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Humanity as practice: The 36th Bienal de São Paulo
Sep 23, 2025by Mercedes Ezquiaga Sep 23, 2025
Curated by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, the Bienal in Brazil gathers 120 artists exploring migration, community and what it means to “be human”.
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Louis Vuitton: Visionary Journeys gives the Maison’s trunk a spatial presence
Sep 09, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Sep 09, 2025
OMA partner Shohei Shigematsu stages the Maison’s codes and crafts as a sequence of inhabitable spaces at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka.
Logo Rhythm: hot lips, drop Ts and other marques that made rock music immortal
Aug 14, 2025by Jincy Iype Aug 14, 2025
In Circa Press’ Logo Rhythm, Jim K Davies and Jamie Ellul chart 90+ band logos, from Zeppelin’s sigils to Metallica’s bolts, unearthing the myths behind rock’s iconic symbols.
Threads of tradition: How Kutnia revived Gaziantep’s near-extinct Kutnu fabric
Jul 31, 2025by Anushka Sharma Jul 31, 2025
STIR speaks to Kutnia’s founder and director Jülide Konukoğlu about her encounter with the Kutnu fabric, the brand’s origins and the cultural responsibility it abides by.
Meridiani presents a tailored art of living with my home is ME
Jul 21, 2025by Meridiani Jul 21, 2025
Curated by Andrea Parisio, three bespoke living environments embody the Italian design brand’s vision, celebrating personal identity and emotional resonance.
Ebb and flow: Dialogues on the independent art scene in Venice
Jul 08, 2025by Eleonora Ghedini Jul 08, 2025
An exploration of some innovative curatorial practices while walking and talking in a city that keeps reinventing itself beyond every dreamy idealisation.
Edgar Demello’s ‘Five Architecture Fables’ as a manifesto for oneness
May 30, 2025by Bansari Paghdar May 30, 2025
The Indian author elicits shared lived experiences and collective identity through fantastical tales, inviting a deeper introspection on the state of architecture.
From commerce to culture: 'Ticket Tika Chaap' on the evolution of textile branding
May 19, 2025by Aarthi Mohan May 19, 2025
Currently on display at the Museum of Art & Photography in Bengaluru, India, this exhibition delves into the intertwined histories of trade and cultural identity.
Slow burn: Megan Tamati-Quennell on curating for a world in crisis
May 02, 2025by Ranjana Dave May 02, 2025
The veteran curator on the Sharjah Biennial 16 and collection-building as history-writing, in a conversation with STIR.
The Mona Lisa, instagrammed: Simon Mordant weighs in on contemporary art
Apr 18, 2025by Manu Sharma Apr 18, 2025
STIR speaks with the investment banker and art collector on changemaking in today’s art world.
A summer fair: Art Dubai foregrounds contemporary art from the Global South
Apr 14, 2025by STIRworld Apr 14, 2025
The Contemporary and Bawwaba sections of Art Dubai 2025 anchor artistic inquiries into ecology, migration and identity through context-rich, geographically informed works.
Behind TEMPLO's 'future-facing' rebrand for GF Smith that celebrates the joy of paper
Mar 14, 2025by Jincy Iype Mar 14, 2025
STIR deep dives into understanding the heritage paper company's recent visual rehaul with Ben Watkinson from GF Smith, and TEMPLO's Pali Palavathanan and Anoushka Rodda.
‘YOU ARE HERE’: Perspectives on Central Asia, via an exhibition in Europe
Mar 11, 2025by Megha Ralapati Mar 11, 2025
A group exhibition on art from Central Asia at Fondazione Elpis in Milan highlights the interdisciplinary practices animating the region and its diaspora.
Gelephu International Airport by BIG seeks to catalyse Bhutan’s urban and economic rise
Mar 07, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Mar 07, 2025
Designed by the renowned Danish practice, the calming design of the aerial transport hub embodies Bhutanese cultural heritage through mindful spaces and timber motifs.
The Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 bridges Islamic history and contemporary art
Feb 17, 2025by Manu Sharma Feb 17, 2025
The art fair returns to Jeddah for its second edition and creates intersecting narratives around Islam and Saudi Arabia.
Sung Hwan Kim’s solo exhibition traces Korean immigration narratives
Feb 05, 2025by Lee Daehyung Feb 05, 2025
The Hawaiian archipelago becomes a site for encounters between Korean and Hawaiian communities in this presentation at the Seoul Museum of Art.
