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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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Małgorzata Mirga-Tas brings Roma lives and stories to Kunsthaus Bregenz
Sep 18, 2025by Srishti Ojha Sep 18, 2025
In Tełe Ćerhenia Jekh Jag (Under the starry heavens a fire burns), the artist draws on her ancestry to depict the centrality of craft in Roma life and mythology.
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.
Cosmology, science and spirituality converge in Sonia Leimer’s Cosmic Dust
Jun 05, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Jun 05, 2025
The Vienna-based artist presents Dust Buddies, a series of sculptures inspired by microscopic extraterrestrial particles as cosmological explorations.
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.
‘YOU ARE HERE’: Perspectives on Central Asia, via an exhibition in Europe
Mar 11, 2025by Megha Ralapati Mar 11, 2025
A group exhibition on art from Central Asia at Fondazione Elpis in Milan highlights the interdisciplinary practices animating the region and its diaspora.
Matyáš Chochola’s sculptures exemplify the role of art in shaping urban aesthetics
Feb 18, 2025by Almas Sadique Feb 18, 2025
Titled The Virtues and Vices of Our Time, Chochola’s 3D-printed pieces are inspired by the sculptural allegorical cycle of virtues and vices by erstwhile artist Matthias Bernard Braun.
Where nothing is quite as it seems: Paul Pfeiffer at Guggenheim Bilbao
Dec 25, 2024by Tabish Khan Dec 25, 2024
Are sport, music and film replacing religion? Paul Pfeiffer interrogates this notion through film, sculpture, sound and installations in this major survey exhibition.
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.
Friend or Foe: Melanie Pocock and Marilou Laneuville on shared friendships
Oct 15, 2024by Rajesh Punj Oct 15, 2024
Friends in Love and War - L’Éloge des meilleur-es ennemi-es curated by Melanie Pocock (Ikon) and Marilou Laneuville (macLYON) explores themes of companionship.
Fair's fair – or is it?
Oct 09, 2024by Digby Warde-Aldam Oct 09, 2024
Frieze London is upon us. Since the turn of the century, major art fairs have changed the way the art world operates – and not everyone is happy about it.
Alia Farid: 'Bneid Al Gar' at the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo
Sep 21, 2024by Zeynep Rekkali Jensen Sep 21, 2024
The Kuwaiti-Puerto Rican artist's largest solo show to date explores the intersection of geopolitical, social, and environmental histories in the Middle East and the Caribbean.
Rae-Yen Song on alternative ways of world-building at CCA Glasgow
Jul 21, 2024by Shalmali Shetty Jul 21, 2024
STIR interviews Glasgow-based artist and maker Rae-Yen Song on their recently concluded exhibition which proposes collective and decolonial approaches to world-building.
TRI Art and Culture connects Kolkata with a national and global arts ecology
Jul 20, 2024by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 20, 2024
The multidisciplinary exhibitions and events at TRI demonstrate creative exploration and sensory cultivation for Kolkata residents and visitors.
Art For Your Oceans brings the arts and the environment together
Jun 29, 2024by Ranjana Dave Jun 29, 2024
With a focus on ocean health, the project by Artwise Curators in partnership with WWF and in collaboration with Sotheby’s raises funds for ocean conservation initiatives.
Art that brings you joy: Tiz Creel’s 'Space for autonomous imagination'
May 27, 2024by Verity Babbs May 27, 2024
The UK-based artist’s interactive installations spark curiosity and imagination in exploring play as a medium.
The real and the surreal converge in Wael Shawky's immersive narratives
Apr 09, 2024by Ranjana Dave Apr 09, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: The artist revisits Egypt’s Urabi uprising in his new work for the Venice Art Biennale 2024.
'Encounters' at Art Basel Hong Kong centres the artist's voice, enables cultural exchange
Apr 02, 2024by Hili Perlson Apr 02, 2024
Curated by Alexie Glass-Kantor, 'Encounters' is dedicated to large-scale projects and new work which speaks for the region’s strength and connectivity.
Barbican Centre’s exhibition 'Unravel' weaves transcultural dialogue through textile
Mar 01, 2024by Deeksha Nath Mar 01, 2024
Exploring the subversive potential of textiles, the multigenerational exhibition features over 100 works by 50 international artists and redefines textile art in a global context.
'Arte! Arte! Arte!': The Jewish Museum echoes Marta Minujín’s feisty anthem
Jan 29, 2024by Kate Meadows Jan 29, 2024
The Argentine conceptual artist’s first major museum survey in the United States features a quieter archive of her six-decade history of making waves in the global art world.
Architectural pavilions from 2023 that serve as landmarks and labs
Dec 28, 2023by Almas Sadique Dec 28, 2023
STIRred 2023: A list of pavilions and public installations constructed to honour cultural heritage, revive public spaces and showcase material and structural innovations.
Traces of the witch in art history and of women in the Surrealism art movement
Dec 02, 2023by Sakhi Sobti Dec 02, 2023
Art exhibition Witchcraft and Surrealism at LAMB Gallery explores the witch archetype in art history through 11 female artists inspired by Surrealism.
