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In its 2025 edition, Grow, Asia NOW turns its focus to West Asia
Oct 08, 2025by Srishti Ojha Oct 08, 2025
The 11th edition of the international art fair celebrates the multiplicity and richness of the Asian art landscape.
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Ruya Akyol's Tracing Origins is a furniture collection grounded in place and purpose
Aug 04, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Aug 04, 2025
The Istanbul and Milan-based studio’s new collection balances cultural memory with material clarity, proposing a mindful, contemporary way to live with and within design.
Digitally Dubai: AI, data art and more, at Art Dubai Digital 2025
Apr 03, 2025by Manu Sharma Apr 03, 2025
This behemoth art fair in West Asia returns with a promising digital art lineup in its 18th year.
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.
Paul Finch on World Architecture Festival: Past and Future
Dec 03, 2024by Vladimir Belogolovsky Dec 03, 2024
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Paul Finch about the World Architecture Festival’s history, this year’s winning project, coming to Miami next year and what makes this festival unique.
Embodying nature: Reflections on 'States of Earth' in Istanbul
Nov 11, 2024by Alexandra de Cramer Nov 11, 2024
With works by eleven contemporary artists, the group exhibition at Yapı Kredi Culture and Arts centres on ecological concerns and the need for equitable resource management.
In its tenth edition, Asia NOW celebrates the diversity of Asian contemporary art
Sep 30, 2024by Manu Sharma Sep 30, 2024
Leading up to the presentation from the Global South, STIR looks at the art fair, exploring some of the installation and performance works that audiences can view in October.
A parable of hope for Antakya, Hatay
Aug 30, 2024by Anmol Ahuja Aug 30, 2024
The conversation continues just as the lens is turned on the enquiry – from an epistemological one to a dialogic one – in studying the masterplans for a new Hatay.
İz Öztat’s 'Rest' explores art’s power to fight state-sponsored oppression
Aug 29, 2024by Manu Sharma Aug 29, 2024
As Rest runs during Self-Determination at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, the artist discusses the installation and its implications, in an interview with STIR.
A parable of hope for Antakya, Hatay
Aug 23, 2024by Anmol Ahuja Aug 23, 2024
A visual method of phenomenological inquiry becomes a lens to examine the ongoing reconstruction efforts at Antakya, Hatay, helmed by Türkiye Design Council and Foster + Partners.
Olafur Eliasson's sensory exploration of encounters on Istanbul's Bosphorus
Aug 21, 2024by Huma Kabakci Aug 21, 2024
The first solo exhibition of Eliasson in Turkey brings together key aspects of the artist’s extensive career focusing on light, colour, perception, movement and the environment.
Nicolas Bourriaud on conducting an "operatic" Gwangju Biennale
Aug 14, 2024by Rémy Jarry Aug 14, 2024
Speaking with STIR, the Artistic Director of the 15th Gwangju Biennale emphasises the relevance of Korean heritage in contemporary times through his curatorial approach in Pansori.
Nil Yalter wins the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale
Apr 15, 2024by Ranjana Dave Apr 15, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: The Paris-based Turkish artist is viewed as a pioneer of the global feminist art movement.
The Central Control Building in Turkey is defined by its shimmering façade
Mar 26, 2024by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Mar 26, 2024
Epitomising the surrounding desert land, Istanbul-based Bilgin Architects create an oasis of architectural innovation to control the biggest solar farm in Europe.
The case of the 18th Istanbul Biennial: From here to where?
Mar 05, 2024by Ayca Okay Mar 05, 2024
Istanbul Biennial controversy: Artists protest curator appointment, demand transparency in cultural institutions.
Sphere of sound: WhoMadeWho’s immersive concert experience with BIG
Jan 17, 2024by Aarthi Mohan Jan 17, 2024
Embark on a transcendent journey as Danish band WhoMadeWho breaks free from musical boundaries, weaving a tapestry of architecture, visuals and sonic wonders.
Advocates of change: revisiting creatively charged, STIRring events of 2023
Dec 31, 2023by Jincy Iype Dec 31, 2023
STIRred 2023: We look back on some of the most engaging, thought-provoking, and explorative events that STIRred the global creative community this year.
Dynamic tapestry of Istanbul's cultural ecosystem
Dec 14, 2023by Ayca Okay Dec 14, 2023
The politics of art and expression in Istanbul, a defence of freedom and culture through the exploration of the city’s artistic history and beliefs.
Turkish artist Hayri Karay wins İGA ART Art Project Contest
Dec 05, 2023by İGA Istanbul Airport Dec 05, 2023
İGA Istanbul Airport recently announced the winner. Turkish artist Hayri Karay is the winner of the İGA ART Art Project Contest initiated by IGA Istanbul Airport.
Beykoz Residences is a design concept for a utopia in Istanbul
Nov 16, 2023by Afra Safa Nov 16, 2023
KAAT Studio conceptualises a residential development in Istanbul that wants to be a community rather than a complex.
Konya Alaeddin Hill witnesses new concept for intervention
Nov 07, 2023by Afra Safa Nov 07, 2023
KAAT Studio has proposed a unique urban design project for the historical Alaeddin Hill in Konya, Turkey.
Contemporary Istanbul art fair widens geography and public programme
Oct 11, 2023by Daria Kravchuk Oct 11, 2023
The fair at the historic Ottoman-era shipyard welcomed 21 new galleries, participating in the fair for the first time, and launching the CI Photo Focus section.
