthetics of the street
Aug 06, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Aug 06, 2025
The Dubai exhibition brings street aesthetics into a white cube space to create site-specific installations that blur distinctions between the street and the gallery.
Indulging in the art of telling with the AI-assisted explorations of studio Tellart
Jun 06, 2025by Jincy Iype Jun 06, 2025
STIR interviews Maia Garau and Tristan Hupe-Guimarães of Tellart, reflecting on how the experiential design studio operates from the intersection of culture, nature and technology.
Art Dubai 2025 honours collective identity, spotlighting eco-social urgencies
May 07, 2025by Samta Nadeem May 07, 2025
This year’s edition of Art Dubai platformed multivocal histories and cultures with a roster of artists from the Middle East, South Asia and their diasporas. STIR distils key insights from the fair and its collateral events.
From Milan to London: Global design weeks as barometers and battlegrounds
May 02, 2025by Debika Ray May 02, 2025
A case of two cities—both bona fide global cultural capitals—reveals insights on precarity in the creative industries, fleeting trends and engagement in making, beyond numbers.
Adrian Pepe prompts reflections on our shared materiality and mortality
Feb 20, 2025by Anna Seaman Feb 20, 2025
The Honduran fibre artist delves into the interconnectivity between humans and animals and explores concepts of healing, destruction and repair in his latest exhibition in Dubai.
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.
Trần Lương on art and activism: “Art is a way to fight for justice”
Jan 07, 2025by Anna Seaman Jan 07, 2025
Vietnamese artist Trần Lương’s survey exhibition Tầm Tã—Soaked in the Long Rain at Dubai’s Jameel Arts Centre delves into personal and political histories.
Experiential chronicling: STIR reflects on impactful visits that widened perspectives
Dec 31, 2024by Jincy Iype Dec 31, 2024
STIRred 2024: Reminiscing the influence of and learnings from design and architectural projects that we attended and featured, from leading design weeks to urban renewal plans.
‘Three Tired Tigers’ unpacks shared relationships between animals and humans
Dec 21, 2024by Dilpreet Bhullar Dec 21, 2024
Through the lens of politics, history, economics and urbanism, this Dubai exhibition proposes a four-legged perspective of human life and urban landscapes.
COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan: A summit of climatic fears and communal hope
Dec 09, 2024by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Dec 09, 2024
Despite high hopes, COP29 ended with unmet financial commitments and frustrations, highlighting the urgent need to mobilise against climate change.
Producing and disseminating Civil Architecture with the Gulf-based studio
Nov 28, 2024by Mrinmayee Bhoot Nov 28, 2024
In a conversation with STIR, the Kuwait and Bahrain-based studio Civil Architecture speaks about their approach to local contexts and the built landscape before and after Neom.
A decade on, Dubai Design Week is still growing alongside the MENA culture scene
Nov 12, 2024by Maghie Ghali Nov 12, 2024
As a media partner, STIR visited DDW's milestone 10th edition, which revealed a thorough dedication to a new wave of creatives inspired by the Gulf’s diverse and lesser-known heritage.
"What I thought was a tree was a forest": Sohrab Hura on his experimental practice
Oct 16, 2024by Maanav Jalan Oct 16, 2024
Ahead of his survey show, Mother, at MoMA PS1, Sohrab Hura talks about storytelling, puppets, gardening and love.
In its tenth edition, Asia NOW celebrates the diversity of Asian contemporary art
Sep 30, 2024by Manu Sharma Sep 30, 2024
Leading up to the presentation from the Global South, STIR looks at the art fair, exploring some of the installation and performance works that audiences can view in October.
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.
Studio VDGA configures the House of Courtyards in a vernacular Emirati mien
Jul 20, 2024by Almas Sadique Jul 20, 2024
The residence, located in Dubai and inspired by the traditional architecture in the region, hosts a series of courtyards and water bodies that subdue the harsh climate.
