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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.
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Wick Lane by dRMM evokes and bolsters Hackney Wick's layered industrial context
May 17, 2025by Dhwani Shanghvi May 17, 2025
The dense, mixed-use, co-living scheme blends housing and workspaces through developer-led planning and a disciplined material language.
Sony World Photography Awards 2025: documenting the world in transition
May 05, 2025by Aarthi Mohan May 05, 2025
From capturing fleeting moments to uncovering universal truths, the 2025 edition reveals the depth of visual storytelling across cultures, eras and disciplines.
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.
Foxglove House by Kirkland Fraser Moor is a low visual impact, low carbon home
Dec 24, 2024by Nikitha Sunil Dec 24, 2024
The England-based firm employs innovative massing and a random brick wall configuration to craft the ‘para 80 house’, referencing its Hertfordshire Green Belt setting.
Mire Lee’s ‘Open Wound’ inspires awe and terror in equal measure
Dec 06, 2024by Manu Sharma Dec 06, 2024
At London’s Tate Modern, curators Alvin Li and Bilal Akkouche discuss the installation Open Wound and its historical significance in an interview with STIR.
‘Grey Unpleasant Land’ explores the burdens of England’s legacy
Dec 04, 2024by Melissa Chemam Dec 04, 2024
With this exhibition examining the “myth of England as a nation”, combining mixed media, Sophia Al-Maria and Lydia Ourahmane offer a lens to investigate cultural landscapes.
India's complex and changing landscape undergirds the Barbican's latest show
Nov 06, 2024by Aparna Kumar Nov 06, 2024
The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998 at the Barbican Centre in London features works by over thirty Indian artists on themes of love, religion, community and protest.
Appleby Blue Almshouse by Witherford Watson Mann offers elegant housing spaces
Oct 31, 2024by Dhwani Shanghvi Oct 31, 2024
Winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2025, the almshouse reconsiders community housing with a tranquil, connected environment for elderly residents in inner-city Bermondsey, London.
The beauty of things that don’t fit: An increasingly confident art world at Frieze
Oct 18, 2024by Tamsin Hong Oct 18, 2024
After a few conservative years post-pandemic, Frieze 2024 shows that the art market and exhibition programmes are both more confident, experimental and global.
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.
The Hepworth Wakefield presents an expansive Ronald Moody retrospective
Sep 01, 2024by Manu Sharma Sep 01, 2024
Guest curator Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski discusses the Jamaican-British artist’s prolific career and this timely exhibition in an interview with STIR.
William Scholey on the importance of wilderness and decay in garden design
Aug 16, 2024by Zohra Khan Aug 16, 2024
The British garden designer shares with STIR why he likes to create timeless spaces and how feeling at home at every new site is quintessential in building a unique domestic biome.
Albion Jeune in London reopens with Alia Ahmad’s 'Thought to Image'
May 16, 2024by Vladimir Belogolovsky May 16, 2024
Lucca Hue-Williams shares her ambitious vision for Albion Jeune, a new John Pawson-designed gallery she founded in 2023.
A new interactive Visitors Centre brings space exploration to life at Jodrell Bank, UK
Nov 20, 2023by Keziah Vikranth Nov 20, 2023
The First Light Visitors Pavilion adjoining the Lovell Telescope opens up the heritage site for space enthusiasts underneath a grass-covered dome.
Reflecting upon Peter Cook's radical ideas for 'Cities'
Sep 08, 2023by John Jervis Sep 08, 2023
Richard Saltoun Gallery London's Peter Cook: Cities is a retrospective exhibition that coincides with the 60-year anniversary of Archigram’s first exhibition Living City.
‘Life Is More Important Than Art, That’s Why Art Is Important’ at Whitechapel Gallery
Aug 18, 2023by Cleo Roberts-Komireddi Aug 18, 2023
The exhibition explores the intersection of art and everyday life and the role of Whitechapel Gallery at a time of uncertainty and change.
Hugh Broughton transforms the Sheerness Dockyard Church into a community hub
Aug 09, 2023by Zohra Khan Aug 09, 2023
Roofless and decayed for years, the George Ledwell Taylor-designed neoclassical church from 1828 has been restored to serve as a community hub and co-working space.
Exploring 'See Monster' and how it gave a retired oil rig a renewed existence
Aug 09, 2023by Deepti Dutt Aug 09, 2023
UK-based NEWSUBSTANCE asked pertinent questions regarding renewability and the inheritance of structures and goes on to provide answers with their project See Monster.
Artist Martin Smith discusses the craft of his wondrous automatons
Jul 19, 2023by Manu Sharma Jul 19, 2023
The automation artist Martin Smith, who lives and works in the United Kingdom, explores his practice that engages the audience’s perspective of space and objects.
Samar Maakaroun’s '29 words for 29 letters' is a blend of two languages and types
Jun 16, 2023by Almas Sadique Jun 16, 2023
The British-Lebanese designer, in conversation with STIR, reveals how she plays with meanings, typographies and animation techniques to build a unique multicultural glossary.
Asif Khan and Theaster Gates highlight the historic significance of the Liverpool Docks
May 17, 2023by Anushka Sharma May 17, 2023
The collaborative Waterfront Transformation Project enhances accessibility and inclusivity of the docks and surrounding museums, injecting them with Liverpool’s rich heritage.
