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The 61st Venice Biennale as a sensuous joyride and a triumphant odyssey
May 18, 2026by Rosalyn D`Mello May 18, 2026
Koyo Kouoh’s In Minor Keys brings the fringe to the fore, emphasising artistic resilience amid the apocalypse.
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Auntiescapes at Load Gallery asks: Can the hyperreal impact social reality?
May 08, 2026by Srishti Ojha May 08, 2026
In this solo exhibition, niceaunties (a.k.a Wenhui Lim) uses AI to imagine a speculative future for aunties, pushing the artistic and social possibilities of AI art.
Heiner Goebbels’ Landscape Plays faces an uphill battle to appeal to the public
Apr 22, 2026by Srishti Ojha Apr 22, 2026
Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum’s solo exhibition of the German composer’s video works reveals the challenge of translating contemporary art for general audiences.
Involuntary memory and invisible labour underpin Subodh Gupta’s A Fistful of Sky
Apr 20, 2026by Srishti Ojha Apr 20, 2026
The Indian artist’s landmark exhibition at NMACC in Mumbai is a collage of dreams, memories, aspirations, histories and futures created with ordinary objects.
Flesh and Bones: The Art of Anatomy is a cross-cultural view of centuries of medicine
Apr 06, 2026by Srishti Ojha Apr 06, 2026
The ArtScience Museum’s exhibition juxtaposes historical artefacts with contemporary artworks to discover the beliefs, scientific and cultural practices that undergird our conception of the human body.
Tortona Rocks 2026 stages a cumulative rehearsal for the future of design systems
Apr 04, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Apr 04, 2026
At Milan Design Week 2026, the 11th edition moves beyond spectacle to examine how design operates across systems of production, perception and lived experience.
Hurvin Anderson’s landscapes defy a linear chronology
Mar 28, 2026by Srishti Ojha Mar 28, 2026
The Jamaican-British painter exhibits works spanning his over 20-year career in the Tate Britain survey exhibition, Hurvin Anderson.
OMA’s New Museum expansion in New York negotiates memory, identity and authorship
Mar 26, 2026by Sunena V Maju Mar 26, 2026
The highly anticipated expansion by OMA, reconfiguring the museum alongside SANAA's original building, is a statement unto urban image, thresholds and uneasy coexistence.
Alexandra Munroe and Jitish Kallat on art, space and interstellar encounters
Mar 20, 2026by Ranjana Dave Mar 20, 2026
In a conversation with STIR, Kallat and Munroe reflect on the instability of knowledge and what it means to stage a tightly argued exhibition inside an imperfect building.
Connection/consumption: human stories of industrialisation
Mar 19, 2026by Srishti Ojha Mar 19, 2026
Tai Kwun Contemporary’s show, Stay Connected: Supplying the Globe, the second chaptazer of a survey series, takes a grassroots look at the impact of the globalised economy.
How the Whitney Biennial 2026 reimagines the new American
Mar 11, 2026by Sunena V Maju Mar 11, 2026
The 82nd Whitney Biennial 2026 is a group show that reflects the ‘turbulent existential weather’ of the United States today.
In medias res: Paul Hodgson on unfixing artworks and the creative process
Mar 06, 2026by Srishti Ojha Mar 06, 2026
The British artist’s solo exhibition, ZOT at Varvara Roza Galleries in London, takes a postwar, postmodernist peek behind the curtain of artist studios.
A Voyage through the Diamond Realm
Feb 27, 2026by De Beers Feb 27, 2026
The immersive installation by De Beers, featuring artist Lakshmi Madhavan, framed natural diamonds through art, nature and human expression at India Art Fair 2026.
Amoako Boafo and Glenn DeRoche on collaboration and building spaces for art
Feb 24, 2026by Chahna Tank Feb 24, 2026
STIR speaks with the Ghanaian artist and architect about their evolving collaboration and architecture as an extension of Boafo’s practice across a four-part exhibition series.
100 Candleholders at Blunk Space is a meditation on design beyond utility
Feb 16, 2026by Chahna Tank Feb 16, 2026
The design exhibition marks the second iteration of Blunk Space’s ‘100’ series, bringing together 100 designers to reimagine the candleholder through various sculptural forms.
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.
Amin Jaffer on curating the India Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale
Feb 13, 2026by Ranjana Dave Feb 13, 2026
Speaking with STIR, the curator elaborates on the pavilion’s thematic focus and the five artists chosen to represent India at the “Olympics of the contemporary art world”.
Anna Tsing on the mutinies and aberrant nobilities of FUNGI: Anarchist Designers
Feb 13, 2026by Mrinmayee Bhoot Feb 13, 2026
Regarded for her work on matsutake mushrooms, Tsing speaks to STIR about the design exhibition co-curated with Feifei Zhou at the Nieuwe Instituut that builds on this.
We Design Studio’s Goa home is a materially layered retreat among salt pans
Feb 10, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Feb 10, 2026
Described as the studio’s ‘first 100 per cent indigenous home’, the Salt Pan House articulates a deeply contextual narrative rooted in a familiar Indian domestic sensibility.
