Humanity as practice: The 36th Bienal de São Paulo
Sep 23, 2025by Mercedes Ezquiaga Sep 23, 2025
Curated by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, the Bienal in Brazil gathers 120 artists exploring migration, community and what it means to “be human”.
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by Mercedes Ezquiaga Sep 23, 2025
Curated by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, the Bienal in Brazil gathers 120 artists exploring migration, community and what it means to “be human”.
by Srishti Ojha Sep 08, 2025
The fair’s inaugural edition, with the theme Bridging Dichotomies, celebrates Balinese philosophy, Indonesian artists and Southeast Asian art with a sustainable twist.
by 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.
by Hili Perlson Aug 25, 2025
In Genoa, the Italian artist disrupts the photographic image’s dominance.
by 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.
by Lee Daehyung Aug 08, 2025
The three contemporary artists counter digital acceleration with art that demands stillness and introspection.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Aug 06, 2025
The Dubai exhibition brings street aesthetics into a white cube space to create site-specific installations that blur distinctions between the street and the gallery.
by Srishti Ojha Jul 04, 2025
KADIST and ILHAM present 27 artists and collectives who reflect on the violent setting of the plantation and its role as a model for Western capitalism.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 02, 2025
A retrospective on the conceptual artist at Tai Kwun Contemporary in Hong Kong showcases text-centric work that documents the mundane aspects of the day.
by Avani Tandon Vieira Jun 24, 2025
The artist’s mid-career survey at the Guggenheim, New York, presents a plural imagination of medium, community and self.
by Zohra Khan Jun 13, 2025
A travelling retrospective of the celebrated Japanese artist’s work comes to London, spanning four decades of practice.
by Hili Perlson Jun 09, 2025
Madre Museum examines how Binga carved out a space of autonomy and introspection for women.
by Jincy Iype Jun 06, 2025
STIR interviews Maia Garau and Tristan Hupe-Guimarães of Tellart, reflecting on how the experiential design studio operates from the intersection of culture, nature and technology.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 06, 2025
STIR speaks to the artist and filmmaker on her solo exhibition at CARA, New York, and the themes of displacement, indigenous labour and science fiction prevalent in her work.
by Anushka Sharma May 30, 2025
Talks, installations, screenings and interactive pavilions await as London hosts a city-wide dynamic celebration of design, innovation and the forces that guide them.
by Srishti Ojha May 30, 2025
The British artist’s new exhibition, Fabricating My Own Myth – Red Threads & Silver Needles, at Newcastle Contemporary Art highlights the political power of presence.
by Mustafa Khanbhai May 21, 2025
The artist’s new series of abstract sculptures places error and intention in a tense dialogue in an exhibition at HH Art Spaces, Goa.
by Almas Sadique May 14, 2025
In conversation with STIR, BENTO's Corentin Dalon shares anecdotes about the studio's beginnings, experimental adventures, traditional inspirations and speculative aspirations.
by Manu Sharma May 13, 2025
STIR speaks with curatorial associate Karen Cheung about Samson Young’s 2024 multimedia installation, and its use of algorithmic forms to process human intimacies.
by Manu Sharma May 09, 2025
NGS curator Qinyi Lim offers deeper insight into the installation in a conversation with STIR.
by Eleonora Ghedini May 08, 2025
Icarus is the Japanese artist’s first major retrospective to date in Europe and reveals a topicality with the current geopolitical and environmental crisis.
by 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.
by Mercedes Ezquiaga Apr 28, 2025
From Brazil to Chile and Peru, Latin American fairs embrace local voices and practices while expanding their reach and reshaping the future of contemporary art.
by Almas Sadique Apr 25, 2025
In conversation with STIR, Dominique Petit-Frère, co-founder of Limbo Accra, discusses the studio’s overarching motivations, ethos, intent and disparate outputs.
by Ranjana Dave Apr 11, 2025
In a frenetic week of art fairs, auctions, exhibitions and parties, Hong Kong channels longer histories of global trade.
by 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.
by Manu Sharma Apr 03, 2025
This behemoth art fair in West Asia returns with a promising digital art lineup in its 18th year.
by Aarthi Mohan Apr 01, 2025
Designed by Studio8 Architects, the residential interiors crafted for an art collector harmonise personal storytelling and functional design in the heart of the city.
by Hili Perlson Mar 28, 2025
The Swiss artist, who shot to fame in recent years, is staging her first institutional show in Switzerland at MASI Lugano, titled Many Moons.
by Almas Sadique Mar 25, 2025
The Dining Room, one of the six public pavilions designed by i/thee for the ARTocka Trail Loop, invites the changing atmosphere to alter the morphology of its rammed earth walls.
by Samta Nadeem Mar 20, 2025
Presented by the Dia Art Foundation, Light into Space at NMACC in Mumbai challenges rigid perceptions of reality and art, offering an unconventional spatial experience.
by Lee Daehyung Mar 07, 2025
Korea’s artistic landscape expands to experimental galleries and a floating museum across quiet islands to emerge as a reservoir of creative expression.
by Rémy Jarry Mar 03, 2025
The Bangkok Kunsthalle and the Khao Yai Art Forest opened in January 2024 and February 2025 respectively, both projects driven by philanthropist Marisa Chearavanont.
by Manu Sharma Feb 25, 2025
The installation by Slavs and Tatars prompts audiences at Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 to explore the unlikely links between melons and Islam.
by Alice Godwin Feb 24, 2025
Næblerød’s riotous artworks take over ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art in an institutional show charged with the artist’s famously explosive energy
by Ranjana Dave Feb 21, 2025
Intersecting contexts and frames of reference become pieces of a puzzle for the five curators of ‘to carry’.
by Manu Sharma Feb 17, 2025
The art fair returns to Jeddah for its second edition and creates intersecting narratives around Islam and Saudi Arabia.
by Manu Sharma Feb 12, 2025
The British artist discusses her light installation Tiered Reflections, originally commissioned for Jodhpur Arts Week 2024.
by Leah Triplett Feb 06, 2025
In his first New York presentation, Tseng parses our relationship to pictures of disaster and destruction.
by Lee Daehyung Feb 05, 2025
The Hawaiian archipelago becomes a site for encounters between Korean and Hawaiian communities in this presentation at the Seoul Museum of Art.
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