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Talking environment with Ben Whitehouse
Jul 16, 2023by Georgina Maddox Jul 16, 2023
UK-born, US-based artist Ben Whitehouse discusses his love for the open spaces and elements of nature that reflect in his canvases, video work and photographs.
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‘Web(s) of Life’: An evolutionary tapestry at Serpentine Gallery
Jul 11, 2023by Sakhi Sobti Jul 11, 2023
Serpentine Gallery presents Argentinian artist Tomas Saraceno whose practice is built on the foundation of constructive environmental solutions and narratives.
Luke Rudman's practice sits at the juncture of painting and performance
Jul 04, 2023by Manu Sharma Jul 04, 2023
South African artist Luke Rudman talks about his multidisciplinary approach to creating queer art.
'Edifice Complex': Drawings of architecture that reveal socio-economic reality
May 25, 2023by Rahul Kumar May 25, 2023
Edifice Complex, a solo exhibition by Sameer Kulavoor at TARQ gallery in Mumbai, gives an insight into our contemporary socio-economic and political reality.
Sheba Chhachhi shows her decades long practice for the first time in the Middle East
Apr 20, 2023by Sukanya Deb Apr 20, 2023
Displaying the artist’s documentary practice, the exhibition Temporal Twists: A Subversive Metalogue presented a complex retelling of the meta-narratives that drive the Indian nation state, through a feminist lens.
Rajkamal Kahlon’s incendiary works trap the ‘othering gaze’
Apr 07, 2023by Rosalyn D`Mello Apr 07, 2023
With surgical precision, the American artist draws blood, unveiling the deep violence of colonialist, ethnographic, racist literature.
Carolee Schneemann’s six-decade-long body of pioneering feminist performance art
Jan 07, 2023by Sukanya Deb Jan 07, 2023
A major survey exhibition of Carolee Schneemann’s work looks at the artist’s masterful experimentations, across mediums of performance, installation, film and multimedia.
The idea and new definition of 'museum' in the context of visual arts
Aug 29, 2022by Rahul Kumar Aug 29, 2022
Examining the new definition of 'museum' issued by ICOM, and the Museum of Rape Threats and Sexism that expands the idea of the format associated with a museum.
documenta fifteen's 'lumbung' artists on embodied resistance via collective action
May 08, 2022by Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi May 08, 2022
Multiple voices of resistance will come together for lumbung - documenta fifteen, scheduled to open in Kassel, Germany in June 2022.
Letizia Battaglia who exposed the underground mafias passes away at 87
Apr 16, 2022by STIRworld Apr 16, 2022
Italian photographer Letizia Battaglia has left behind a legacy of her documented work on the brutal mafia violence.
Activist Art collective INDECLINE releases its brazen greatest hits compilation
Mar 29, 2022by Manu Sharma Mar 29, 2022
American artist-activist group INDECLINE explores their recently-released film Side Hustles, and reflect on the collective's anti-authoritarian exploits over the past year.
Radha D'Souza and Jonas Staal's exhibition brings climate crimes to court
Dec 23, 2021by Vidur Sethi Dec 23, 2021
In the Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes in Amsterdam, writer-lawyer Radha D’Souza and artist Jonas Staal mount a large-scale installation in the form of a tribunal.
'Passages: Rites and Rituals' features Betsy Damon’s early performance artworks
Dec 08, 2021by Shraddha Nair Dec 08, 2021
Monika Fabijanska curates a look back at American artist Betsy Damon’s initial years of performance art practice at La MaMa Galleria in New York.
Art & Voices Matter: Artistic suppression…myth or fact?
May 03, 2021by Rosalyn D`Mello May 03, 2021
How do artists cope with strangulating environments that insidiously erase their right to express their subjectivities?
Art & Voices Matter: STIR original series on issues of communities at the margins
Apr 26, 2021by Dilpreet Bhullar Apr 26, 2021
A series of interviews that put a spotlight on global art practices that focus on issues at the margins of the broader society.
Michael Rakowitz and the excavation of cultural trauma
Nov 13, 2020by Jones John Nov 13, 2020
STIR investigates the multifaceted art-activism of Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz, who is showcasing his first solo exhibition at the Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai.
What I learnt about art and activism from Chila Kumari Singh Burman
Nov 07, 2020by Jones John Nov 07, 2020
As the British artist of Indian origin prepares to unveil the Tate Britain’s façade, she talks to STIR about why she does what she does.
The alchemist of polka dots, Yayoi Kusama creates a vision of infinity on earth
Sep 05, 2020by Sukanya Garg Sep 05, 2020
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s immersive polka-dotted, phallic-sculptured infinity room - Love is Calling - is a culmination of her journey towards the sublime.
Photographer-activist Shahidul Alam appeals to a shared identity and experience
Aug 15, 2020by Dilpreet Bhullar Aug 15, 2020
As the World Photography Day approaches, STIR looks at the diversity of Shahidul Alam’s works that forge a human relation built upon individual self-realisation and collective action.
Ecological artist Shai Zakai believes balance is the key for a healthy ecosystem
Jul 30, 2020by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 30, 2020
The Israeli artist uses photography, video art and public art in her projects to reiterate the importance of balance between the human mind and environment.
Human Flow by Ai Weiwei addresses the issue of migration and the plight of refugees
Jan 04, 2020by Shraddha Nair Jan 04, 2020
The documentary film by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei takes the audience to 23 countries as it delves into the reality of the refugee crisis we face today.
The breast as part of street art in Paris and Dublin
Sep 28, 2019by Georgina Maddox Sep 28, 2019
French artist-activist, Intra Laure, creates waves with her beautiful yet provocative public art sculptures of the female breast.
Of arts, politics and censorship at Aichi Triennale, Japan
Sep 02, 2019by Sukanya Garg Sep 02, 2019
A chat with Iida Shihoko, the Chief Curator of Aichi Triennale, about the 2019 edition of the arts festival and the shutdown of one of its section – “After 'Freedom of Expression?'”
Curatorial project, Ilâj, by Yasaman Tamizkar focuses on art as a cure
Aug 21, 2019by Sukanya Garg Aug 21, 2019
Works of Iranian artists highlighting issues of violence, petrification and consumerism formed the curatorial project Ilâj, which was exhibited at Playlist of Propositions, New Delhi.
The Ford Foundation opens its art gallery in New York
Aug 19, 2019by Sukanya Garg Aug 19, 2019
The Ford Foundation marked the opening of the Ford Foundation Gallery in New York with its inaugural exhibition Perilous Bodies.
Fondation Phi in Montreal exhibits Liberté Conquérante, the art of Yoko Ono
Jul 25, 2019by Sukanya Garg Jul 25, 2019
Japanese-American artist Yoko Ono’s exhibition Liberté Conquérante (Growing Freedom) is on display at Fondation Phi pour l’art contemporain in Montreal till September 15, 2019.
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