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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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StoneX celebrates the subtle artistry of stone with Art Soiree
Sep 11, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 11, 2025
At a recent event at the StoneX refinery in Kishangarh, the stone brand launched a coffee table book detailing the results of an art residency with ten Indian artists.
The Bihar Museum Biennale: Whose stories shape a biennale of museums?
Sep 04, 2025by Vasudhaa Narayanan Sep 04, 2025
In its drive to position museums as instruments of cultural diplomacy, competing histories and fragile resistances surface at the Bihar Museum Biennale.
Tess Joseph and Gaurav Ogale on practising care as culture at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2025
Aug 29, 2025by Jincy Iype Aug 29, 2025
Holding stories, holding people: The creative duo reflected on archives, imperfection and empathy to frame care as both practice and philosophy in this evocative ~log(ue).
Muziris Contemporary opens in Mumbai with the exhibition Memory Palace
Aug 29, 2025by Srishti Ojha Aug 29, 2025
The art gallery’s inaugural exhibition, titled after an ancient mnemonic technique, features contemporary artists from across India who confront memory through architecture.
Craft and caste: Roots of the Earth tells an intertwined story
Aug 01, 2025by Srishti Ojha Aug 01, 2025
In Roots of the Earth, artists Prabhakar Kamble and Akshay Mahajan remind us of the often obscured relationships between marginalised communities and craft practices.
The Bagri Samaya series celebrates and amplifies women’s voices
Jul 30, 2025by Srishti Ojha Jul 30, 2025
The Bagri Foundation’s series, A Woman Hums: Women, Voice, Creativity, brings together women curators, artists, filmmakers and writers from across Asia and its diaspora.
Kallol Datta explores the biopolitics of clothing, one stitch at a time
Jul 18, 2025by Srishti Ojha Jul 18, 2025
His solo show, Volume IV: Truths, Half-Truths, Half-Lies, Lies, at Experimenter, Mumbai, is inspired by Japanese and Korean fashion and architecture from the 19th and 20th centuries.
A London exhibition reflects on shared South Asian histories and splintered maps
Jun 19, 2025by Samta Nadeem Jun 19, 2025
(Un)Layering the future past of South Asia: Young artists' voices emphasises regional interconnectedness, despite ongoing geopolitical tensions.
In ‘The Desert’ at HH Art Spaces, CCXX dwells on traces of imagined worlds
May 21, 2025by Mustafa Khanbhai May 21, 2025
The artist’s new series of abstract sculptures places error and intention in a tense dialogue in an exhibition at HH Art Spaces, Goa.
We will forget nothing: on theft, protest and the cost of remembering
May 05, 2025by Aastha D. May 05, 2025
When a famed Indian artist used a protest poet’s words without credit, it raised a deeper question: who gets to speak, be seen, or be paid in art?
‘Empowerment - Art and Feminisms’ shines a light on the radical positions of feminist art
Apr 24, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 24, 2025
This travelling exhibition, on view at Travancore Palace, presents works by artists who centre feminism to speak out against injustices against minority communities.
Bouley Gandhi is on a mission to make upcycling the norm through their textile art
Apr 09, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 09, 2025
STIR speaks to the architect-fashion designer duo about their collaborative practice and their work with Galleria Rossana Orlandi for Milan Design Week 2025.
Building worlds: Arpita Singh’s artistic mapping of memory and history
Apr 02, 2025by Deeksha Nath Apr 02, 2025
The artist’s first institutional solo show outside India, Remembering, at Serpentine North, reflects an illustrious six-decade career through large-scale paintings and intimate ink drawings.
Goa's art scene moves away from the market and towards the community
Mar 25, 2025by Mustafa Khanbhai Mar 25, 2025
India's metro-centric, closed-door art world encounters novel challenges in Goa, where markets are reinvented to side-step the usual economic forces.
The cycle of life in Manu Parekh's 'Flower Sutra' at Nature Morte
Mar 18, 2025by Manu Sharma Mar 18, 2025
Nature Morte, New Delhi, presents small and large paintings by Parekh that brim with movement and religiosity.
On the violence of the present: Reena Saini Kallat’s ‘Cartographies of the Unseen’
Mar 13, 2025by Avani Tandon Vieira Mar 13, 2025
The artist’s multimedia survey exhibition at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in Mumbai, mobilises art as a tool for cartographic contestations.
'Ear to the Ground' delineates harmonies in Indian artist Satish Gujral's diverse oeuvre
Mar 03, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Mar 03, 2025
Curated by Vishal K Dar at India Art Fair, the exhibition is part of the Gujral Foundation’s centenary celebrations for the late artist, presenting his works of art and design.
