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The 61st Venice Biennale as a sensuous joyride and a triumphant odyssey
May 18, 2026by Rosalyn D`Mello May 18, 2026
Koyo Kouoh’s In Minor Keys brings the fringe to the fore, emphasising artistic resilience amid the apocalypse.
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WIELS’ ecocentric group show erodes the binary between magic and reality
Sep 01, 2025by Srishti Ojha Sep 01, 2025
Magical Realism: Imagining Natural Dis/order’ brings together over 30 artists to reimagine the Anthropocene through the literary and artistic genre.
Fiona Tan curates a cabinet of fixations in Monomania at the Rijksmuseum
Jul 10, 2025by Hili Perlson Jul 10, 2025
A 19th-century portrait of a kleptomaniac sparked the artist’s yearslong dive into the history of psychiatry.
Ebb and flow: Dialogues on the independent art scene in Venice
Jul 08, 2025by Eleonora Ghedini Jul 08, 2025
An exploration of some innovative curatorial practices while walking and talking in a city that keeps reinventing itself beyond every dreamy idealisation.
Italian feminist artist and poet Tomaso Binga’s triumphant Naples retrospective
Jun 09, 2025by Hili Perlson Jun 09, 2025
Madre Museum examines how Binga carved out a space of autonomy and introspection for women.
Golden Lion awards at Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 rally for climate and equity
May 12, 2025by Anushka Sharma May 12, 2025
From climate-responsive design to long-term urban experiments, this year's awards reflect a shifting architectural discourse rooted in ecology, collaboration and systems thinking.
Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg return to Norway with old and new horrors
Apr 01, 2025by Manu Sharma Apr 01, 2025
‘Death or Eternal Delight’ curator Maria C. Havstam joins STIR for a conversation about the duo’s shocking stop-motion film works.
On the violence of the present: Reena Saini Kallat’s ‘Cartographies of the Unseen’
Mar 13, 2025by Avani Tandon Vieira Mar 13, 2025
The artist’s multimedia survey exhibition at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in Mumbai, mobilises art as a tool for cartographic contestations.
Fame, fortune and fruit: Yu Cheng-Ta makes durian an unlikely co-star
Jan 31, 2025by Ranjana Dave Jan 31, 2025
Performing as durian tycoon FAMEME across multiple projects, the Taiwanese artist explores Asian male identity and geocultural intricacies at Malaysia's Blank Canvas.
Threading new narratives: ‘Material Worlds’ pushes the boundaries of textile art
Nov 12, 2024by Hannah McGivern Nov 12, 2024
This group exhibition at Warwick Arts Centre explores how contemporary artists engage with textiles as a medium and a concept to convey ideas of culture, identity and history.
Lygia Clark at Whitechapel Gallery: Engaging Bodies and Performing Freedom
Oct 19, 2024by Deeksha Nath Oct 19, 2024
The I and the You traces Clark's journey from spatial exploration through abstraction to forefronting audience experience with manipulative objects and participatory performances.
Nicolas Bourriaud on conducting an "operatic" Gwangju Biennale
Aug 14, 2024by Rémy Jarry Aug 14, 2024
Speaking with STIR, the Artistic Director of the 15th Gwangju Biennale emphasises the relevance of Korean heritage in contemporary times through his curatorial approach in Pansori.
Curator Robert Storr pays most attention to things he doesn’t initially like
Apr 05, 2024by Vladimir Belogolovsky Apr 05, 2024
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Robert Storr about learning from books and meeting people, what makes a successful exhibition and on the uselessness of art.
Wency Mendes’ ongoing art project centres on Goan fish curry rice
Mar 27, 2024by Rosalyn D`Mello Mar 27, 2024
The Mrinalini Mukherjee Creative Arts Grant winner talks to STIR about grounding his practice in collaborative proclivities.
Ravenna’s Mosaic Biennale is a tapestry of history and contemporary art
Jan 21, 2024by Aarthi Mohan Jan 21, 2024
Through noteworthy exhibitions and curatorial perspectives from the recently concluded Mosaic Biennale in Ravenna, STIR delves into the fusion of tradition and modernity.
'The Future Life, Future You': Taiwan’s AI-focused group exhibition at Jut Art Museum
Jan 02, 2024by Manu Sharma Jan 02, 2024
Exhibition curator Bo-Cheng Shen discusses critical perspectives on our partnership with artificial intelligence and its role in our future.
'The Grand Italian Vision': a repository of the Italian Transavanguardia movement
May 31, 2023by Georgina Maddox May 31, 2023
STIR speaks with Achille Bonito Oliva, the curator of Farnesina Collection's The Grand Italian Vision, an anthology of 70 masterpieces of Italian art on view at Bikaner House, New Delhi.
Iranian calligrapher Mohammad Ehsaei on his recent book 'Nocturnal Whispers'
Aug 12, 2022by Afra Safa Aug 12, 2022
STIR in conversation with Iranian curator and critique Behzad Hatam and master calligrapher Mohammad Ehsaei, about calligraphy and graphic design.
Nancy Adajania curates the 'Bawwaba' section at Art Dubai 2022
Apr 07, 2022by 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.
Exploring Foto/Industria: Intersection of photography, food, and industry
Feb 20, 2022by Manu Sharma Feb 20, 2022
Curator Francesco Zanot discusses Fondazione MAST’s Foto/Industria Biennial, its theme and significance, as examined through various lenses.
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?
We need to talk about Art Critics
Dec 26, 2020by Rosalyn D`Mello Dec 26, 2020
While the pandemic has put the art world under financial strain, art criticism remains among an under-discussed realm in terms of the new conditions under which it must be performed.
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