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Ai Weiwei on censorship and hypocrisy, and his first visit to India
Feb 16, 2026by Samta Nadeem, Srishti Ojha Feb 16, 2026
STIR spoke with the renowned contemporary artist on the occasion of his first solo exhibition in India.
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A group show at kurimanzutto turns landscape painting on its side
Jul 25, 2025by Srishti Ojha Jul 25, 2025
In a door left ajar, multimedia artists Diambe, Thiago Hattnher and Michael Ho bring a postmodern spin to landscape painting, using grids, layering and assemblage.
'XSWL' highlights black humour and disenchantment in China's digital age
Apr 08, 2025by Manu Sharma Apr 08, 2025
Curator David Williams discusses the group show, which presents a rare look into the psyche of Chinese youth.
Compelling shows and practices from Asia that captured our imagination in 2024
Dec 20, 2024by Manu Sharma Dec 20, 2024
STIRred 2024: Exciting work was produced and exhibited across the continent this year, which STIR covered in great depth.
Artworks and exhibitions that responded to the trauma of war
Dec 17, 2024by Manu Sharma Dec 17, 2024
STIRred 2024: Creative responses to war and conflict reflected contemporary realities in 2024, as STIR’s archive demonstrates.
Asia NOW showcases perspectives on ‘Ceremony’ in its tenth year
Dec 08, 2024by STIRworld Dec 08, 2024
Asia Now 2024, featuring guest curators Radicants, brought an intergenerational cohort of Asian artists grappling with community, tradition, ritual and modernity to Paris.
Tao Hui explores social disparities and alienation at Tai Kwun Contemporary
Nov 17, 2024by Manu Sharma Nov 17, 2024
Exhibition organiser Jill Angel Chun joins STIR for an interview that explores the Chinese artist’s socially pertinent multimedia art.
Intergenerational reckonings bring diasporic artists together in ‘Twilight Child’
Sep 23, 2024by Manu Sharma Sep 23, 2024
The exhibition at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle treated audiences to the works of two queer diasporic Chinese artists, working forty years apart.
‘Wallace Chan: Half a Century’ dazzles jewellery connoisseurs in Shanghai
Sep 18, 2024by Manu Sharma Sep 18, 2024
The esteemed jewellery artist discusses his artmaking and cross-cultural inspirations with STIR against the backdrop of his exhibition at the Shanghai Museum of Art.
Alfredo Cramerotti maps meaning to method in artist Ding Yi’s practice
Sep 12, 2024by Ranjana Dave Sep 12, 2024
The curator discusses the Chinese artist’s first institutional survey in Europe, at Château La Coste, in a video interview with STIR.
Exploring the stunning silk-based works of Liang Shaoji
Jul 07, 2024by Manu Sharma Jul 07, 2024
The celebrated Chinese contemporary artist’s inimitable practice uses silkworms to create massive installations.
Albion Jeune in London reopens with Alia Ahmad’s 'Thought to Image'
May 16, 2024by Vladimir Belogolovsky May 16, 2024
Lucca Hue-Williams shares her ambitious vision for Albion Jeune, a new John Pawson-designed gallery she founded in 2023.
'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.
Exploring the academic approach at the Aranya Art Center in China
Jan 18, 2024by Damien Zhang Jan 18, 2024
The art institution's programme supports Chinese artists through institutional resilience, traditional working structures and academic research to cultivate cultural heritage.
Honouring the legacy of the artist Li Yuan-Chia at Kettle’s Yard
Jan 13, 2024by Rhea Mathur Jan 13, 2024
Making New Worlds, an exhibition at the University of Cambridge’s Kettle’s Yard, looks closely at modern and abstract art through the artist Li Yuan-chia and his contemporaries.
Labour, migration, and environmental concerns define Beili Liu’s art practice
Jun 12, 2023by Dilpreet Bhullar Jun 12, 2023
The site-responsive and process-driven installations by Beili Liu are motivated by tenants of handcraft and labour while talking about cultural memory, materiality and climate change.
Remaking the Chinese Garden: a contemporary architectural dilemma
May 18, 2023by Weili Zhang May 18, 2023
The Chinese garden is not just a single, independent entity built for crafting landscapes or modelling nature itself, it is a lexicon of symbols, layered upon built reality.
‘A/S/L?’: Connecting with Wang Jiajia’s piercing paintings
Apr 29, 2023by Manu Sharma Apr 29, 2023
Beijing-based painter Wang Jiajia explores his latest offering, A/S/L, presented by DE SARTHE, Hong Kong.
Wang Shuman wins Jimei x Arles Curatorial Award for Photography and Moving Image
Jan 12, 2023by Dilpreet Bhullar Jan 12, 2023
The curatorial project The New Survivors by Wang Shuman encapsulates a multifocal understanding of trauma, demanding a collective human response to individual traumas.
2022 art recap: reimagining the future of arts
Dec 31, 2022by Vatsala Sethi Dec 31, 2022
Best of 2022: Artists that STIRred the art world by contributing to a technologically advanced future with virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and more.
STIRring Dreams: Zhang Zikang curates the Chinese Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale
Jul 11, 2022by Sukanya Deb Jul 11, 2022
Meta-space by Zhang Zikang looks at the continuities between virtual reality and spirituality, with the use of AI generated art, a conversation between nature and culture.
Ai Weiwei unveils ‘Arch’, a public exhibit in Stockholm, Sweden
Jun 28, 2022by STIRworld Jun 28, 2022
Ai Weiwei's Arch is a 40-foot-tall stainless steel sculpture that signifies freedom of expression.
Nanjing University's Concrete Exhibition Hall dabbles with vaults and arched volumes
Apr 28, 2022by STIRworld Apr 28, 2022
An annex to Nanjing University of the Arts, Atelier Diameter’s adjacently double-vaulted structure is an expression of the evolving ethos of modern China’s art education.
‘Hidden Emotion in Texture’ presents a new perspective on ancient shanshui painting
Jul 09, 2021by Shraddha Nair Jul 09, 2021
Taiwanese artist Yuan Hui-Li’s solo exhibition at Tina Keng Gallery in Taipei, Taiwan, is an exploration of the female narrative in shanshui painting traditions.
Tina Keng Galley presents an homage to Chinese abstractionist Wu Dayu
Apr 28, 2021by Shraddha Nair Apr 28, 2021
Masters at Tina Keng Gallery re-contextualises the greater Chinese modernism, through the works of artist Wu Dayu.
The design of HE Art Museum in China, by Tadao Ando, takes harmony as theme
Feb 22, 2020by Jincy Iype Feb 22, 2020
The inauguration of the museum in Shunde, featuring an oculus skylight and a double helix staircase, has been postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak in China.
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