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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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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.
Back to the start: How the Intro to the Venice Biennale confronts the Comfortocene
Aug 20, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Aug 20, 2025
Terms and Conditions, The Other Side of the Hill and other projects on thermal inequity and designing for discomfort earmark a provocative foray into the curator’s exhibition.
Rethinking borders at the 26th International Garden Festival in Grand-Métis, Canada
Aug 18, 2025by Chahna Tank Aug 18, 2025
With four new installations, this year’s edition of the festival reimagines the garden as a space to interrogate how borders, both political and ecological, define the world we inhabit.
Onassis ONX on cultivating and curating interdisciplinary artscapes
Aug 14, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Aug 14, 2025
Jazia Hammoudi and Matthew Niederhauser tell STIR how the hybrid studio fosters creative agency, curates immersive exhibitions and shapes new media culture.
More than Human at the Design Museum shapes a vocabulary for ecological design
Aug 13, 2025by Asmita Singh Aug 13, 2025
From seaweed pavilions to river-rights murals, the exhibition repositions design as relational, speculative and situated, looking beyond the human to more multivalent futures.
Look at the Sun: On the work of James Turrell, Kimsooja and Lee Eunsun
Aug 08, 2025by Lee Daehyung Aug 08, 2025
The three contemporary artists counter digital acceleration with art that demands stillness and introspection.
Staging relics and design ceremonies with Michèle Lamy & Oliver Gustav
Jul 22, 2025by Anushka Sharma Jul 22, 2025
An immersive exhibition in Copenhagen unites Rick Owens’ monumental furniture with the curatorial vision of Lamy and Gustav, transforming space into ritual and art into experience.
Contemporary art undergirds a topography of the superlative at Simose Art Museum
Jun 26, 2025by Louis Ho Jun 26, 2025
An exhibition of contemporary art in a stunning new Japanese museum, designed by Shigeru Ban, speaks to the natural environment as well as the industrial suburbs around it.
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.
‘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.
‘Why Look at Animals?’ considers art, ethics & ecosystems beyond the Anthropocene
May 23, 2025by Asmita Singh May 23, 2025
Curated by Katerina Gregos, the exhibition at ΕΜΣΤ outlines the institutional mechanisms of violence & exploitation of non-human species & reaffirms their roles as sentient beings.
Transient borders: Yukinori Yanagi at Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan
May 08, 2025by Eleonora Ghedini May 08, 2025
Icarus is the Japanese artist’s first major retrospective to date in Europe and reveals a topicality with the current geopolitical and environmental crisis.
OMA envisions Dior’s 'Designer of Dreams' as a rhythmic journey of spaces and concepts
Apr 30, 2025by Anushka Sharma Apr 30, 2025
In its fifth collaboration with the luxury brand, the OMA-designed exhibition at DDP, Seoul, evokes the experience of "walking on a Parisian street, inside a skirt or a jar."
‘Soleil.s’ at mudac spotlights various approaches to potential solar futures
Apr 29, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 29, 2025
The design biennale, initiated to promote clean energy, is hosted in Switzerland this year, with a focus on the power of the sun to imagine a sustainable future for humanity.
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.
Sustainability, material legacies and AI: Brera Design District’s highlight installations
Apr 12, 2025by Anushka Sharma Apr 12, 2025
STIR enlists striking interventions dotting Brera during Milan Design Week 2025, emphasising art, technology, environment and their intersections.
New commissions and talks at Art Dubai draw on the contemporary condition
Apr 10, 2025by Anushka Sharma Apr 10, 2025
Art Dubai 2025 elevates the art fair experience by augmenting its gallery programme with an array of commissions and conferences.
5Vie construes a bridge between the objects and symbols of design for its 12th edition
Apr 10, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 10, 2025
Highlighting its theme for Milan Design Week 2025, 'armonie invisibli', STIR presents a selection of the best projects that strike a balance between functionality and art.
Paolo Sorrentino's 'La dolce attesa' is a charged interstice at Salone del Mobile
Apr 10, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 10, 2025
For Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025, the Oscar-winning Italian director gives shape to the condition of waiting through an evocative and near surreal installation.
‘Mother’ by Robert Wilson at Salone del Mobile.Milano frames ‘structured silences'
Apr 09, 2025by Anushka Sharma Apr 09, 2025
The American artist presents his interpretation of Michelangelo’s Pietà Rondanini, using light and music to enliven the spectators’ experience of the installation.
Preciosa Lighting unveils a mesmerising dance of crystals and light at Euroluce 2025
Apr 08, 2025by Preciosa Lighting Apr 08, 2025
The Czech company debuts Crystal Links at Salone del Mobile.Milano’s Euroluce, alongside a cutting-edge generative visualisation tool, Preciosa Signature Design Generator.
