STIRpad.com
In her own image: The radical practice of Emma Amos
Jul 23, 2025by Deeksha Nath Jul 23, 2025
Amos shaped a practice of formal innovation and political resistance, centring the frontal figure as a site of radical visibility and cultural critique.
Tate Modern
35 result(s)
‘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.
2024 in art: Exhibitions, ecosystems and economies
Dec 31, 2024by Ranjana Dave Dec 31, 2024
STIRred 2024: This year, STIR’s art coverage mapped key events, defined trends and studied the intricate evolution of arts ecosystems and market dynamics.
Tate Modern’s ‘Electric Dreams’ explores tech art before the internet
Dec 22, 2024by Manu Sharma Dec 22, 2024
Curator Val Ravaglia explores the massive group show and connects it to contemporary discourse in an interview with STIR.
Mire Lee’s ‘Open Wound’ inspires awe and terror in equal measure
Dec 06, 2024by Manu Sharma Dec 06, 2024
At London’s Tate Modern, curators Alvin Li and Bilal Akkouche discuss the installation Open Wound and its historical significance in an interview with STIR.
The beauty of things that don’t fit: An increasingly confident art world at Frieze
Oct 18, 2024by Tamsin Hong Oct 18, 2024
After a few conservative years post-pandemic, Frieze 2024 shows that the art market and exhibition programmes are both more confident, experimental and global.
Fair's fair – or is it?
Oct 09, 2024by Digby Warde-Aldam Oct 09, 2024
Frieze London is upon us. Since the turn of the century, major art fairs have changed the way the art world operates – and not everyone is happy about it.
Experiencing shadow and form in Anthony McCall’s sculptural projections
Aug 31, 2024by Deeksha Nath Aug 31, 2024
Solid Light, showing at Tate Modern in London, chronicles Anthony McCall’s expansive practice over five decades.
Traversing the Scottish lowlands between philosophy and science, art and energy
Aug 23, 2024by Samta Nadeem Aug 23, 2024
For the 20th Edinburgh Art Festival, X Muse paves the way for contemplations on art through works by El Anatsui, Hayley Barker, Charles Jencks and Cornelia Parker among others.
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.
Sirens of the present: Emilija Škarnulytė at Kunsthall Trondheim
Aug 06, 2024by Eleonora Ghedini Aug 06, 2024
The solo exhibition explores the relationship between nature and myth, crossing geographical as well as temporal boundaries through the Lithuanian artist's gaze.
'Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind' at Tate Modern showcases over 200 works of the artist
Feb 26, 2024by Tabish Khan Feb 26, 2024
Yoko Ono urges us to give peace a chance in this retrospective of conceptual and interactive art organised in collaboration with Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen.
A look at nine of the best London art exhibitions from 2023
Dec 21, 2023by Tabish Khan Dec 21, 2023
STIRred 2023: The top picks explore the full gamut of London's artistic landscape this year, from contemporary visionaries to tributes to women artists challenging gender norms.
Visual vignettes of creativity and humanity: the best of photography in 2023
Dec 18, 2023by Jincy Iype Dec 18, 2023
STIRred 2023: STIR celebrates powerfully creative photographic works from across the disciplines of architecture and art this year.
Examining 'A World In Common' at the photography exhibition at Tate Modern
May 24, 2023by Vatsala Sethi May 24, 2023
The modern photography exhibition 'A World In Common' by Tate Modern looks at the dynamic landscape of photography and video from the African diaspora.
Olafur Eliasson in conversation with STIR about his show ‘The Curious Desert’ in Qatar
Apr 21, 2023by Daria Kravchuk Apr 21, 2023
In an interview with STIR, Olafur Eliasson explains how he and his studio are determined to decrease the carbon footprint of the artistic projects and increase our sensitivity towards nature.
Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian: exploring pioneers of abstract art in Europe
Apr 13, 2023by STIRworld Apr 13, 2023
The retrospective exhibition, Forms of life is rooted in Klint and Mondrian's fascination with the natural and supernatural, represented through colours and shapes at the Tate Modern.
Tate Modern hosts 'Every Tangle of Thread and Rope' by Magdalena Abakanowicz
Feb 27, 2023by Shraddha Nair Feb 27, 2023
Tate Modern is showcasing the work of late Polish artist and her famous installation Abakans, woven from a variety of fibres, which pushed the boundaries of textile art.
Es Devlin’s ‘Come Home Again’ installation is a plea to conserve urban biodiversity
Sep 29, 2022by STIRworld Sep 29, 2022
At the Tate Modern Garden near St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, the sculptural artwork features a cross sectional model of the cathedral’s dome housing drawings of at-risk 243 species.