Palestinian artist Dima Srouji’s Dubai show contemplates violence and hope
Jul 13, 2024by Rebecca Anne Proctor Jul 13, 2024
Staged at Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, the artist’s first solo exhibition presents multi-media artworks.
Art Jameel and theOtherDada imagine innovative interspecies structures into being
Apr 05, 2024by Niyati Dave Apr 05, 2024
STIR in conversation with Antonio Carver and Adib Dada about the ambitious project Tarabot, which reimagines sustainable architecture.
Art Dubai 2024: Platforming the Global South from the Arabian Gulf
Mar 21, 2024by Rémy Jarry Mar 21, 2024
The strengthened presence and shift towards artists and galleries from the Global South reflects a transformative and maturing art landscape in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
'Nadarra' by Barry Wark redefines architecture in the Anthropocene
Mar 19, 2024by Aarthi Mohan Mar 19, 2024
Architect and designer Barry Wark speaks to STIR on blurring boundaries between nature and artifice with Nadarra at the Dubai Museum of the Future.
Bawwaba: Sanación / Healing focuses on community, healing and art’s social purpose
Mar 12, 2024by Mario D’Souza Mar 12, 2024
Curated by Emiliano Valdes, the Bawwaba section at Art Dubai 2024 features Indian and Latin-American artists centring themes of traditional craftsmanship, customs and folklore.
Art in the extended field of the ‘phygital’ world at Art Dubai Digital
Mar 08, 2024by Lee Daehyung Mar 08, 2024
The fair highlights the confluence of ecological integrity with the intersection of new media art and technology, in culture and contemporary practices across geographies.
Advocates of change: revisiting creatively charged, STIRring events of 2023
Dec 31, 2023by Jincy Iype Dec 31, 2023
STIRred 2023: We look back on some of the most engaging, thought-provoking, and explorative events that STIRred the global creative community this year.
Sudarshan Shetty talks about multiple selves through illusion and reality
Nov 02, 2023by Sukanya Deb Nov 02, 2023
STIR explores the Indian artist's oeuvre investigating how stories are told, stored and retold through his latest exhibition Only Life, Myriad Places at Ishara Art Foundation.
A look at 'AYA', the cutting-edge multimedia art-driven experience in Dubai
Sep 09, 2023by Manu Sharma Sep 09, 2023
In a conversation with STIR, Rama Allen of HyperSpace discusses their ambitious entertainment venture.
‘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.
Richard Hassell: “How do we domesticate a high-rise building?”
May 25, 2023by Vladimir Belogolovsky May 25, 2023
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks to Richard Hassell who together with his partner Wong Mun Summ co-founded WOHA to make high-density projects livable.
In conversation with Refik Anadol on his AI generated installation 'Glacier Dreams'
Apr 28, 2023by Rahul Kumar Apr 28, 2023
Turkish-American new media artist Refik Anadol speaks with STIR at Art Dubai on his immersive AI generated installation Glacier Dreams, commissioned by Julius Baer.
'Shaped by Water': Lachlan Turczan and Google Design Studio's sensorial installation
Apr 25, 2023by Daria Kravchuk Apr 25, 2023
Creating a novel experience through the interplay of water, light, and sound at Milan Design Week 2023, the collaboration explored our connection with water.
NFTS, new media art, and artists: Clara Che Wei Peh unpacks Art Dubai Digital
Mar 24, 2023by 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.
Art Dubai Bawwaba 2023 introspects on the value of skill in contemporary art
Mar 17, 2023by 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.
Luke Edward Hall brings vintage Parisian glamour to Dubai with Josette restaurant
Mar 16, 2023by 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."
Art Dubai Commission explores the complex socio-political nuance behind food
Mar 07, 2023by 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.
Inside artist Carlos Cruz-Diez's inimitable 'The Euphoria of Colour'
Jan 09, 2023by 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.
Immersive public art redefining our relationship to public spaces
Dec 30, 2022by 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.
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