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At Colomboscope 2026 in Sri Lanka, a score for many people
Jan 30, 2026by Ranjana Dave Jan 30, 2026
In venues across Colombo, Rhythm Alliances frames rhythm as the connective tissue between memory, movement, performance and social life.
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Rhythmic entanglements: Colomboscope enters its ninth edition
Jan 27, 2026by Ranjana Dave Jan 27, 2026
In a conversation with STIR, artistic director Natasha Ginwala reflects on the curatorial frameworks and geopolitical realities that have shaped the festival in Sri Lanka.
Christiane Paul on creating a sustainable ecosystem for digital art
Dec 19, 2025by Lee Daehyung Dec 19, 2025
In a conversation with STIR, the digital art curator talks about the challenges and responsibilities of shaping a lasting digital art landscape for museums and artists.
Serendipity Arts Festival is no longer an outsider in Goa, says Sunil Kant Munjal
Dec 12, 2025by Zohra Khan Dec 12, 2025
In an interview with STIR, the founder patron of SAF unpacks the role of cultural patronage and interdisciplinarity in shaping the Serendipity Arts Festival’s milestone tenth edition.
Major international artists take over London’s institutions this Frieze week
Oct 14, 2025by Maanav Jalan Oct 14, 2025
Nigerian modernism, a ‘suitcase project’ of Asian diasporic art and a Colomboscope exhibition give international context to the city’s biggest art week.
The Bihar Museum Biennale: Whose stories shape a biennale of museums?
Sep 04, 2025by Vasudhaa Narayanan Sep 04, 2025
In its drive to position museums as instruments of cultural diplomacy, competing histories and fragile resistances surface at the Bihar Museum Biennale.
Roots, seeds and slow activism at the Edinburgh Art Festival 2025
Aug 12, 2025by Vamika Sinha Aug 12, 2025
This year’s Edinburgh Art Festival takes a slower, deeper curatorial approach, integrating within its home city more than ever before.
The lay of the land: Deep-time ecologies at the Folkestone Triennial 2025
Jul 22, 2025by Sofia Hallström Jul 22, 2025
Amidst ecological crises and geopolitical disorientation, the Folkestone Triennial 2025 explores a deep-time ecology of ritual, resistance and repair.
In Minor Keys: Venice Biennale 2026 reveals its curatorial theme
May 27, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 27, 2025
The biennale's organisers acknowledged the passing of curator Koyo Kouoh, reiterating their support for her curatorial vision of "a collective score composed together with artists".
Art Dubai 2025 honours collective identity, spotlighting eco-social urgencies
May 07, 2025by 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.
A summer fair: Art Dubai foregrounds contemporary art from the Global South
Apr 14, 2025by 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.
New commissions and talks at Art Dubai draw on the contemporary condition
Apr 10, 2025by 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.
Goa's art scene moves away from the market and towards the community
Mar 25, 2025by Mustafa Khanbhai Mar 25, 2025
India's metro-centric, closed-door art world encounters novel challenges in Goa, where markets are reinvented to side-step the usual economic forces.
From finance to art, Sarah Meyohas treads uncharted territory
Mar 21, 2025by Manu Sharma Mar 21, 2025
STIR speaks with Meyohas about her compelling conceptual art at Desert X 2025.
On indigeneity in contemporary art, with Chris Saines and Darrell Sibosado
Mar 17, 2025by Manu Sharma Mar 17, 2025
STIR explores the place of indigenous practices from the Asia Pacific today with Saines, the director of QAGOMA, and Sibosado, a First Nations artist.
South Asian art in focus: Key conversations from the India Art Fair Talks Programme
Feb 14, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Feb 14, 2025
At India Art Fair 2025, speakers like Naomi Beckwith, Manuel Rabaté and Sangita Jindal discussed building access and community in the arts,
Design displays at India Art Fair 2025 reinterpret archaic art forms
Feb 01, 2025by STIRworld Feb 01, 2025
Under the Design section at India Art Fair 2025, 11 studios and one design exhibition exemplify cultural references and individual tastes of South Asia.
DesignTO returns to Toronto with a host of exploratory and immersive showcases
Jan 22, 2025by Almas Sadique Jan 22, 2025
The art and design festival hosts events that deliberate upon identity, heritage, loss, grief, migration, material exploration, neuroarchitecture and more.
Serendipity Arts Festival 2024 highlights the transformative power of the arts
Nov 27, 2024by STIRworld Nov 27, 2024
The ninth edition of the Serendipity Arts Festival brings its diverse programme of events across the visual arts, theatre, music, dance and culinary arts to Goa this December.
The Bangkok Art Biennale embraces Mother Nature
Nov 18, 2024by Rémy Jarry Nov 18, 2024
The fourth edition of the Biennale delves into the contemporary legacy of feminine mythologies while addressing the ecological challenges of our time.
Embodied responses to climate emergencies at the Lahore Biennale 2024
Nov 14, 2024by Maliha Noorani Nov 14, 2024
The third edition of the Lahore Biennale engaged in unpacking the climate crisis from the frontlines of the Global South.
