•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by 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.
by Srishti Ojha Feb 04, 2026
As the India Art Fair 2026 draws art lovers from around the world to Delhi, we recommend the best exhibitions, fair booths and events the city has to offer in the coming weeks.
by 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.
by Zohra Khan Dec 12, 2025
In an interview with STIR, the founder patron of SAF unpacks the role of cultural patronage and interdisciplinarity in shaping the Serendipity Arts Festival’s milestone tenth edition.
by Bansari Paghdar May 30, 2025
The Indian author elicits shared lived experiences and collective identity through fantastical tales, inviting a deeper introspection on the state of architecture.
by Mustafa Khanbhai May 21, 2025
The artist’s new series of abstract sculptures places error and intention in a tense dialogue in an exhibition at HH Art Spaces, Goa.
by Mustafa Khanbhai Mar 25, 2025
India's metro-centric, closed-door art world encounters novel challenges in Goa, where markets are reinvented to side-step the usual economic forces.
by Ranjana Dave Jan 23, 2025
In its ninth edition in 2024, the annual arts festival in Goa invited visitors to engage with artworks and environments in sensorial ways.
by Mustafa Khanbhai Jan 16, 2025
Young artists explore land and tradition using vocabularies of archaeology, ritual and documentation.
by STIRworld Dec 24, 2024
STIRred 2024: A look back at 2024 events and exhibitions where crossovers between art and fashion, videogames, food and sport resulted in truly memorable moments and installations.
by STIRworld Nov 27, 2024
The ninth edition of the Serendipity Arts Festival brings its diverse programme of events across the visual arts, theatre, music, dance and culinary arts to Goa this December.
by Ranjana Dave Nov 20, 2024
Artist Nikhil Chopra shares his curatorial vision for the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025, contextualising art as a collective endeavour in a conversation with STIR.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 12, 2024
The design for a new office complex by New Delhi-based Architecture Discipline refurbishes an existing industrial workshop on-site into a modern workspace filled with natural light.
by Zohra Khan Jul 05, 2024
The National Institute of Water Sports combines intuitive and parametric processes to compose a built language that is global yet equally rooted in its place.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky May 09, 2024
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Nondita Correa Mehrotra about her father, Charles Correa, who designed for the Indian climate and was trying to bring equity to society.
by Rosalyn D`Mello Mar 27, 2024
The Mrinalini Mukherjee Creative Arts Grant winner talks to STIR about grounding his practice in collaborative proclivities.
by Mario D’Souza Jan 06, 2024
Regional internationalism of South Asian art and artists; ‘gifts of the country’ in now liberated colonial structures sit silenced.
by Sunena V Maju May 19, 2023
STAMBH: Craft, Collaboration and Continuity by Ashiesh Shah celebrates indigenous living craft practices as a part of Sustain 2023 curated by G20 Culture Working Group.
by Shraddha Nair Mar 12, 2023
Sunaparanta Goa Centre For The Arts is presenting the third iteration of Growing Like A Tree, a curatorial debut by Bunu Dhungana and Sadia Marium Rupa.
by Rosalyn D`Mello Jan 04, 2023
Paulo Nazareth’s 2013 performance, L’Arbre D’Oublier, provokes nostalgic grief for the lost mother.
by Sukanya Deb Dec 28, 2022
Sudarshan Shetty curates Who is Asleep Who is Awake for Serendipity Arts Festival 2022, on the intersections between reality and fiction and the claims to freedom and expression.
by Shraddha Nair Jan 11, 2022
Award-winning British photographer Mandy Barker and the curator for Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts, Leandre D’Souza, speak with STIR about marine plastic debris.
by Aditi Sharma Maheshwari Nov 24, 2021
Zira Homes by Sameep Padora and Associates, designed for Kasu Homes, caters to the young professionals wanting to live luxuriously, while staying connected to family.
by Shraddha Nair Oct 23, 2021
Multidisciplinary artist Osheen Siva describes the influence of her Tamil and Dalit heritage, which shapes and fuels her future-fiction-feminist universe.
by STIRworld Mar 20, 2021
Embodying the nurturing spirit of a mother, this two-storey residence in Goa's countryside reveals a mix of local architectural influences and contemporary design.
by Zohra Khan Sep 29, 2020
On a tight patch of land, a towering monolithic grey mass doubles as a private residence that overlooks typical Goan houses and a neatly tucked wild garden.
by STIRworld Jul 13, 2020
Kriss Real Estate and SAV Architecture Design complete the trilogy of eco-conscious, Bauhaus, and Bawa-inspired luxury villas representing the sun, moon and earth, in Siolim, Goa, India.
by Zohra Khan Jul 11, 2020
STIR X LOCO Design present architect Arthur-Mamou Mani and designer Ayaz Basrai in a candid video conversation discussing ideas of chaos, finality and augmentation.
by Meghna Mehta Jun 24, 2020
Mumbai-based Busride Design Studio, led by brothers Zameer and Ayaz Basrai, discuss the post-pandemic future and practicing speculative fiction by their lab in Goa, India.
by Rahul Kumar Feb 07, 2020
STIRring conversations at SAF’19 (Part 5): Vidya Shivadas curated a special show of FICA awardees working in varied formats and on contemporary concerns.
by Rahul Kumar Feb 03, 2020
STIRring conversations at SAF’19 (Part 4): Artists present contemporary designs using traditional media and techniques in an exhibition curated by Kristine Michael.
by Rahul Kumar Jan 24, 2020
STIRring conversations at SAF’19 (Part 3): Ravi Agarwal takes STIR through the works of handpicked artists who work with staged photographs, at the Serendipity Arts Festival.
by Rahul Kumar Jan 17, 2020
STIRring conversations at SAF’19 (Part 2): We speak to Jyotindra Jain on his curatorial framework and some of his favourite works, at the Serendipity Arts Festival.
by Rahul Kumar Jan 10, 2020
STIRring conversations at SAF’19 (Part 1): We speak to the artist and curator of a textile design-presentation that provided a sensorial experience at the Serendipity Arts Festival.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jan 06, 2020
The exhibition to be held at Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts, brings together a group of artists who, through visual media, give meaning to what lies after the episodes of chances.
by Meghna Mehta Dec 14, 2019
Smoke Scream! STIR selects design projects, people and practices that aim to kill the smoke with smart innovation.
by Georgina Maddox Nov 05, 2019
Looking at upcoming, ongoing, and past exhibitions that have dealt sensitively and effectively with the theme of alternative gender and sexualities.
by Meghna Mehta Aug 24, 2019
STIR attends the Frame Conclave in Goa as a Media Partner, to uncover three days of discussions around 'Modern Heritage' and the concerns of the architectural legacy of post-independent India
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