Navigating the visual vocabulary of romantic relationships through ‘Love Songs'
Sep 03, 2023by Sakhi Sobti Sep 03, 2023
Curated by Sara Raza, ‘Love Songs: Photography and Intimacy’ presents works of 16 international photographers, reinforcing the complexity of romantic relationships.
Ali Elmacı’s 'Kiss My Lips, Dagger My Heart': an inversion of performative pain
May 08, 2023by Ayca Okay May 08, 2023
The Istanbul-based artist presents his solo show at Pilevneli Gallery, starting a commentary against media culture through short films, sculptures, paintings, and drawings.
2022 art recap: reimagining the future of arts
Dec 31, 2022by Vatsala Sethi Dec 31, 2022
Best of 2022: Artists that STIRred the art world by contributing to a technologically advanced future with virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and more.
Artist Ahmet Doğu Ipek showcases works that emerge from the idea of darkness
Dec 04, 2022by Rahul Kumar Dec 04, 2022
Gallery Arter exhibits works produced by the artist in the past two years that metaphorically evoke a sense of darkness, referencing the pandemic and the natural phenomenon around us.
'The Room with Forty Doors' at Akbank Sanat explores contemporary art in Turkey
Nov 16, 2022by Rahul Kumar Nov 16, 2022
Hasan Bülent Kahraman talks about his curatorial project The Room With Forty Doors at Akbank Sanat, Istanbul, that surveys Turkey's art movements since 1980.
An everlasting dialogue: 17th edition of Istanbul Biennial
Oct 15, 2022by Ayca Okay Oct 15, 2022
STIR reviews the ongoing edition of the Istanbul Biennale, the first after the global pandemic, curated by Ute Meta Bauer, Amar Kanwar and David Teh.
The idea and new definition of 'museum' in the context of visual arts
Aug 29, 2022by Rahul Kumar Aug 29, 2022
Examining the new definition of 'museum' issued by ICOM, and the Museum of Rape Threats and Sexism that expands the idea of the format associated with a museum.
Burning Man returns to Nevada desert with the theme 'Waking Dreams'
Jul 27, 2022by STIRworld Jul 27, 2022
Burning Man makes its comeback at the Black Rock Desert after two years, with a host of massive, interactive art installations, and the community exploring various forms of creative expressions.
Exploring the politics and curatorial vision amidst the documenta fifteen controversy
Jul 26, 2022by Daria Kravchuk Jul 26, 2022
Gertrude Flentge, one of the curators from the artistic team of documenta fifteen, who was working with ruangrupa since the early 2000s, comments on the current state of events.
STIRring Dreams: 'Pseudo-territory' brings a literary theory to life via augmented reality
Jul 17, 2022by Manu Sharma Jul 17, 2022
Anna Elena Torres and Ella Ponizovsky Bergelson discuss their work in collaboration with The Yiddishland Pavilion, for Venice Art Biennale 2022.
'And Now the Good News' focusses on 'Press Art' from the Nobel Collection
Jul 13, 2022by Rahul Kumar Jul 13, 2022
Curator Christoph Doswald speaks about the show hosted by the Pera Museum, Istanbul, bringing together works of 164 artists responding to press and media in unique ways.
Canan Tolon presents large scale installation titled 'Limbo' at Cocoon, Istanbul
Jul 02, 2022by Rahul Kumar Jul 02, 2022
Commissioned by the Contemporary Istanbul Foundation, the immersive work references ideas of life and extinction, juxtaposed with the Ottoman-era history of the location.
Refik Anadol tests new possibilities for experiencing digital space
May 23, 2022by Vladimir Belogolovsky May 23, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky talks to LA-based Refik Anadol, a pioneer in digital aesthetics, about his daring idea—to unlock machines' ability to learn from us how to dream.
Deniz Sağdıç’s ''0' Zero Point' at Istanbul Airport transforms trash into artwork
Apr 05, 2022by Girinandini Singh Apr 05, 2022
The Turkish artist talks about her latest exhibition which uses the waste generated at the Istanbul Airport as a medium urging us to think of art itself as something human.
Basak Bugay presents her newest sculptures at solo exhibition 'Fugue'
Mar 22, 2022by Shraddha Nair Mar 22, 2022
Istanbul-based artist Basak Bugay, who shared her ink-based drawings and sculptures at Zilberman Istanbul, speaks with STIR about psychoanalysis and her childhood.
Frozen Music series from ABB gives a virtual tour of remarkable buildings and architects
Dec 15, 2021by ABB Dec 15, 2021
The four-minute videos demonstrate the use of technology and thoughtful design to foster a smarter, sustainable environment.
Azade Koker’s 'Murder of a Mannequin' critiques conventional symbols of femininity
Dec 04, 2021by Dilpreet Bhullar Dec 04, 2021
Multimedia artist Azade Koker’s exhibition Murder of a Mannequin at Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul, reassesses the conformist-consumerist views on female beauty.
‘A Few In Many Places’ by Protocinema aspires to progressive exhibition models
Jul 24, 2021by Shraddha Nair Jul 24, 2021
Curators Mari Spirito and Abhijit Toto present site-specific installation art across Istanbul, New York, Santurce and other cities through environmentally sensitive methods.
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