Fame, fortune and fruit: Yu Cheng-Ta makes durian an unlikely co-star
Jan 31, 2025by Ranjana Dave Jan 31, 2025
Performing as durian tycoon FAMEME across multiple projects, the Taiwanese artist explores Asian male identity and geocultural intricacies at Malaysia's Blank Canvas.
DesignTO returns to Toronto with a host of exploratory and immersive showcases
Jan 22, 2025by Almas Sadique Jan 22, 2025
The art and design festival hosts events that deliberate upon identity, heritage, loss, grief, migration, material exploration, neuroarchitecture and more.
Le Labo's Kyoto store instils modern perfumery in the shell of a historic machiya
Jan 16, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Jan 16, 2025
A 145-year-old traditional Japanese townhouse in Kyoto is transformed by Schemata Architects into a retail store, presenting a fusion of cultural and visual identities.
'Making Home' explores what it means to create a home in contemporary life
Jan 15, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Jan 15, 2025
From displacement to belonging, this exhibition at the Smithsonian Design Triennial examines how design creates new forms of home in a changing world.
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.
Language, legacy and leisure: Hetain Patel’s multidimensional portrait of identity
Nov 26, 2024by Deeksha Nath Nov 26, 2024
British artist Hetain Patel reflects on the immigrant experience, offering a fresh and inclusive view of heritage in two recent showcases.
Nikhil Chopra on curating the 6th Kochi-Muziris Biennale with HH Art Spaces
Nov 20, 2024by Ranjana Dave Nov 20, 2024
Artist Nikhil Chopra shares his curatorial vision for the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025, contextualising art as a collective endeavour in a conversation with STIR.
Seven exciting artists who use AI as a medium of expression
Oct 31, 2024by STIRworld Oct 31, 2024
As AI technology continues to advance, STIR looks at artists like Harold Cohen and Yousuke Fuyama using AI for artistic and philosophical projects.
Alia Farid: 'Bneid Al Gar' at the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo
Sep 21, 2024by Zeynep Rekkali Jensen Sep 21, 2024
The Kuwaiti-Puerto Rican artist's largest solo show to date explores the intersection of geopolitical, social, and environmental histories in the Middle East and the Caribbean.
A look at refreshing brand identities and why they work in liminal realms
May 30, 2023by Jincy Iype May 30, 2023
STIR unpacks five major brand rehauls that spell evolution and cater to the ‘phygital’—Nokia, 7UP, Amazon’s Prime Video, Nordoff and Robbins, and Disney’s Freeform.
Pepsi’s fresh rebrand is ‘unapologetically current and undeniably Pepsi’
May 13, 2023by Jincy Iype May 13, 2023
Mauro Porcini, SVP and Chief Design Officer at PepsiCo spoke to STIR about Pepsi’s new logo and identity rehaul that marks the iconic brand's ‘next era, with an eye towards the future.’
Tugg Burgers breaks free from fast food tropes with their revamped visual identity
Mar 29, 2023by Jincy Iype Mar 29, 2023
From an awfully likeable cast of 3D animated characters and wild, layered typography, Tugg’s joyful rebrand by Kurppa Hosk carries at its core, ‘the universality of the humble hamburger.’
The exhibition 'eating the other' highlights diaspora politics through the lens of food
Dec 30, 2022by Sukanya Deb Dec 30, 2022
Food marks culture, subjectivity, and a point of exploration at eating the other exhibition at Preston Gallery in Cambridge, Canada.
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.
The fantastical world of 'Maiden Voyage' by JeeYoung Lee nurtures viewers' memory
Sep 08, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Sep 08, 2022
For NOW Gallery's 2022 Art Commission, the Korean artist has created an immersive installation, Maiden Voyage, inspired by memories, dreams, emotions, and her personal experience.
MVRDV and StudioPOD transform an underutilised underpass into a public space
Jul 14, 2022by STIRworld Jul 14, 2022
MVRDV collaborated with StudioPOD for the One Green Mile project, which reuses the abandoned space in Mumbai as a playful public space with amenities for the community.
‘My Rockstars’ series by Hassan Hajjaj refers to hip hop culture and identity
Aug 05, 2021by Rahul Kumar Aug 05, 2021
Often referred to as the ‘Andy Warhol’ of Morocco, Hassan Hajjaj talks about the hybrid identity and sharing of cultures through his multidisciplinary practice of art and design.
Kiss My Genders: An exhibition with a radical approach to gender identity
Aug 28, 2019by Sukanya Garg Aug 28, 2019
Kiss My Genders, a group exhibition exploring gender identity, is on display at the Hayward Gallery, London, till September 8, 2019.
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