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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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FIND Design Fair Asia 2025 to explore Pan-Asian cultures and collective identity
Aug 25, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Aug 25, 2025
The upcoming edition looks forward to offering a layered, multidisciplinary series of presentations and dialogues examining Pan-Asian design within a transnational landscape.
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.
Contextual kinship meets modern utility in RAMSA’s vision for Shinsegae Namsan
Jun 28, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Jun 28, 2025
The New York-based practice’s debut project in South Korea offers a thoughtful take on how architecture stands to shape and support the city’s cultural and corporate future.
‘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.
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."
Local voices, global reach: Latin American art fairs gain ground
Apr 28, 2025by Mercedes Ezquiaga Apr 28, 2025
From Brazil to Chile and Peru, Latin American fairs embrace local voices and practices while expanding their reach and reshaping the future of contemporary art.
Art meets life: In Hong Kong, broader economic trends shape the art market
Apr 11, 2025by Ranjana Dave Apr 11, 2025
In a frenetic week of art fairs, auctions, exhibitions and parties, Hong Kong channels longer histories of global trade.
Wedding photos, 'boterismo' and Korean film stars: Your guide to Art Basel Hong Kong
Mar 24, 2025by STIRworld Mar 24, 2025
STIR spotlights eight artists presented by galleries across the Asia-Pacific region at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025.
'Better Days' by Seunggu Kim documents how leisure spaces reflect Korean society
Mar 06, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Mar 06, 2025
From cherry blossom festivals to public spaces, the Korean photographer uncovers the coexistence of personal escapes and shared human experiences in his recent book.
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.
Generative City: AI explorations gesture to Seoul’s possible futures
Dec 13, 2024by Lee Daehyung Dec 13, 2024
Future City Seoul at Dongdaemun Design Plaza examines how AI can serve as a lens to uncover ecological and cultural patterns shaping the future of urban life.
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.
Transgenerational wisdom: The story of the Suh family
Sep 22, 2024by Lee Daehyung Sep 22, 2024
Artist Suh Do Ho and architect Suh Eul Ho offer a fresh look at their father Suh Se Ok’s ink paintings at Frieze Seoul, in a multigenerational showcase of Korean art.
10 art exhibitions you must see in Fall 2024
Sep 14, 2024by STIRworld Sep 14, 2024
As we near the end of 2024, STIR presents its list of 10 exhibitions to look forward to, offering ruminations on horror and technology to contemporary looks at history and heritage.
MMCA Seoul’s film programme explores our relationship to nature
Aug 18, 2024by Manu Sharma Aug 18, 2024
Soojung YI, curator of ‘Human and Nature: From Romance to Horror’ discusses the film and video programme in an interview with STIR.
Kengo Kuma designs the world's first dedicated audio museum in Seoul
Aug 07, 2024by STIRworld Aug 07, 2024
Encased in a cascading wilderness of vertical aluminium pipes, the Audeum houses the world’s largest audio equipment archives in its sensorial array of vessel-like spaces.
IROJE KHM Architects' residential design takes inspiration from sailboats
Mar 04, 2024by Pallavi Mehra Mar 04, 2024
The seaside home in South Korea is designed considering its surrounding maritime context and is inspired by the angular profile of sails.
Serpentine Pavilion 2024 to be designed by architect Minsuk Cho and Mass Studies
Jan 23, 2024by STIRworld Jan 23, 2024
Minsuk Cho's firm in South Korea designs ‘Archipelagic Void’ for the Serpentine Pavilion in the Kensington Gardens for the 23rd iteration of the project.
Sukchulmok wraps a 1980s house in reflective metal for '8323. layers of space'
Jan 17, 2024by Anushka Sharma Jan 17, 2024
The South Korea-based practice preserves and renovates an old building into a contemporary bakery and cafe with a captivating facade.
Annotating architectural space through movement: Studio Heech’s Ritual Machine
Jan 16, 2024by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jan 16, 2024
The installation designed by the South Korean architectural practice explores the ritual aspects of how architecture mediates human activity.
Herzog & de Meuron's pyramidal proposal for Seoripul Open Art Storage in Seoul wins
Dec 20, 2023by STIRworld Dec 20, 2023
Condensing knowledge and culture, and envisioned as a 'dynamic civic space,' the archival cultural project in in South Korea promises to harmoniously integrate nature and urban life.
Dabang Café exemplifies how adaptive reuse can turn decay into beauty
Nov 20, 2023by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Nov 20, 2023
Seoul-based architecture firm Studio One-Aftr transforms abandoned buildings in South Korea into a sanctuary that blends architecture and nature.
