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Rot, burn, fade: Charwei Tsai on spirituality and impermanence
Jul 24, 2025by Srishti Ojha Jul 24, 2025
The Taiwanese artist’s first solo exhibition in Malaysia, Tofu, Incense, and Sky situates old knowledge systems in a new world.
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Philippe Rahm on reconsidering the tools of the discipline with climatic architecture
Jul 04, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 04, 2025
STIR speaks to the Swiss architect on his curation for BAP! 2025 in Versailles, his studio's research prerogatives and adapting to global warming as a central strategy for architecture.
Imagined Communities: National Pavilions at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025
May 07, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 07, 2025
National participants at the architecture biennale explore resource efficiency, adaptability and sustainability, foregrounding national aspirations and universal applications.
Venice Architecture Biennale's Collateral Events recon crises, resilience and change
May 06, 2025by Anushka Sharma May 06, 2025
STIR lists some of the most impactful satellite events and projects that will take over Venice in conjunction with the Biennale, reaffirming the event's idea to coalesce Intelligens.
Sony World Photography Awards 2025: documenting the world in transition
May 05, 2025by Aarthi Mohan May 05, 2025
From capturing fleeting moments to uncovering universal truths, the 2025 edition reveals the depth of visual storytelling across cultures, eras and disciplines.
Fame, fortune and fruit: Yu Cheng-Ta makes durian an unlikely co-star
Jan 31, 2025by Ranjana Dave Jan 31, 2025
Performing as durian tycoon FAMEME across multiple projects, the Taiwanese artist explores Asian male identity and geocultural intricacies at Malaysia's Blank Canvas.
Studio X4 reimagines indoor boundaries as permeable thresholds in Diagonal House
Jan 21, 2025by STIRworld Jan 21, 2025
Studio X4’s Diagonal House invites its residents to step into a space where geometry and light converge to craft a narrative of fluidity and connection.
Koyo Kouoh to curate the 61st Venice Biennale in 2026
Dec 04, 2024by STIRworld Dec 04, 2024
Koyo Kouoh, the chief curator of the Zeitz MOCAA Museum in Cape Town, will lead the curation of the 61st Venice Biennale, taking over from Adriano Pedrosa
Dezeen Awards 2024 honours practices mitigating climate and social crises
Nov 29, 2024by STIRworld Nov 29, 2024
The seventh edition of the global architecture and design awards by Dezeen honours individuals and practices for their innovative, diagnostic and reparative approaches at different scales.
Neri&Hu modernises traditional 'flower grid' screens in the Zhishan residence
Sep 09, 2024by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Sep 09, 2024
The Chinese studio blends the cool precision of modernist forms with the warmth and intricacy of traditional patterns to design a high-end residential building in Taipei.
Transforming a former mining facility into a Mineless Heritage Restoration
Jun 17, 2024by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 17, 2024
A project by Taiwan-based architecture studio Divooe Zein Architects restores a defunct mining facility in the forest into a space for community and relaxation.
The Yokohama Triennale mobilises art to examine the cost of war
Apr 30, 2024by Lee Daehyung Apr 30, 2024
The Triennale's eighth edition, Wild Grass: Our Lives, on view until June 9, 2024, reflects on the role of art in a time of polycrisis.
Conscious French indulgence at the Thomas Chien Restaurant by TaG Living
Apr 06, 2024by Kiranmmayie S Apr 06, 2024
Drawing from its proximity to the sea and the Port of Kaohsiung, the ingenuity of upcycling marine debris is cleverly integrated into different aspects of The Taste Journey along with 3D-printing technology.
Taipei Biennial: "Small World" Thinking Big
Feb 08, 2024by Rémy Jarry Feb 08, 2024
The 13th edition of the Taiwanese biennial, running until March 24, 2024, is anchored in individual experiences and the micro-world to showcase the contemporary art scene.
teamLab presented monumental light art installation works for Manar Abu Dhabi
Feb 03, 2024by Manu Sharma Feb 03, 2024
The international art collective discussed their latest interactive technicolour offering at the Samaliyah mangrove island.
Aaron Seeto, Director of Museum MACAN, reflects on his leadership tenure
Jan 19, 2024by Cleo Roberts-Komireddi Jan 19, 2024
Ahead of his departure, Aaron Seeto speaks to STIR and reflects on the challenges and successes of leading Indonesia’s first modern and contemporary art museum for seven long years.
Honouring the legacy of the artist Li Yuan-Chia at Kettle’s Yard
Jan 13, 2024by Rhea Mathur Jan 13, 2024
Making New Worlds, an exhibition at the University of Cambridge’s Kettle’s Yard, looks closely at modern and abstract art through the artist Li Yuan-chia and his contemporaries.
Examine the link between gestures and violence through 'Zoo Hypothesis'
Jan 08, 2024by Manu Sharma Jan 08, 2024
Taiwanese new media artist Che-Yu Hsu discusses his latest video artwork Zoo Hypothesis, on view at Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, in an interview with STIR.
'The Future Life, Future You': Taiwan’s AI-focused group exhibition at Jut Art Museum
Jan 02, 2024by Manu Sharma Jan 02, 2024
Exhibition curator Bo-Cheng Shen discusses critical perspectives on our partnership with artificial intelligence and its role in our future.
Carrier of grief and life: Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten's Eternal Hill Columbarium
Dec 04, 2023by Jincy Iype Dec 04, 2023
With this concrete columbarium in Taiwan, the Germany-based firm employs architecture as a facilitator of healing, for those dealing with the immense loss of loved ones.
