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by 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.
by Bansari Paghdar Jun 05, 2025
The Vienna-based artist presents Dust Buddies, a series of sculptures inspired by microscopic extraterrestrial particles as cosmological explorations.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 20, 2024
The multidisciplinary exhibitions and events at TRI demonstrate creative exploration and sensory cultivation for Kolkata residents and visitors.
by 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.
by Verity Babbs May 27, 2024
The UK-based artist’s interactive installations spark curiosity and imagination in exploring play as a medium.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by Sakhi Sobti Oct 20, 2023
Mexican-born American artist's practice is a testament to the graceful reconciliation of complex cultural identities.
by 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.
by 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
by Almas Sadique Sep 12, 2023
The event presents the showcase of ten artworks across the natural expanse of Massif du Sancy in France.
by 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.
by Manu Sharma Jul 31, 2023
Artists Catharine Czudej and Gowoon Lee discuss their distinctive art practices that explore the darker side of nostalgia.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by 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.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Feb 24, 2023
Scattered Horizon at Esther Schipper, Berlin, organised by Olivier Renaud-Clément, brings together works of artists Grönlund-Nisunen, Ryoji Ikeda, and Kaarel Kurismaa.
by Vatsala Sethi Feb 08, 2023
STIR curates a list of parallel events at the India Art Fair 2023, that will allow visitors to connect with art and ideas, while supporting the Indian art community.
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