'Delight London' is a rooting of Seoul’s cultural identity and hyper urbanity
Nov 13, 2023by Anmol Ahuja Nov 13, 2023
STIR charts a critical review of how digital and media interfaces may transpose urban experience and identity in the new multimedia exhibition at the Borough Yards in London.
Crafting tomorrow's city at the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2023
Oct 24, 2023by Aarthi Mohan Oct 24, 2023
STIR provides a glimpse into Seoul's architectural and urban transformation at the 4th Biennale, where creativity shapes the city’s future.
Seeing red: Major show of Korean artist Suh Yongsun explores modern life
Oct 18, 2023by Manu Sharma Oct 18, 2023
The Art Sonje Center’s artistic director Sunjung Kim, curator Jang Un Kim and the artist himself discuss the exhibition My Name is Red in Seoul.
‘off-site’ at Art Sonje Center presents site-specific sculptures in non-traditional spaces
Oct 08, 2023by Manu Sharma Oct 08, 2023
Curator Heehyun Cho discusses the exhibition and her curatorial vision to explore the relationship between objects and spaces.
Exploring Don Sunpil's perspective on 'Bishōjo' through Arario Gallery’s offering
Aug 31, 2023by Manu Sharma Aug 31, 2023
The South Korean artist approached Bishōjo figurines as semiotic configurations in his solo exhibition titled Industrial Bishōjo at Arario Gallery Seoul.
Ontological questions lead Saul Kim toward the unconventional ‘Architecture Anomaly’
Jun 28, 2023by Jincy Iype Jun 28, 2023
For his experimental series, Kim creates abstract juxtapositions of architectural elements to arrive at ‘anomalous’ forms, discovering newer paths of assembling and inhabiting.
Jouin Manku drafts Korean landscape in the interiors of Van Cleef & Arpels Seoul Maison
Jan 10, 2023by Sunena V Maju Jan 10, 2023
Studio Jouin Manku designed the Van Cleef & Arpels’ Seoul Maison, linking the east and the west through a blend of Korean design cultures and contemporary principles.
Perpetual Spring, a climate-correcting machine encouraging public interaction
Jan 05, 2023by Sunena V Maju Jan 05, 2023
Obra Architects’ Perpetual Spring at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, wins Architecture MasterPrize 2022 Best of Best in Exhibition and Public Space category.
Retail therapy: projects that transformed retail design into an immersive experience
Dec 15, 2022by Sunena V Maju Dec 15, 2022
Best of 2022: STIR looks back at seven retail stores of the post-pandemic 2022 economy, transfiguring principles of retail design into artistic experiences of stories and brand ethos.
Inside the jewel toned vibrant world of British artist Annie Morris
Nov 08, 2022by Urvi Kothari Nov 08, 2022
London-based Annie Morris opens doors to her world of authoritative and imaginative fluid lines as she seeks solace in her artistic practice, the one that instils hope and inspiration!
Kiaf Seoul 2022: Exploring the latest edition of South Korea's first international art fair
Oct 22, 2022by Manu Sharma Oct 22, 2022
Dal-Seung Hwang, the President of the Galleries Association of Korea, discusses the Korea International Art Fair 2022 with STIR.
PAN AM's lifestyle brand opens a new flagship store in an old factory in Seoul
Oct 19, 2022by Sunena V Maju Oct 19, 2022
Designed by NiiiZ DESIGN LAB, the PAN AM's new retail store in Seoul reflects the area's industrial character and the airline's signature colours, representing both past and present.
Artist Yein Lee contemplates today’s golden age of information and technology
Oct 01, 2022by Shraddha Nair Oct 01, 2022
Vienna-based artist Yein Lee talks about her cultural influences and inspirations while growing up in South Korea.
Busan Biennale 2022 brings together Korean and international artists under one roof
Sep 08, 2022by 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.
The fantastical world of 'Maiden Voyage' by JeeYoung Lee nurtures viewers' memory
Sep 08, 2022by 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.
STIRring Dreams: Visual artist Yunchul Kim presents 'Gyre' at Venice Art Biennale
Jul 10, 2022by Shraddha Nair Jul 10, 2022
South Korea-born artist and music composer, Yunchul Kim, is presenting at the Venice Art Biennale 2022 with five installations that alchemise physics and art to produce a fantasy.
The Graphic bookstore in South Korea takes the form of worn-out pages of an old book
Jul 06, 2022by Jincy Iype Jul 06, 2022
Conceived by OONN Metaworks and U.LAB, the Graphic bookstore in Seoul has a tiered, windowless form dressed in textured, ivory-coloured ceramic, as a home for graphic novels.
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