The beauty of things that don’t fit: An increasingly confident art world at Frieze
Oct 18, 2024by Tamsin Hong Oct 18, 2024
After a few conservative years post-pandemic, Frieze 2024 shows that the art market and exhibition programmes are both more confident, experimental and global.
What is the 2024 Manifesta Biennial manifesting in Barcelona?
Oct 16, 2024by Daria Kravchuk Oct 16, 2024
The 15th edition of Manifesta, the European nomadic biennial, in Barcelona, advocates for the importance of contemporary art in addressing ecological concerns through sustainable practices.
Artist Shahzia Sikander on creating artworks that inspire discourse
Oct 11, 2024by Cleo Roberts-Komireddi Oct 11, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: Shahzia Sikander reflects on her retrospective show Collective Behavior, a collateral exhibition of the 60th Venice Biennale.
In its tenth edition, Asia NOW celebrates the diversity of Asian contemporary art
Sep 30, 2024by Manu Sharma Sep 30, 2024
Leading up to the presentation from the Global South, STIR looks at the art fair, exploring some of the installation and performance works that audiences can view in October.
Manal AlDowayan reflects on Saudi womanhood at the Venice Biennale
Sep 27, 2024by Cleo Roberts-Komireddi Sep 27, 2024
STIRring ‘Everywhere’ in Venice: Artist Manal AlDowayan joins STIR to discuss her multimedia installation, Shifting Sands: A Battle Song, for the Saudi Pavilion.
Pirate Utopias and Pansori: The 12th Busan and 15th Gwangju Biennales
Sep 25, 2024by Louis Ho Sep 25, 2024
The current Busan Biennale aligns so-called pirate enlightenment and Buddhist monasticism, while the venerable Gwangju Biennale is premised on an all-embracing inclusivity.
The body remembers inappropriate touch in Durga Venkatesan's 'Touchy Topic'
Sep 20, 2024by Manu Sharma Sep 20, 2024
STIR in conversation with the Bengaluru-based performance artist on her cathartic live performance and the scope of performance art.
Resisting the present, reimagining the future: Edinburgh Art Festival 2024
Sep 05, 2024by Holly Allan Sep 05, 2024
EAF2024 explored the intersection of art, resistance and community in a time of global crisis.
The Armory Show brings artists from marginalised backgrounds to the US Open
Sep 04, 2024by Manu Sharma Sep 04, 2024
A look at four compelling artists showing at the US Open and the dialogues with tennis and athleticism that their works engage in.
Traversing the Scottish lowlands between philosophy and science, art and energy
Aug 23, 2024by Samta Nadeem Aug 23, 2024
For the 20th Edinburgh Art Festival, X Muse paves the way for contemplations on art through works by El Anatsui, Hayley Barker, Charles Jencks and Cornelia Parker among others.
Exploring the Portugal Pavilion: Collective work within a 'Creole Garden'
Aug 22, 2024by Beth Citron Aug 22, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: Sonia Vaz Borges joins STIR to discuss Greenhouse’s ambitious and challenging vision for Portugal’s Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
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.
Diana Velasco's curation bridges traditional and digital art at the Enter Art Fair 2024
Aug 07, 2024by Zeynep Rekkali Jensen Aug 07, 2024
In an exclusive interview with STIR, Velasco discusses her ambitious curatorial vision, highlighting her expertise in digital and AI art.
Debt in Venice: Christoph Büchel’s quietly monumental show 'Monte di Pietà'
Jul 04, 2024by Huma Kabakci Jul 04, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: The Swiss-Icelandic artist’s exhibition brings together a failing pawnshop, live-streamed wars, NFTs and a room for sex work in a historic palazzo.
Navigating the fog: inspiring multimedia installations in Venice
Jun 27, 2024by Lee Daehyung Jun 27, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: Three exhibitions outside of the Art Biennale use video, sound and design to encourage a deeper appreciation of our shared humanity.
Tunisia's art scene rises amid a challenging socio-political backdrop
Jun 25, 2024by Rebecca Anne Proctor Jun 25, 2024
Several new galleries have opened in Tunis, casting light on the North African country’s creative scene at an uncertain time for the country.
The second edition of sā Ladakh explored ‘The Future of Immersive Land Art’
Jun 22, 2024by Almas Sadique Jun 22, 2024
The art festival showcased site-specific art installations that were mindful of the land and resources utilised to build them up.
Venice is a victim of the climate crisis: how is the Art Biennale reacting?
Jun 19, 2024by Julie Baumgardner Jun 19, 2024
STIRring ‘Everywhere’ in Venice: As the Venice Biennale becomes carbon neutral, art brings hope and imagination to climate change debates.
Artist, educator, curator: Rirkrit Tiravanija’s relational aesthetics
Jun 07, 2024by Rémy Jarry Jun 07, 2024
Globally celebrated as an influential contemporary artist, Rirkrit Tiravanija speaks to STIR about the Thailand Biennale and his curatorial practice.
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