From Ghana to Kochi: Ibrahim Mahama on creating spaces for community
Jan 22, 2026by Srishti Ojha, Harshali Pagare Jan 22, 2026
STIR speaks with the Ghanaian artist on his large-scale installation, Parliament of Ghosts, at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025 and the colonial histories of everyday materials.
Many voices, many routes: Serendipity Arts Festival 2025
Jan 02, 2026by Srishti Ojha Jan 02, 2026
The 10th edition of the Serendipity Arts Festival in Panjim, Goa, showcased a commitment to interdisciplinary programming, drawing diverse audiences across its ten day span.
Courage and conscience at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025
Dec 26, 2025by Chintan Girish Modi Dec 26, 2025
The sixth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, curated by Goa-based artist Nikhil Chopra with HH Art Spaces, impresses with its thrust on friendship and solidarity.
Doug Aitken’s Under the Sun takes viewers on a journey through time
Dec 24, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Dec 24, 2025
Spanning past, present and future, the immersive exhibition weaves reclaimed materials, film and light to explore human connection in a rapidly evolving world.
Kissing back empires with forgotten tongues: Tatar* Kiss
Nov 21, 2025by Srishti Ojha Nov 21, 2025
Tatar* Kiss, a group show at the Vleeshal Center for Contemporary Art in Middelburg, Netherlands, features seven women artists exploring the history of the Tatars.
Contextual modernisms: Mrinalini Mukherjee and Her Circle
Nov 17, 2025by Deeksha Nath Nov 17, 2025
An ambitious exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, traces the intertwined pedagogies and friendships that shaped India’s postcolonial modernism.
Fractured visions: Multiplying Japan’s realities at Tokyo's National Art Center
Nov 14, 2025by Erik Augustin Palm Nov 14, 2025
Prism of the Real: Making Art in Japan 1989 – 2010—on view at The National Art Center, Tokyo, co-curated with Hong Kong’s M+—uses its titular prism metaphor to examine Japan’s cultural transformations.
Jean Nouvel’s Fondation Cartier building fabricates avenues for the unexpected
Nov 05, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Nov 05, 2025
A radical rehaul of the interior spaces of a Haussmannian structure in Palais-Royal, Paris, underscores the French architect’s quest to rethink museum architecture.
Lutz Bacher's first posthumous retrospective reads like a lasting afterimage
Nov 03, 2025by Hili Perlson Nov 03, 2025
In its layered terrain, the show doesn’t explain who Lutz Bacher was—it renders the question beautifully irrelevant.
Städel Museum’s exhibition of Asta Gröting’s art rewards slow contemplation
Oct 24, 2025by Srishti Ojha Oct 24, 2025
A Wolf, Primates and a Breathing Curve shows seven video works and a laser projection by the German artist, drawing viewers’ attention to the unnoticed aspects of life.
The Ahmedabad Cultural Week reactivates an underlying cultural infrastructure
Oct 18, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Oct 18, 2025
The inaugural edition brought established institutions together to showcase a collective creative identity, transforming the city into a living museum.
Open house: The Almaty Museum of Arts welcomes the world as its guest
Oct 17, 2025by Ranjana Dave Oct 17, 2025
Built around the collection of its founder Nurlan Smagulov, this private museum of modern and contemporary art opened to audiences in September 2025, offering exhibitions and collateral programming.
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.
Cholte Cholte 40: Asian Paints’ royal, yellow taxi tribute to Kolkata
Oct 08, 2025by Asian Paints Oct 08, 2025
Forty Kolkata taxis became travelling archives as Asian Paints celebrates four decades of Sharad Shamman through colour, craft and cultural memory.
In its 2025 edition, Grow, Asia NOW turns its focus to West Asia
Oct 08, 2025by Srishti Ojha Oct 08, 2025
The 11th edition of the international art fair celebrates the multiplicity and richness of the Asian art landscape.
A poetics of fracture and possibility at the 14th Taipei Biennial
Oct 03, 2025by Ranjana Dave Oct 03, 2025
Bridging a museum collection and contemporary works, curators Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath treat ‘yearning’ as a continuum in their plans for the 2025 Taipei Biennial.
Mayfair Design District 2025 professes converging cultures Beyond Boundaries
Sep 30, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Sep 30, 2025
From traditional craftsmanship to upcycling futures, the district’s 9th edition at London Design Festival 2025 united brands and disciplines for evocative, site-specific exhibits.
In Picnic, still life paintings make an argument for pleasure and enjoyment
Sep 30, 2025by Srishti Ojha Sep 30, 2025
Fundación La Nave Salinas in Ibiza celebrates its 10th anniversary with an exhibition of newly commissioned contemporary still-life paintings by American artist, Pedro Pedro.
Witnessing conflict through form: Mona Hatoum meets Alberto Giacometti
Sep 29, 2025by Deeksha Nath Sep 29, 2025
An exhibition at the Barbican Centre places the 20th century Swiss sculptor in dialogue with the British-Palestinian artist, exploring how displacement, surveillance and violence shape bodies and spaces.
Wohnkomplex homes in on the prefab housing units of the former Eastern Bloc
Sep 26, 2025by Hili Perlson Sep 26, 2025
The exhibition at DAS MINSK Kunsthaus unpacks the politics of taste and social memory embedded in the architecture of the former East Germany.
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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