Sustaina India’s second edition seeds community-oriented work for climate action
Feb 27, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Feb 27, 2025
Organised by CEEW and curated by Thukral & Tagra and Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi, with each seed we sing focuses on communities as seeds for action.
Tipping point: The Sharjah Biennial 16 on our hopes, fears and anxieties
Feb 21, 2025by Ranjana Dave Feb 21, 2025
Intersecting contexts and frames of reference become pieces of a puzzle for the five curators of ‘to carry’.
Cycles of reciprocity: The Khoj Peers residency programme turns 20
Feb 18, 2025by Pramodha Weerasekera Feb 18, 2025
Peers Continuum: A Relay of Reciprocity showcases over eighty multimedia works by sixty alumni of the annual Peers art residency.
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.
India Art Fair 2025: STIR brings you its list of must-visit booths
Feb 04, 2025by Manu Sharma Feb 04, 2025
STIR helps you navigate the art fair’s 100-plus booths so that you get the most out of your festival experience.
Delhi delivers on art: The India Art Fair 2025 Parallel Programme and more
Jan 30, 2025by Manu Sharma Jan 30, 2025
Early February will see a slew of captivating shows presented in Delhi in conjunction with the art fair, and here are some standout picks.
Vibhor Sogani’s iridescent metal waves present a 'Tidal Tango' at ADFF:STIR Mumbai
Jan 25, 2025by Anushka Sharma Jan 25, 2025
At the JSW Pavilion Park, the installation artist employs stainless steel to sculpt a dynamic interpretation of the rising, falling and crashing ocean waves.
Aravani Art Project celebrates nine years with a large show at Gallery XXL
Jan 20, 2025by Manu Sharma Jan 20, 2025
The Mumbai Gallery kicks off Mumbai Gallery Weekend with a compelling offering of art from the Indian transgender community.
Contemporary Himalayan art at Arthshila Goa's first exhibition
Jan 16, 2025by Mustafa Khanbhai Jan 16, 2025
Young artists explore land and tradition using vocabularies of archaeology, ritual and documentation.
Nayana Jhaveri and the Jhaveri sisters: An embodied archive
Jan 14, 2025by Alakananda Nag Jan 14, 2025
Between remembering and forgetting, the Jhaveri sisters’ dynamic body of work spans decades of dance history. How might it be best archived?
New and upcoming arts spaces in South and Southeast Asia to look out for
Dec 29, 2024by Manu Sharma Dec 29, 2024
STIRred 2024: STIR rounds up some of the most promising art spaces in the region, highlighting what they have to offer.
Beyond the canvas: How art sparked crossdisciplinary encounters in 2024
Dec 24, 2024by STIRworld Dec 24, 2024
STIRred 2024: A look back at 2024 events and exhibitions where crossovers between art and fashion, videogames, food and sport resulted in truly memorable moments and installations.
Compelling shows and practices from Asia that captured our imagination in 2024
Dec 20, 2024by Manu Sharma Dec 20, 2024
STIRred 2024: Exciting work was produced and exhibited across the continent this year, which STIR covered in great depth.
Journeying Across the Himalayas spotlights the region’s layered society and culture
Dec 14, 2024by Aastha D. Dec 14, 2024
Drawing on layered perspectives from Himalayan communities, a new festival by the Royal Enfield Social Mission conveys a deep connection with the land and its historical roots.
Asia NOW showcases perspectives on ‘Ceremony’ in its tenth year
Dec 08, 2024by STIRworld Dec 08, 2024
Asia Now 2024, featuring guest curators Radicants, brought an intergenerational cohort of Asian artists grappling with community, tradition, ritual and modernity to Paris.
Serendipity Arts Festival 2024 highlights the transformative power of the arts
Nov 27, 2024by STIRworld Nov 27, 2024
The ninth edition of the Serendipity Arts Festival brings its diverse programme of events across the visual arts, theatre, music, dance and culinary arts to Goa this December.
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.
Time travellers: Ancestral Futures at Gallery Espace
Nov 16, 2024by Ranjana Dave Nov 16, 2024
Curated by Damian Christinger, the group exhibition marks 35 years of the New Delhi gallery.
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.
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.
Debashish Paul presents narratives of queer repression and resurgent hope at Emami Art
Oct 23, 2024by Manu Sharma Oct 23, 2024
In his debut solo exhibition at the Kolkata-based gallery, Paul joins STIR to discuss his vision of queer love in an enlightening interview.
What is the 2024 Manifesta Biennial manifesting in Barcelona?
Oct 16, 2024by Daria Kravchuk Oct 16, 2024
The 15th edition of Manifesta, the European nomadic biennial, in Barcelona, advocates for the importance of contemporary art in addressing ecological concerns through sustainable practices.
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