•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Aarthi Mohan Nov 18, 2025
Over six days, the annual design festival traced new forms of connection, showing how design can move beyond trends to embody context, care and continuity.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Aug 06, 2025
The Dubai exhibition brings street aesthetics into a white cube space to create site-specific installations that blur distinctions between the street and the gallery.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 29, 2025
The museum’s design by the British architects juxtaposes local architectural references with a parametric form, with the landmark building set to open to the public later this year.
by Jincy Iype Jun 06, 2025
STIR interviews Maia Garau and Tristan Hupe-Guimarães of Tellart, reflecting on how the experiential design studio operates from the intersection of culture, nature and technology.
by Samta Nadeem May 07, 2025
This year’s edition of Art Dubai platformed multivocal histories and cultures with a roster of artists from the Middle East, South Asia and their diasporas. STIR distils key insights from the fair and its collateral events.
by Aarthi Mohan May 03, 2025
From vernacular knowledge to modern sustainability, the pavilions of UAE, Oman, Türkiye, Qatar and others at La Biennale 2025 serve as living archives of alternative architectures.
by Ranjana Dave May 02, 2025
The veteran curator on the Sharjah Biennial 16 and collection-building as history-writing, in a conversation with STIR.
by STIRworld Apr 14, 2025
The Contemporary and Bawwaba sections of Art Dubai 2025 anchor artistic inquiries into ecology, migration and identity through context-rich, geographically informed works.
by Anushka Sharma Apr 10, 2025
Art Dubai 2025 elevates the art fair experience by augmenting its gallery programme with an array of commissions and conferences.
by Ranjana Dave Feb 21, 2025
Intersecting contexts and frames of reference become pieces of a puzzle for the five curators of ‘to carry’.
by Anna Seaman Feb 20, 2025
The Honduran fibre artist delves into the interconnectivity between humans and animals and explores concepts of healing, destruction and repair in his latest exhibition in Dubai.
by Jincy Iype Dec 31, 2024
STIRred 2024: Reminiscing the influence of and learnings from design and architectural projects that we attended and featured, from leading design weeks to urban renewal plans.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Dec 21, 2024
Through the lens of politics, history, economics and urbanism, this Dubai exhibition proposes a four-legged perspective of human life and urban landscapes.
by STIRworld Dec 14, 2024
In the heart of Saadiyat Cultural District, Aldar and BIG craft a sanctuary where luxury redefines the essence of home in harmony with Abu Dhabi’s evolving skyline.
by Charlotte Jansen Dec 11, 2024
Indian artist Khandakar Ohida’s 2022 film, Dream Your Museum, about her uncle’s unconventional collection, wins the prestigious Jameel Prize 2024.
by Ranjana Dave Nov 29, 2024
MANZAR: Art and Architecture from Pakistan 1940s to Today surveys over eight decades of creative practice in an exhibition at the National Museum of Qatar in Doha.
by Ranjana Dave Nov 28, 2024
In an interview with STIR, the Emirati curator speaks about her focus on community engagement and her work as president and director of the Sharjah Art Foundation.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Nov 28, 2024
In a conversation with STIR, the Kuwait and Bahrain-based studio Civil Architecture speaks about their approach to local contexts and the built landscape before and after Neom.
by Maghie Ghali Nov 12, 2024
As a media partner, STIR visited DDW's milestone 10th edition, which revealed a thorough dedication to a new wave of creatives inspired by the Gulf’s diverse and lesser-known heritage.
by Huma Kabakci Jul 31, 2024
Moshiri, aged 61, was renowned for his modernist sensibilities, blending Iranian and Western culture through his oeuvre.
by Rebecca Anne Proctor Jul 13, 2024
Staged at Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, the artist’s first solo exhibition presents multi-media artworks.
by Niyati Dave Apr 05, 2024
STIR in conversation with Antonio Carver and Adib Dada about the ambitious project Tarabot, which reimagines sustainable architecture.
by Ayca Okay Mar 31, 2024
This iteration presents a captivating dialogue between contemporary art and ancient landscapes as visionary artists from around the world converge in the realm of AlUla.
by Aarthi Mohan Mar 19, 2024
Architect and designer Barry Wark speaks to STIR on blurring boundaries between nature and artifice with Nadarra at the Dubai Museum of the Future.
by Benedetta Ghione Mar 15, 2024
Across different generations and mediums, The Dubai Collection ties together a multiplicity of artists and histories to reflect the expanding art landscape of the UAE.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Feb 26, 2024
Time Transitions by RUINA Arquitectura and Jabala: 9 Ash Cleansing Temple by Yussef Agbo-Ola shed light on the kind of future prompted by the triennial’s curatorial brief.
by Manu Sharma Feb 03, 2024
The international art collective discussed their latest interactive technicolour offering at the Samaliyah mangrove island.
by Zohra Khan Jan 30, 2024
The pavilion presents an ingenious solution to building riveting architecture in arid regions like the UAE while needing no means for active cooling.
by 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.
by Anmol Ahuja Dec 14, 2023
The theoretical backing of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial’s sophomore edition, curated by Tosin Oshinowo, structuralises an antithesis to colonial architectural remnants.
by Sunena V Maju Apr 26, 2023
The Abrahamic Family House encompasses three separate houses of worship–a mosque, a church, and a synagogue–and a new place for dialogue in Abu Dhabi.
by Jincy Iype Mar 16, 2023
With mirrored columns and silver-leafed ceilings, Josette "takes on the form of a woman: elegant, eccentric, commanding, accomplished, poised, mischievous, cultured, chic."
by Armani/Casa Nov 30, 2022
Enhancing the Business class experience, the collaboration between the luxury brand and the UAE airline combines Italian elegance with Middle Eastern luxury.
by STIRworld Jun 02, 2022
The twelfth edition of the Casalgrande Padana Grand Prix announces its winners in an award ceremony at MUDEC in Milan,Italy.
by Rahul Kumar Apr 07, 2022
The 15th edition of Art Dubai hosted a specially curated Bawwaba section by cultural theorist and curator Nancy Adajania to include 10 solo presentations from the Global South.
by Jerry Elengical Apr 02, 2022
Situated in the Al Sajaa industrial area of Sharjah, UAE, the complex has been designed as a pair of twin dunes, with sinuous forms that blend into the desert landscape.
by Jerry Elengical Feb 28, 2022
In a hybrid ceremony at the Es Devlin-designed UK Pavilion, the winners of the ‘Reimagining Cities and Towns Post-COVID’ competition were honoured for their imaginative proposals.
by Jincy Iype Feb 15, 2022
Tadeu Baldani Caravieri (Director) and Carlo Rizzo (Editor) of the Global Grad Show at Dubai Design Week 2021 discuss its impactful themes of healthcare, sustainability, ethics and more.
by Esra Lemmens Dec 20, 2021
Diving into the creative festival, which featured 250 activities, 430 UAE-based designers and 560 companies, a noted industry insider talks about some of her favourite findings.
by Jincy Iype Dec 09, 2021
The year that was – STIR rounds up design and architectural fairs and festivals that made a powerful comeback after delays and challenges of the years devoured by the pandemic.
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