Yayoi Kusama's famed 'The Obliteration Room' comes back to Tate Modern
Jul 29, 2022by STIRworld Jul 29, 2022
Tate Modern invites visitors to participate in The Obliteration Room, one of Kusama’s most ambitious interactive works, by transforming a white space into a “sea of colourful dots”.
Anicka Yi sets up ‘In Love with the World’ at Tate Modern for the Hyundai Commission
Feb 10, 2022by 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.
Art & Voices Matter: Morad Montazami sifts through complexity of Southern Modernism
Jun 28, 2021by Dilpreet Bhullar Jun 28, 2021
The curatorial-archival practice of Morad Montazami, director of Zamân Books & Curating, aims to extricate the critical vocabulary on Southern Modernism from the western domination.
Paul Harrison and John Wood talk about their practice that keeps humour at its core
Jul 10, 2020by Rahul Kumar Jul 10, 2020
The duo discusses the Six Boxes series, and taking a two-dimensional plan to a three-dimensional performance, which eventually gets consumed in two-dimensional form through a screen.
Cardi Gallery's exhibition on Mimmo Rotella discovers the birth of pop art in Europe
Jul 06, 2020by Jones John Jul 06, 2020
Beyond Décollage: Photo Emulsions and Artypos 1963-1980 at Cardi Gallery, London, brings the pop artist's lesser known artworks to a new generation of connoisseurs.
Twenty Years of Tate Modern, UK: Delving into the past, the present and the future
May 11, 2020by John Jervis May 11, 2020
John Jervis writes about the people and ideas that shaped the world’s most successful art gallery, and how it will need to find a new approach in a world of reduced tourism.
The decade in art: 10 trends, 10 years
Feb 11, 2020by Georgina Maddox Feb 11, 2020
As some styles and developments brought in a quiet revolution in the world of art, STIR takes a look at the 10 important trends and changes in the last 10 years.
Dora Maar's surrealist photography takes over the Tate Modern in London
Jan 18, 2020by Georgina Maddox Jan 18, 2020
Catch up with one of the most comprehensive retrospectives of Maar, who was a photographer and briefly a painter, and is well-known as Pablo Picasso’s muse.
Peter Sedgley brings light to his canvases through optical illusions
Dec 18, 2019by Georgina Maddox Dec 18, 2019
Optical art artist Peter Sedgley has recently been showing his light patterned work around the UK - from the Tate to the British Council.
Artist Kara Walker’s shadow-play tells tales at the Tate Modern, London
Nov 26, 2019by Georgina Maddox Nov 26, 2019
American artist Kara Elizabeth Walker, who was born on this day in 1969, muses the grotesque and the carnal in her ongoing exhibit at the Tate Modern.
Here comes the sun: the importance of daylight in galleries and museums
Oct 21, 2019by Georgina Maddox Oct 21, 2019
While many think of lighting an artwork as a no-brainer, we look at trends in lighting that reveal that there actually is great science behind it.
Danish group SUPERFLEX takes visitors on a journey into the dark future at Cisternerne
Oct 16, 2019by Georgina Maddox Oct 16, 2019
The exhibition It is not the end of the world by SUPERFLEX, at Cisternerne in Copenhagen, illustrates that future climate change may be the end of humanity, but not the world.
Tate Britain presents the largest survey show of work by William Blake, in the UK
Oct 14, 2019by Georgina Maddox Oct 14, 2019
Over 300 original works, digital simulations, and immersive recreations of William Blake’s artworks imitate the times he lived in, as part of the exhibition at Tate Britain.
Diller Scofidio + Renfro proposes design for the Centre for Music, London
Sep 23, 2019by Meghna Mehta Sep 23, 2019
New York-based firm's concept design for the London Centre for Music brings music to all, creating a public realm for the city’s emerging cultural fabric.
‘Wear your art’, says Rebecca Horn’s exhibition at Tate Modern, London
Aug 09, 2019by Georgina Maddox Aug 09, 2019
German artist Rebecca Horn’s works at the Tate Modern are the sculptural constructions for the body to undertake the most systematic investigation of individual subjectivity
Taking the Tate by storm: Olafur Eliasson immerses the audience in art
Jun 27, 2019by Georgina Maddox Jun 27, 2019
Emma Lewis, assistant curator of 'Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life' discusses the artist's passion for ecology, climate change and the inherent need to include the audience.
Sign in with Google
Sign in with email