•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Sukanya Deb Apr 10, 2023
Investigating the bell as a multidimensional and multicultural form, the artist creates an atmosphere of ritual through a site-specific installation—Sonic Droplets - Steel Buds.
by Sukanya Deb Feb 08, 2023
Artland at SeMA Seoul brings together a new world with imaginary flora and fauna, for younger audiences to build upon, in a refreshingly playful take on participatory art.
by Shraddha Nair Oct 01, 2022
Vienna-based artist Yein Lee talks about her cultural influences and inspirations while growing up in South Korea.
by Vatsala Sethi Sep 08, 2022
The 2022 edition takes the Korean city as a starting point to reflect on the stories hidden within the history of Busan since the modern era and the changing structure of the city.
by 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.
by Shraddha Nair May 07, 2022
Chun Kwang Young exhibits 'hanji'-based artworks in the Palazzo Contarini Polignac Venice Art Biennale 2022, which includes an outdoor pavilion designed by Stefano Boeri.
by Rahul Kumar May 03, 2022
The multi-disciplinary artist - whose performative works in 1970s responded to Korean political environment - talks about his art practice that transcends genres for a holistic style.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Mar 23, 2022
The Korean artist Jieun Gu through her installations and video art underline the effect of digital technology on the psychological alienation experienced by humans.
by Shraddha Nair Feb 10, 2022
Carly Whitefield, Assistant Curator at Tate Modern, speaks with STIR about the Seoul-born artist Anicka Yi's feature In Love with the World at Turbine Hall at the London’s art gallery.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Nov 27, 2021
The Korea-born, France-based artist creates a dreamlike structure in her paintings to explore the conventions of space and time and open the world of renewed transformations.
by Shraddha Nair Nov 15, 2021
After being postponed for over a year due to COVID-19, the Seoul Mediacity Biennale’s 11th edition now focuses on escapism as a tool to address and confront the reality.
by Jerry Elengical, Anmol Ahuja Oct 29, 2021
Studying the varying inspirations behind the spaces of the hit Netflix series, STIR delves into the evocative architectural aspects of what makes Squid Game immensely bingeable.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Oct 20, 2021
Frieze London 2021 opened at Regent’s Park saw the convergence of collectors, gallerists, and art enthusiasts after the gap of a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
by Devanshi Shah Oct 09, 2021
The ST International HQ and SONGEUN Art Space building is designed to inspire the public to engage with contemporary art in Seoul and acts as a cultural anchor in the city.
by Jincy Iype Sep 11, 2021
Dior Maison commissioned 17 of the industry’s most renowned creatives to reinterpret their Medallion Chair for Milan Design Week 2021, their most weighty presence at the fair yet.
by Rosalyn D`Mello Sep 03, 2021
Various artists using different media are invested in the same question: can our collective salvation lie in surrendering our fallible human agency and allowing, instead, for awe?
by Jerry Elengical Aug 28, 2021
The event organised by Design Core Detroit will feature citywide programming centered on local design practices to highlight Detroit’s status as a leading design hub within the US.
by Rahul Kumar Aug 19, 2021
Looking at the recent event of destruction of the pumpkin sculpture of Yayoi Kusama in Japan, albeit layered with metaphors on the ideology of impermanence.
by STIRworld Aug 16, 2021
The World Heritage List sees the addition of 34 new cultural and natural sites, spanning from antiquity to mid 20th century architecture and natural landscapes.
by Jerry Elengical Jul 17, 2021
With Expo 2020 Dubai set to open its doors to public this October, STIR offers a glimpse into the unique features of five country pavilions - Singapore, India, UK, Morocco, and South Korea.
by Julius Wiedemann Jun 22, 2021
Julius Wiedemann analyses current definitions of popularity, honing in on how digitalisation has granted greater all-round access, contrasted by demands for constant interaction.
by Jincy Iype Mar 09, 2021
Imagined in sunny yellow and avocado green, the adorably emotive concept for the Woo-bi lamp is inspired from “a child wearing a raincoat” and conveys light and warmth in its design.
by Rahul Kumar Dec 10, 2020
The Artistic Directors of the upcoming edition of the Gwangju Biennale talk about the ideas of evolution through cognitive and lived experiences as the theme for the event.
by STIRworld Oct 06, 2020
The winning design for the Cheongju New City Hall will provide an inclusive platform for effective governmental administration and collaboration and social interaction in the city.
by Shraddha Nair Aug 20, 2020
The museum in the Netherlands has curated the largest survey of South Korean Fluxus artist Nam June Paik, 43 years after hosting him for his debut solo exhibition.
by Sukanya Garg Jul 31, 2020
STIR speaks to Daehyung Lee, the Artistic Director of CONNECT-BTS, a global project at the crossroads of music and new media art in London, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Seoul and New York.
by STIRworld Jul 20, 2020
Young Kwon Oh and Jason Oh designed Voixatch is an advanced device with the features of a smartphone in a smartwatch, with its bezels available in four colours to customise the look.
by Sukanya Garg May 12, 2020
STIR in conversation with Korean artist Yiyun Kang whose latest installation Beyond the Scene in Seoul is part of BTS’s global public art initiative involving 22 artists.
by Sukanya Garg Feb 28, 2020
The Langen Foundation in Germany presents solos of Korean artists Park Seo-Bo and Minjung Kim, working in abstract minimalist monochrome painting, on view till March 29.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Feb 25, 2020
The life-size sculptures made out of cement, resin and steel by South Korean sculptor Park Kipyung suggest the resilience of human race despites its physiognomical flaws.
by Shraddha Nair Feb 21, 2020
Korean music band BTS ventures into the world of art in a global collaborative initiative, as it launches Catharsis by Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen at the Serpentine Galleries.
by Zohra Khan Jan 11, 2020
The immersive video installation by the London-based studio replaces the physical gate of Deoksugung Palace with a digital one to explore the meaning of heritage in today’s time.
by Sukanya Garg Jan 03, 2020
The international art fair (January 17-19, 2020), with a line-up of 99 leading galleries, will feature 23 galleries from Taiwan while providing exposure to a growing number of artists.
by Georgina Maddox Aug 14, 2019
The 57-year-old artist’s solo show inaugurates the new National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, showcasing the life size models of the homes he has lived in.
by Zohra Khan May 24, 2019
The Nature Rules, an exhibition at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo aims to transform a place of conflict to a place where life can flourish.
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