Between the urban jungle and scenic nature: Two new art institutions in Thailand
Mar 03, 2025by Rémy Jarry Mar 03, 2025
The Bangkok Kunsthalle and the Khao Yai Art Forest opened in January 2024 and February 2025 respectively, both projects driven by philanthropist Marisa Chearavanont.
Bêka & Lemoine's city-matographic odyssey in the freewheeling 'Homo Urbanus' project
Feb 21, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Feb 21, 2025
STIR speaks with the filmmaker and artist duo about their ongoing project, which trains an unrelenting eye on the everyday life of the city and how people negotiate public spaces.
Work environments that 'Activate the Senses' at Workspace Design Show 2025
Feb 19, 2025by Anushka Sharma Feb 19, 2025
Set to unfold in London from February 26 – 27, 2025, the design show will host a stellar lineup of brands, product showcases, installations and talks that speculate future workspaces.
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.
Fiction, frames and furore: A cache of chronicles from ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2025
Jan 17, 2025by Anmol Ahuja, Anushka Sharma Jan 17, 2025
At the inaugural edition of ADFF:STIR Mumbai, an array of international films, architectural pavilions and compelling conversations took over the NCPA from January 10-12, 2025, in Mumbai, India.
'Powering Passion' by reD Architects at ADFF:STIR Mumbai is a call to action
Jan 10, 2025by Anushka Sharma Jan 10, 2025
The interactive pavilion by reD Architects x Jaquar, is a tribute to the principles outlined in the Indian Constitution, inviting visitors to explore their role in upholding them.
The cinematic poetics of M:OFA Studio’s 'Walk of Frames' at ADFF:STIR Mumbai
Jan 08, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Jan 08, 2025
Five frames, five narratives: the pavilion by Manish Gulati and Shruti Gupte x ICA Pidilite, presents a temporal and spatial dialogue bridging culture, art and genres.
On presence in absence: Chiharu Shiota at the Grand Palais in Paris
Jan 06, 2025by Giulia Zappa Jan 06, 2025
The largest exhibition of the Japanese artist’s work in Europe to date explores her poetic vision through seven large-scale installations on themes of memory, absence and human connection.
A reverence for nature: SPASM Design's 'There is No Planet B' at ADFF: STIR Mumbai
Jan 06, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Jan 06, 2025
As part of the Pavilion Park at the upcoming Architecture and Design Film Festival, the installation invites reflection on the delicate balance of progress and preservation.
Dimensional colour: Reddymade and Asian Paints' 'Chromacosm' at ADFF:STIR Mumbai
Jan 04, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jan 04, 2025
Part of the Special Projects slated for the South Asia debut of the Architecture and Design Film Festival, Suchi Reddy's pavilion spatially explores a cosmos of hues and colour depths.
Ananta by SHROFFLEóN x JSL: a space of infinite reflections at ADFF:STIR Mumbai
Jan 03, 2025by Anushka Sharma Jan 03, 2025
Drawing inspiration from the traditional built forms of the baoli or stepwell, the designers envision a reflective and immersive pavilion realised entirely in stainless steel.
JSW Pavilion Park at ADFF: STIR Mumbai reveals the built choreographing our being
Dec 30, 2024by Jincy Iype Dec 30, 2024
The pavilion park, part of the Architecture and Design Film Festival’s South Asian premiere by STIR in India, will feature immersive installations as responses to: ‘Frames of Reference’.
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.
Architecture & Design Film Festival comes to South Asia with ADFF:STIR Mumbai
Dec 20, 2024by STIRworld Dec 20, 2024
The festival will unfold from January 10-12, 2025 at the NCPA, Mumbai, with over 20 films and an engaging public programme that celebrates the intersections of design and cinema.
‘Hard Graft’ presents stories of the undocumented and underrepresented
Dec 19, 2024by Mrinmayee Bhoot Dec 19, 2024
The art exhibition on view at the Wellcome Collection in London shows the relationship between labour conditions, workers’ health and labour rights through artworks and installations.
DATALAND: A virtual repository where art sprouts from bits and binaries
Dec 16, 2024by STIRworld Dec 16, 2024
Refik Anadol’s visionary museum seeks to redefine the intersection of technology and creativity, pushing the boundaries of how we experience art and our shared environment.
Reimagining rural potential: 'Rural Rebellion' by Christoph Hesse Architects
Dec 10, 2024by Aarthi Mohan Dec 10, 2024
The exhibition at the Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin explores architecture's potential to transform the countryside into hubs of ecological and social progress.
ACKM bridges 'The Lite of Passage' with design at the Amsterdam Light Festival
Dec 04, 2024by STIRworld Dec 04, 2024
An immersive installation featuring glowing orbs of light by the Indian design studio swirl synchronically, lighting up the annual festival of lights in Amsterdam.
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