•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by Almas Sadique Jul 27, 2024
Zombie Tree, made using different parts of a spruce tree that had fallen as the result of a storm in Sweden, is inspired by njalla, a traditional Sami building.
by STIRworld Jun 07, 2024
The first Korean architect to be commissioned by the Serpentine Gallery speaks about his star-shaped pavilion, the five distinct “islands” and the modified madang courtyard at its centre.
by Zeynep Rekkali Jensen Apr 27, 2024
A dialogue of dreams, design and craftsmanship, Porsche and Vitra unveiled limited-edition chairs upholstered in original Pepita fabric at Milan Design Week 2024.
by STIRworld Apr 13, 2024
Curated by Jefferson Hack of Dazed Media, this large-scale public exhibition at Milan Design Week 2024 inspires audiences to dream big.
by Aatmi Chitalia Mar 26, 2024
The historic site of Diriyah was transformed into a vibrant festival space by Designlab Experience, featuring art installations made by designers worldwide.
by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Dec 09, 2023
At the newly opened gallery in Ladbroke Hall, the exhibition takes visitors through sculpted portals of time as De Cotiis challenges archaic symbols, blending resilience with distortion.
by Manu Sharma Sep 07, 2023
British artist Marianna Simnett discusses her upcoming opera production
by Eleonora Ghedini Sep 04, 2023
Showing works by Aglaia Konrad, Armin Linke, and Bas Princen, the exhibition at Teatro dell’architettura Mendrisio reflects on the relation between architecture as the photographic subject and the exhibition space.
by Jincy Iype Sep 01, 2023
The temporary wooden intervention on the banks of the Češký Těšín dam in the Czech Republic is a quaint, contemporary take on traditional Japanese architecture.
by Keziah Vikranth Aug 17, 2023
Entitled RACINES | ROOTS, the Festival, curated by Ève De Garie-Lamanque, invites designers to generate ideas for the future by drawing on the teachings of the past.
by Zohra Khan Jul 10, 2023
As part of the London Festival of Architecture, Urban Playground by McCloy and Muchemwa creates a common ground between children and tight-suited city workers.
by Zohra Khan Jul 06, 2023
Through drawings, models, and maps, In Search of Hy-Brasil looks into three remote Irish islands while imagining their future through the folklore of a mythical phantom island.
by Zohra Khan Jun 29, 2023
The tectonically loaded installation, It’s Kind of a Circular Story, puts a spotlight on the importance of reuse of existing abandoned buildings in realising zero-waste interventions.
by Samta Nadeem, Zohra Khan Jun 02, 2023
Speaking with STIR, the biennale director discusses how the event challenges the traditional biennale model and why there is a need for connections to pull people closer to design.
by Devanshi Shah May 26, 2023
A powerful curatorial structure by Lesley Lokko needs to be carefully absorbed as an exhibition, a presentation and a display.
by Devanshi Shah Mar 09, 2023
Rupali Gupte and Prasad Shetty's immersive installation with bulbous form, colour and materiality at the Dhaka Art Summit 2023, was an exercise in place-making.
by Rahul Kumar Feb 25, 2023
STIR speaks with London-based sculptor and photographer Lorenzo Vitturi on his exhibition birthed through collaborations with rug-making artisans of Peru and India.
by Jerry Elengical Feb 18, 2023
Striving to bring green space back to urban environments, the practice has introduced sculptural walkways and installations that recreate a mythic forest in an urban park in China.
by Rahul Kumar Feb 14, 2023
Running parallel to the Kochi Muziris Biennale 2022, STIR explores a curation of selected immersive works by emerging young artists and curators at the Kochi Students' Biennale.
by Sukanya Deb Feb 09, 2023
In a presentation by Galleria Continua, the artist is presenting a site-specific installation and two other works derived from an interaction between packing tape, light, and space.
by Vatsala Sethi Feb 08, 2023
STIR curates a list of parallel events at the India Art Fair 2023, that will allow visitors to connect with art and ideas, while supporting the Indian art community.
by Jincy Iype Feb 07, 2023
In conversation with STIR, Konstantin Ikonomidis recounts his experience of building the Qaammat Fjeld pavilion in Greenland, inspired by the powerful land and lives of the Innuit.
by Sukanya Deb Feb 01, 2023
The Japanese furniture and interior designer challenged the distinction between art and design through experimentation and play around material and form, with a hint of absurdity.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jan 29, 2023
Bhumi by Gidree Bawlee Foundation of Arts, with support from Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation, is a collaborative work between local village communities in Thakurgaon, Bangladesh.
by STIRworld Jan 20, 2023
A decade after the brand’s first venture with the Japanese artist, this new collaboration is being promoted by storefront transformations in Paris, London, New York, and Tokyo.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jan 14, 2023
Ivan Argote with his latest exhibition Prémonitions at Galerie Perrotin, Paris, explored the importance of the relationship between historical narrative and architecture.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jan 12, 2023
The curatorial project The New Survivors by Wang Shuman encapsulates a multifocal understanding of trauma, demanding a collective human response to individual traumas.
by Vatsala Sethi Jan 11, 2023
STIR investigates the reasoning behind Singapore Biennale's name—Natasha, the artworks on display, and if it all adds up to something meaningful.
by Sukanya Deb Jan 05, 2023
Artist Michael Wang presents a series of sculptural works, utilising reclaimed material and organic waste, at a historical residence in Shanghai, supported by Fondazione Prada.
by Shraddha Nair Jan 03, 2023
At New-Delhi based PHOTOINK gallery, curator Bharat Sikka discusses the idea of home, challenges of curation, and limitations of photography, through three photographer’s works.
by Devanshi Shah Dec 24, 2022
Between the sea and the city - the Sassoon Dock Art Project Part 1 - is a sensorial experience that explores the urban fabric of Mumbai.
by Jincy Iype Dec 20, 2022
Your Voices, an illuminated public sculpture by Es Devlin at the Lincoln Center’s Josie Robertson Plaza in New York represented the “most linguistically diverse city on the planet."
by Shraddha Nair Nov 19, 2022
Beirut-based installation artist Rumi Dalle talks to STIR about her art through the lens of gender dysphoria, immigrant culture, heritage and folklore.
by Rahul Kumar Nov 11, 2022
Navjot Altaf's ongoing show revolves around her longstanding commitment to issues of climate change, ecology and feminism and the challenges faced in the digital age.
by Georgina Maddox Nov 07, 2022
A report after attending the Body as Barometer: Live Arts Workshop 2022 at Khoj Studios in New Delhi, India.
by Jincy Iype Oct 24, 2022
Giulia Frittoli (BIG), and Ragnar Hjartarson (Georg Jensen) on the 50 Queens installation and the custom necklace designed to mark Queen Margrethe II’s 50th Jubilee.
by Zohra Khan Oct 15, 2022
The Mexican architect invites collective reflection on the act of who cares for our garments and washes them, and how this labour has remained ignored in the history of domesticity.
make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
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