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by Srishti Ojha Oct 10, 2025
Directed by Shashanka ‘Bob’ Chaturvedi with creative direction by Swati Bhattacharya, the short film models intergenerational conversations on sexuality, contraception and consent.
by 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.
by Ranjana Dave Aug 19, 2025
An exhibition at Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong spotlights the cross-border rhythms of South Asia’s women’s movement through the archives of artists Sheba Chhachhi and Lala Rukh.
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 Srishti Ojha Jul 30, 2025
The Bagri Foundation’s series, A Woman Hums: Women, Voice, Creativity, brings together women curators, artists, filmmakers and writers from across Asia and its diaspora.
by Srishti Ojha Jul 18, 2025
His solo show, Volume IV: Truths, Half-Truths, Half-Lies, Lies, at Experimenter, Mumbai, is inspired by Japanese and Korean fashion and architecture from the 19th and 20th centuries.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 20, 2025
Fantasizing Design: Phyllis Birkby Builds Lesbian Feminist Architecture at the Center for Architecture, New York, delves into feminist design as a lens to reimagine architecture.
by Samta Nadeem Jun 19, 2025
(Un)Layering the future past of South Asia: Young artists' voices emphasises regional interconnectedness, despite ongoing geopolitical tensions.
by Hili Perlson Jun 09, 2025
Madre Museum examines how Binga carved out a space of autonomy and introspection for women.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 07, 2025
The Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 confers the prestigious honour on the American philosopher and Italian architect for their contributions to architectural thinking and design.
by Leah Triplett Apr 04, 2025
This 30 year survey of the British artist’s work at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia leaves questions unanswered.
by STIRworld Mar 24, 2025
STIR spotlights eight artists presented by galleries across the Asia-Pacific region at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025.
by Rémy Jarry Jan 22, 2025
The 11th edition of the Asia Pacific Triennial stands out for its distinctive approach, which challenges conventional methods of exhibiting contemporary art in Asia and Oceania.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jan 11, 2025
Presented by The Museum of Architecture and Design and the Centre for Creativity, the biennale questions if designers ‘speak the language of flowers’.
by Bansari Paghdar Jan 07, 2025
Designers examine the masculine archetypes of the Pandavas, contemporarily reinterpreting them as universal acts that transcend temporal and cultural confines.
by Manu Sharma Dec 29, 2024
STIRred 2024: STIR rounds up some of the most promising art spaces in the region, highlighting what they have to offer.
by Manu Sharma Dec 20, 2024
STIRred 2024: Exciting work was produced and exhibited across the continent this year, which STIR covered in great depth.
by Bansari Paghdar Dec 05, 2024
Stonewood Design’s contemporary interpretation of traditional Cornish architecture informs the museum in Cornwall, honouring the forgotten British activist Emily Hobhouse.
by STIRworld Dec 04, 2024
Koyo Kouoh, the chief curator of the Zeitz MOCAA Museum in Cape Town, will lead the curation of the 61st Venice Biennale, taking over from Adriano Pedrosa
by Ranjana Dave Nov 29, 2024
MANZAR: Art and Architecture from Pakistan 1940s to Today surveys over eight decades of creative practice in an exhibition at the National Museum of Qatar in Doha.
by Hili Perlson Nov 22, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: Female goddesses and advanced medical technology meet in a feminist saga about fertility and self-determination at the Israel Pavilion.
by Rémy Jarry Nov 18, 2024
The fourth edition of the Biennale delves into the contemporary legacy of feminine mythologies while addressing the ecological challenges of our time.
by Alexandra de Cramer Nov 11, 2024
With works by eleven contemporary artists, the group exhibition at Yapı Kredi Culture and Arts centres on ecological concerns and the need for equitable resource management.
by Manu Sharma Nov 03, 2024
Guest curator Michelle Cotton discusses the necessity of this landmark exhibition in an interview with STIR.
by Sunena V Maju Oct 21, 2024
STIR dives into Toward Joy, the Brooklyn Museum’s latest exhibition, with curator Stephanie Sparling Williams.
by Cleo Roberts-Komireddi Oct 11, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: Shahzia Sikander reflects on her retrospective show Collective Behavior, a collateral exhibition of the 60th Venice Biennale.
by Chintan Girish Modi Oct 10, 2024
The London-based Mauritian artist talks about his research-based visual vocabulary, and the dilemmas that face artists as they work in an industry that profits from the arms trade.
by Manu Sharma Sep 17, 2024
The artist joins curator Bettina Spörr in a conversation with STIR that explores the ability of AI to reshape perspectives around the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
by Kate Meadows Jul 27, 2024
El Museo del Barrio in New York stages a retrospective for a leading Chicana artist, centring memory as a strategy of cultural reclamation.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 16, 2024
The public art initiative by UK arts producer Artichoke and creative director Martin Firrell interrogates perspectives on womanhood with works by 11 artists.
by Mercedes Ezquiaga Jul 15, 2024
STIRring ‘Everywhere’ in Venice: Manuel Chavajay, Violeta Quispe Yupari, La Chola Poblete, Joseca Yanomami and Elyla merge ancestral and contemporary practices at the Biennale.
by Ekta Mohta May 10, 2024
Four of India’s prominent installation artists come together for Liminal Gaps at NMACC, with works you can enter and exit: physically and virtually.
by Manu Sharma Feb 17, 2024
Curators Kathryn Weir and Xue Tan explore the Chinese folktale at the heart of the show and sustainable curation with STIR.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Feb 07, 2024
The intergenerational artists of the exhibition The World that Belongs to Us draw upon the nuanced colonial history to revisit its ramifications in current times.
by Ayca Okay Jan 24, 2024
Amid Argentina's political shift towards far-right ideologies, the country's vibrant art scene and future of cultural sensibilities stand at a crossroads.
by Aarthi Mohan Nov 19, 2023
STIR embarks on a reflective journey of House of Kal, a tapestry woven with stories of resilience, activism and interconnected narratives at nGbK, Berlin.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Oct 18, 2023
The Mumbai-based artist, who believes that art is activism, was awarded the international design prize by Hublot for her work in giving a voice to marginalised communities.
by Rosalyn D`Mello May 20, 2023
Describing herself as a mother, art educator, and feminist, the New Delhi-based artist’s subjectivity straddles all her different states of being.
by Niyati Dave Mar 31, 2023
STIR speaks with Soheila Sokhanvari about Rebel Rebel—her recently concluded show commemorating feminist icons from pre-revolution Iran at the Barbican Art Gallery.
by Vatsala Sethi Dec 26, 2022
Best of 2022: STIR looks at art galleries, art collectives, and movements that supported LGBTQ artists, people of colour, and diverse life forms.
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