Refik Anadol's AI work celebrates Czech composer Antonín Leopold Dvořák
Nov 21, 2023by Manu Sharma Nov 21, 2023
Elle Anastasiou, the director of the 0xCollection, discusses the digital art sculpture Dvořák Dreams that the initiative commissioned to coincide with the Dvořák Prague Festival.
Luis Sahagun's art unites indigenous histories with contemporary realities
Oct 20, 2023by Sakhi Sobti Oct 20, 2023
Mexican-born American artist's practice is a testament to the graceful reconciliation of complex cultural identities.
Inside 'The Absence of Mark Manders' at Woning Van Wassenhove
Oct 17, 2023by Aarthi Mohan Oct 17, 2023
Exploring Mark Manders' artistry and the legacy of Juliaan Lampens’ architecture in the captivating exhibition, The Absence of Mark Manders in Belgium.
London Sculpture Week 2023: from an AR sculpture to a 21-metre-tall installation
Sep 30, 2023by Sakhi Sobti Sep 30, 2023
STIR speaks to Stella Ioannou, artistic director of Sculpture in the City, and Fatos Üstek, curator for Frieze Sculptures, about the joint initiative
Horizons Arts-Nature en Sancy: Artistic renditions in the midst of nature
Sep 12, 2023by Almas Sadique Sep 12, 2023
The event presents the showcase of ten artworks across the natural expanse of Massif du Sancy in France.
'Dear Earth: Art and Hope in a Time of Crisis' explores our relationship with nature
Aug 23, 2023by Zahra Khan Aug 23, 2023
Curated by Rachel Thomas, Dear Earth: Art and Hope in a Time of Crisis is an immersive and sensorial art exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, responding to the climate crisis.
Catharine Czudej and Gowoon Lee explore nostalgia at Meredith Rosen Gallery
Jul 31, 2023by Manu Sharma Jul 31, 2023
Artists Catharine Czudej and Gowoon Lee discuss their distinctive art practices that explore the darker side of nostalgia.
Exploring Jakob Jørgensen's monolithic steel sculptures at HB381
Jul 09, 2023by Manu Sharma Jul 09, 2023
Danish artist and sculptor Jakob Jørgensen discusses his recent solo exhibition Take Root, of monumental steel sculptures, at HB381, an art gallery in New York City.
When time dissolves through marble: 'Closer Than Before' by Alex Hartley
Jun 06, 2023by Eleonora Ghedini Jun 06, 2023
The British artist's exhibition Closer Than Before at Victoria Miro gallery in Venice shows us Carlo Scarpa’s masterpiece Tomba Brion in a new light.
Hanne Friis' exhibition 'Torrent' explores materiality and colour as a language
May 29, 2023by Dilpreet Bhullar May 29, 2023
Norwegian contemporary artist Hanne Friis responds to changing the way of life with the pandemic, specifically around the use of material in our urban lives.
Contemporary artist CJ Hendry’s 'Plaid' turns a playground into an art sculpture
May 10, 2023by Dilpreet Bhullar May 10, 2023
Inspired by the limited sophistication in the design of public parks and playgrounds, the solo exhibition at Greenpoint Avenue, Brooklyn, experiments with the built environment.
Zimra Beiner's solo show at Hostler Burrows looks at nature and ceramics
May 06, 2023by Sukanya Deb May 06, 2023
If It Holds It Grows at Hostler Burrows, brings together Zimra Beiner's practice in conversation with the Los Angeles landscape through colour, artifice, and human intervention.
Kasia Fudakowski’s ‘Gallery Power LTD’ explores power dynamics with daring levity
Apr 30, 2023by Hili Perlson Apr 30, 2023
The London-born artist interprets power dynamics via kinetic and electric sculptures, inspired by fables and personal ponderings at her solo exhibition in Chert Lüdde gallery.
Haegue Yang examines the bell as a medium and symbol at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale
Apr 10, 2023by Sukanya Deb Apr 10, 2023
Investigating the bell as a multidimensional and multicultural form, the artist creates an atmosphere of ritual through a site-specific installation—Sonic Droplets - Steel Buds.
'Sculpture in the City' juxtaposes marvels of sculptures and architecture in London
Apr 09, 2023by Dilpreet Bhullar Apr 09, 2023
The annual exhibition Sculpture in the City in London, under the helm of Artistic Director Stella Ioannou, thrives to reinforce the capital of the UK as a hub of cultural conversations.
Ulf Mejergren salutes Knivsta’s infrastructural recasting with Kiosk Obelisk
Apr 08, 2023by Almas Sadique Apr 08, 2023
The red public art sculpture, designed to be placed in front of the city hall of Knivsta, welcomes modern development in the city, while retaining hints to its heritage.
Nick Cave: "To see yourself as an activist, period—that’s liberating!"
Apr 03, 2023by Vladimir Belogolovsky Apr 03, 2023
Vladimir Belogolovsky talks to Chicago-based artist Nick Cave who employs beauty as a mechanism for healing; his retrospective at the Guggenheim is on view through April 10, 2023.
Nathalie Muchamad explores the role of trade and commodity in colonialism
Mar 02, 2023by Sukanya Deb Mar 02, 2023
Non-Aligned, Non-Alienated by Nathalie Muchamad at Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022, investigates familial history, spice trade in Asia and its significance in imperial history.
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