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Girls on swings, transforming art history: Cecily Brown’s Themes and Variations
Apr 04, 2025by Leah Triplett Apr 04, 2025
This 30 year survey of the British artist’s work at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia leaves questions unanswered.
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'Une Architecture Autre': Brutalism and its continuing legacy in projects of 2024
Dec 31, 2024by Mrinmayee Bhoot Dec 31, 2024
STIRred 2024: STIR lists the showcases, books and projects that rethink the legacy of Brutalist architecture through a contemporary context and lens.
Exploring Washington through 'Capital Brutalism' at the National Building Museum
Nov 11, 2024by Dhwani Shanghvi Nov 11, 2024
The exhibition spotlights D.C.'s monumental Brutalist architecture, examining its history, impact and reimagined future as envisioned by leading architects.
‘Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch’ challenges Native American stereotypes
Nov 10, 2024by Manu Sharma Nov 10, 2024
The famed Mohawk artist Shelley Niro joins STIR for an interview exploring her multimedia art on display at the Vancouver Art Gallery in Canada.
The Phillips Collection shines a light on Black American collage art
Jul 30, 2024by Manu Sharma Jul 30, 2024
In an interview with STIR, Co-Curators Katie Delmez and Adrienne L Childs discuss the multifarious approaches to collage making on display in Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage.
'Building Stories' is a journey through the imaginative world of children’s literature
May 15, 2024by Aarthi Mohan May 15, 2024
Building Stories at the National Building Museum delves into a dialogue between literature and architecture, shaping our understanding of home and belonging.
With large screens and bold graphics, Barbara Kruger's works return to London
Mar 18, 2024by Rhea Mathur Mar 18, 2024
Bettina Korek, Director of the Serpentine Gallery, speaks to STIR on Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You. and the provocative visual language of Barbara Kruger.
Suchi Reddy's contemplative kaleidoscope for the National Building Museum
Jul 25, 2023by STIRworld Jul 25, 2023
For the museum’s 2023 Summer Block Party, Suchi Reddy has designed Look Here - a composition of reflective fractals inspired by the Japanese "magic mirror".
Remembering Sam Gilliam: A legacy of colour field and lyrical abstraction
Jul 08, 2022by STIRworld Jul 08, 2022
Sam Gilliam was an American contemporary artist well-known for his bevelled-edge and drape paintings, and most notably, his resistance to discursive language.
Histovery opens an intimate portal to Notre-Dame at the National Building Museum
Jun 15, 2022by STIRworld Jun 15, 2022
Notre-Dame de Paris: The Augmented Exhibition by Histovery unravels the cathedral’s 850-year-history in mixed reality experience at the National Building Museum in Washington DC.
Suchi Reddy talks about space, community, and tech in art with ‘me + you’
Mar 17, 2022by Shraddha Nair Mar 17, 2022
In celebration of the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary in Washington DC, the India-born artist and architect Suchi Reddy fuses art and technology to discuss our future in a magical manner.
Michael Green Architecture designs Net Zero ‘Catalyst Building’ in mass timber
Oct 10, 2020by Anmol Ahuja Oct 10, 2020
Touted to be one of North America’s most sustainable structures, the Catalyst Building is projected to usher in a new era of more responsible building and construction in Spokane.
Canadian architect Douglas Cardinal believes buildings must grow out of nature
Jul 31, 2020by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jul 31, 2020
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Douglas Cardinal about why he feels it is important that the buildings must be part of nature and be in harmony with nature and us, the human beings.
Whidbey Island Farm Retreat by Mwworks honours pastoral landscape in Washington
Jul 07, 2020by STIRworld Jul 07, 2020
Seattle-based Mwworks has designed a retreat for a family in the densely forested hillside on Whidbey Island that overlooks cattle fields and blends with the agricultural landscape.
International Museum Day 2020 stresses upon equality, diversity and inclusion
May 18, 2020by Dilpreet Bhullar May 18, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned International Museum Day to one-of-its-kind opportunity to lead the conversation on and explore hitherto unviable possibilities around museums.
OMA’s bridge park above Anacostia River in Washington DC receives planning approval
Apr 24, 2020by STIRworld Apr 24, 2020
OMA reveals the design of the 11th Street Bridge Park, which will be built as a public destination in Washington D.C. by firm partner Jason Long, with construction beginning in 2021.
A comparison of great Central Vistas: New Delhi vis-à-vis Washington DC
Apr 03, 2020by Rajiv Bhakat Apr 03, 2020
Principal architect at Studio CoDe, Rajiv Bhakat, who has worked extensively in US and India, makes a timely study as the Central Vista in New Delhi braces for change.
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