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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.
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Painting as palimpsest: a survey of Julie Mehretu’s work comes to Germany
Jul 11, 2025by Srishti Ojha Jul 11, 2025
KAIROS / Hauntological Variations’ a journey through the Ethiopian-American artist’s career, will be on view at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf.
Untangling pain, joy, care and violence in the history of American art
Oct 21, 2024by Sunena V Maju Oct 21, 2024
STIR dives into Toward Joy, the Brooklyn Museum’s latest exhibition, with curator Stephanie Sparling Williams.
Christina Quarles' fragmented bodies travel to the Nordics this summer
Jul 19, 2024by Alice Godwin Jul 19, 2024
Shadow and burning light cut through the American painter’s exhibition at the historic Gammel Strand on Copenhagen’s canals.
Queer icon Vaginal Davis takes the Swedish art world by storm
Jun 10, 2024by Alice Godwin Jun 10, 2024
The "terrorist drag" performing artist occupies six institutions across Stockholm's archipelago, with her first major solo international art exhibition.
Remembering Faith Ringgold for her expansive practice, bridging art and life
May 30, 2024by Florence Derieux May 30, 2024
Subverting notions of Black identity and gender performativity across five decades, Ringgold set the stage for artists and women of colour across modern art.
The MCA’s ‘What Happened’ presents the breadth of Nicole Eisenman’s art
May 05, 2024by Manu Sharma May 05, 2024
Co-curator Jadine Collingwood discusses the American artist’s diverse practice and relatively new focus on sculpture.
Unpicking the phenomenon of ‘Cute’ beyond its aesthetics
Apr 05, 2024by Almas Sadique Apr 05, 2024
The exhibition in Somerset House, London, explores the influence that cute culture has on one’s well being, whilst also tracing its murky usage in pop culture.
A diverse and inclusive art world in the making
Dec 26, 2022by Vatsala Sethi Dec 26, 2022
Best of 2022: STIR looks at art galleries, art collectives, and movements that supported LGBTQ artists, people of colour, and diverse life forms.
Dona Nelson’s ‘ReFiguring, one painting at a time’ renews interest towards paintings
Dec 17, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Dec 17, 2022
ReFiguring, one painting at a time by Dona Nelson at Thomas Erben Gallery in New York underscores how the painter incessantly follows the labour of effort to sustain her artistic oeuvre.
Roxy Paine's multimedia works articulate the coexistence of multiple meanings
Nov 18, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Nov 18, 2022
American painter Roxy Paine creates a conflicting world, driven by ecology and technology, in his installations to open a contemplative space that the audience can share.
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.
Contemporary artists who investigate and reflect on the LGBTQ+ community
Jun 23, 2022by STIRworld Jun 23, 2022
Looking at the practice of Salman Toor, Gilbert Lewis, Alex Baczynski-Jenkins, Camilo Godoy and Laura Aguilar that concerns the queer community.
Artist Will Day speaks about his large-scale paintings that portray deep sentiments
May 10, 2022by Rahul Kumar May 10, 2022
In an interview with STIR, Will Day speaks of his journey of discovery of art and his intent through his large-scale surfaces for his abstract paintings.
Exploring Faith Ringgold’s celebrated work in retrospective exhibition at New Museum
Mar 08, 2022by STIRworld Mar 08, 2022
American artist Faith Ringgold’s social and political art comprising figurative and quilt work made over 50 years is on display at the New Museum in New York City.
Daniel Dezeuze’s 'Écrans/Tableaux: Variations' reassembles codes of painting
Jan 10, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Jan 10, 2022
Daniel Dezeuze’s exhibition Écrans/Tableaux: Variations at Galerie Templon brought to the fore the art of making painting-sculpture to question the survival of traditional form of painting.
Painter Mark Rogers invites us into his world of fantasy and fiction
Apr 16, 2021by Shraddha Nair Apr 16, 2021
Born and raised in the US, Mark Rogers brings together magical realism with alien fantasy in a supernatural combination, which draws in the viewer.
Robert Steven Connett and his biotic curiosities
Jan 27, 2021by Manu Sharma Jan 27, 2021
STIR speaks with American artist Robert Steven Connett to shed light on his preternatural paintings.
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