The International Rugby Experience in Ireland honours Georgian architecture
May 13, 2023by Almas Sadique May 13, 2023
The cultural institution and visitor experience centre by Níall McLaughlin Architects serves as a tribute to rugby, as well as brings focus to its proximal Georgian streetscape.
Nigel Coates unpacks his ‘Lives in Architecture’ in his candid memoir
Apr 07, 2023by Jincy Iype Apr 07, 2023
Influential, irreverent, iconoclastic: British architect and designer Nigel Coates is all this and more in his memoir, which he revisits and uncovers with STIR in this interview.
'Horror in the Modernist Block': an artistic inquiry of horror in modern architecture
Nov 04, 2022by STIRworld Nov 04, 2022
The exhibition at Ikon Gallery unravels the relation of horror and modern architecture through works by 20 contemporary artists from across the world.
DS+R designs an "uncommon commons" with Prior Performing Arts Center
Oct 19, 2022by Zohra Khan Oct 19, 2022
American firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro has parametrically modelled the Prior Performing Arts Center as a creativity and cultural beacon for the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
The inaugural edition of Technology and Design Lab by open-ended design at LDF
Oct 12, 2022by Yuki Sumner Oct 12, 2022
Curated by Suhair Khan, the evening saw inspiring creatives indulging in conversations, finding the balance between hyperreality and real-life events. A report...
Lubna Chowdhary’s ‘Erratics’ visually defines the idea of migration and displacement
Oct 05, 2022by Urvi Kothari Oct 05, 2022
A leading South Asian diasporic artist, Lubna Chowdhary defies categorisation as she defines common notions of identity and belonging within the floors of MIMA.
Es Devlin’s ‘Come Home Again’ installation is a plea to conserve urban biodiversity
Sep 29, 2022by STIRworld Sep 29, 2022
At the Tate Modern Garden near St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, the sculptural artwork features a cross sectional model of the cathedral’s dome housing drawings of at-risk 243 species.
An intervention into Pakistan's 75th independence by Osman Yousefzada
Sep 24, 2022by Urvi Kothari Sep 24, 2022
The artist reflects on Pakistan’s colonial histories at the Victoria & Albert Museum as he explores the themes of migration, displacement and movement through a British diasporic lens.
'Henge' is a participatory installation referencing Neolithic stone circles at LDF
Sep 23, 2022by Jerry Elengical Sep 23, 2022
At London's Canary Wharf, the pavilion-like structure, made of Jurassic-era limestone slabs was realised by Webb Yates Engineers, Stanton Williams Architects, and LSI Stone.
'The Hop' by Jyll Bradley at the Hayward Gallery is about time, memory and light
Sep 05, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Sep 05, 2022
The site-specific installation The Hop, a new commission by Jyll Bradley at the Hayward Gallery, reimagines the cultural history of the 20th century London.
‘The Crossover Project’ was an immersive walkthrough around the art of sustainability
Sep 02, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Sep 02, 2022
Presented by the avant-garde art gallery Bleur in London, The Crossover Project had a group of emerging artists who initiated the creative efforts to develop a circular economy.
Morag Myerscough erects a colourful gatehouse at the Hadrian’s Wall in England
Aug 27, 2022by Zohra Khan Aug 27, 2022
Connecting people of 2022 back to AD 122, The Future Belongs To What Was As Much As What Is reveals a temporary contextual installation by the London-based artist.
Alex Jenkins' comical illustrations make you think out of the world, not just box
Aug 02, 2022by Rahul Kumar Aug 02, 2022
Illustrative Chronicles: Alex Jenkins is a London-based comic and illustrator who specialises in dark humour and gory themes, producing unsettling artwork.
Explore the world of ASMR with ‘Weird Sensation Feels Good’ at the Design Museum
Jul 27, 2022by Samta Nadeem, Devanshi Shah Jul 27, 2022
In conversation with curator James Taylor-foster, STIR unravels the relationship between design and this uncharted human phenomenon from a cultural lens.
Theaster Gates designs the ‘Black Chapel’, the 21st Serpentine Pavilion
Jul 23, 2022by Rahul Kumar Jul 23, 2022
STIR speaks to Natalia Grabowska, the project curator of Serpentine Pavilion 2022 on the inspirations, metaphors, and the-making-of-the Black Chapel by Theaster Gates.
Reflections through the galleries of change: STIR x Gallery FUMI
Jun 20, 2022by Jerry Elengical Jun 20, 2022
Sam Pratt and Valerio Capo of Gallery FUMI converse with Amit Gupta of STIR on transforming mindsets and the importance of entrepreneurship in the world of art and design promotion.
York’s Clifford’s Tower impresses with new restoration by Hugh Broughton Architects
Apr 27, 2022by Zohra Khan Apr 27, 2022
One of England’s most important historic ruins, the centuries-old Clifford’s Tower receives new interventions to enhance people’s experience at site.
History, its perception, or an unfiltered version
Jan 31, 2022by Rahul Kumar Jan 31, 2022
Stealthily created The Unfiltered History Tour by Dentsu Webchutney and VICE World News raises questions about objects in a museum and the narrative of the community of its origin.
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