HAS design and research’s Infinity Ground Museum is a symbiosis of city and nature
Nov 15, 2023by Aarthi Mohan Nov 15, 2023
Infinity Ground Museum is a vision grounded in earth’s elements, shaping a new paradigm for urban living in Bangkok, Thailand.
Chiharu Shiota explores interconnectedness through blood
Nov 05, 2023by Manu Sharma Nov 05, 2023
The Japanese artist’s latest exhibition Who am I Tomorrow? immerses audiences within a world of red threads and tubes in Austria’s Kunstraum Dornbirn.
Daniel Shieh's 'Where Time Runs Backwards' is a narrative of art, history and identity
Oct 06, 2023by Aarthi Mohan Oct 06, 2023
STIR explores the multifaceted artistry of Taiwan-born artist Daniel Shieh in the multimedia exhibition Where Time Runs Backwards at The Arts Center at Governors Island.
'Floating Poetry, Meandering Mindscape': calligraphy connecting body, mind and soul
Jun 26, 2023by Manu Sharma Jun 26, 2023
Taiwanese artist Yahon Chang discusses his solo painting performance, curated by Manu Park, at the St. Elizabeth-Kirche in Berlin.
The Star House in Kaohsiung is a bold concrete sanctuary
Apr 24, 2023by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Apr 24, 2023
Taiwan-based architecture firm atelier GRATIA pays homage to Taiwanese row and courtyard houses, through a concrete shell surrounded by terraced gardens.
London Design Biennale announces first exhibitors for its 2023 edition
Feb 27, 2023by STIRworld Feb 27, 2023
Under the theme The Global Game: Remapping Collaborations, London Design Biennale 2023 curated by Aric Chen and Het Nieuwe Instituut will showcase global pavilions.
Gallery Climate Coalition on eliminating carbon footprint in the arts sector
Feb 06, 2023by Rahul Kumar Feb 06, 2023
STIR speaks with Gallery Climate Coalition team about its mission to reduce greenhouse gas emission and waste sources in arts sector.
Emerging designers influencing thinkNEXT with their creative practice
Dec 26, 2022by Sunena V Maju Dec 26, 2022
Best of 2022: STIR rounds up young creatives who redefined the design industry, putting forth radical new perspectives for the NEXT of design.
Taking an action: reinventing the role of renewable energy in architecture
Dec 22, 2022by Sunena V Maju Dec 22, 2022
Best of 2022: STIR probes into five architectural projects that manoeuvred the potential of renewable energy in design.
The art of casting sculptural architecture from liquid stone: concrete
Dec 17, 2022by Jincy Iype Dec 17, 2022
Best of 2022: STIR's selection of sculptural concrete architecture built this year, that created contemporary forms of fancy, at once poetic, fluid, theatrical, and powerful.
Aka Chang and the fascinating digital art coming out of Taipei
Oct 19, 2022by Manu Sharma Oct 19, 2022
Taiwanese artist Aka Chang explores his massive light installations and discusses his practice, NFTs, and all things art.
MAYU Architects' Pingtung Public Library realigns with its context in Taiwan
Sep 27, 2022by Dhwani Shanghvi Sep 27, 2022
For Kaohsiung-based MAYU Architects, the process of transformation was two-fold - to introduce a layer of transparency, and to re-orient the landscape.
Covered in solar panels, MVRDV’s Sun Rock actuates Taipower’s green energy manifesto
Jul 08, 2022by STIRworld Jul 08, 2022
Generating solar energy efficiently, shingled PV panels garb nearly the entire sculptural form of Sun Rock conceptualised by MVRDV, Taipower’s new operational facility in Taiwan.
OMA completes Taipei Performing Arts Center with theatres fixed to a cubical core
May 16, 2022by Jerry Elengical May 16, 2022
Located near Taipei’s Shilin Night Market, the long-awaited project offers a fresh take on theatres, with an additive, futuristic form to portray it as an inclusive hub for culture.
At the Taipei Dangdai, a plethora of art takes over Taiwan this year
May 14, 2022by STIRworld May 14, 2022
This May 2022, Taipei Dangdai will host a variety of innovative art from globally renowned galleries
XRANGE Architects play with walls and curves for this concrete retreat in Taiwan
Apr 25, 2022by Zohra Khan Apr 25, 2022
In Taiwan’s picturesque Hengchun Township, The Wandering Walls by the Taipei-based practice is designed as a three storied, eight room retreat garbed in a flowy concrete shell.
Kaohsiung Pop Music Center features a tessellated skyline defining form
Jan 08, 2022by Devanshi Shah Jan 08, 2022
Spanish architect Manuel A. Monteserín Lahoz’s pop music destination in Taiwan’s port city Kaohsiung accommodates the spectators through small topographical gestures.
Asian Art Biennial explores the ideas of multi possibility of the future
Jan 05, 2022by Rahul Kumar Jan 05, 2022
Nobuo Takamori, the lead curator of the ongoing biennial at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, talks about Asian Futurism and Asian sci-fi culture as the core themes of the show.
Lee Mingwei's conceptual performances are about presence of diversity in the world
Jul 14, 2021by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 14, 2021
Taiwan-born Lee Mingwei invites the visitors to explore emotive experiences and decipher the variety of thoughts through his participatory conceptual performances.
‘Hidden Emotion in Texture’ presents a new perspective on ancient shanshui painting
Jul 09, 2021by Shraddha Nair Jul 09, 2021
Taiwanese artist Yuan Hui-Li’s solo exhibition at Tina Keng Gallery in Taipei, Taiwan, is an exploration of the female narrative in shanshui painting traditions.
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