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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.
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Blaffer Art Museum presents Cian Dayrit’s compelling anticolonial cartographic art
Jul 28, 2024by Manu Sharma Jul 28, 2024
Exhibition organiser Erika Mei Chua Holum discusses Dayrit’s subversive mapmaking practice and the subaltern stories it tells, in an interview with STIR.
Pushpakanthan Pakkiyarajah explores neutrality in the face of political trauma
Jun 04, 2023by Pallavi Surana Jun 04, 2023
Sri Lankan interdisciplinary artist Pushpakanthan Pakkiyarajah examines resilience and fragility of nature as a source of healing from trauma.
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.
Theatrical designs by NArchitekTURA: where exhibition spaces become art
Nov 02, 2022by Divya Menon Nov 02, 2022
In a bid to decrypt the multi-layered experiential drama that exhibition spaces are capable of hosting, we travel through a handful of projects by NArchitekTURA.
Mukwa Waakaa'igan, a cultural centre for the indigenous communities of Canada
Aug 06, 2022by STIRworld Aug 06, 2022
Moriyama & Teshima Architects designs Mukwa Waakaa'igan Indigenous Centre of Cultural Excellence inspired by indigenous beliefs as a place of healing for the community.
‘Counting Memories’ and looking within with Chiharu Shiota’s installation in Poland
Mar 19, 2020by Jones John Mar 19, 2020
Shiota, a Japanese installation artist, shares her thoughts on her recent site-specific installation at the Silesian Museum at Katowice, Poland.
National Maritime Museum of China by COX Architecture traces its marine heritage
Mar 18, 2020by Meghna Mehta Mar 18, 2020
The museum in Tianjin city consists of five fan-like architectural pavilions that protrude towards the port harbour, symbolising an open palm reaching out from China to the world.
Almagul Menlibayeva examines shared histories, global futures at Lahore Biennale
Feb 17, 2020by Jones John Feb 17, 2020
The Kazakh video-artist collaborated with Inna Artemova and German Popov to create an ‘Intrinsic Futuristic Machine’ for the second edition of the Lahore Biennale.
Insisting on Being Modern: the new MoMA in New York
Jan 02, 2020by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jan 02, 2020
Vladimir Belogolovsky reviews the new MoMA in New York, designed by Diller Scofidio+Renfro with Gensler, that opened in October following a $450 million expansion.
Adrián Villar Rojas to showcase Poems for Earthlings, his first solo in the Netherlands
Dec 19, 2019by Shraddha Nair Dec 19, 2019
The artist who lives and creates as he traverses points across the world presents an immersive sonic and sculptural installation at Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, from November 21.
What am I reading: Takaharu Tezuka
Sep 19, 2019by STIRworld Sep 19, 2019
STIR looks into the reading habits of leading creatives – architect Takaharu Tezuka is fascinated by John Ruskin's The Stones of Venice, edited and abridged by J.G. Links.
Political history and modernity in India
Sep 10, 2019by Seema Chishti Sep 10, 2019
Speaking at the Frame Conclave 2019, Seema Chishti gives a unique social and political purview, mentioning that the Right to Information could also relate to ‘Right to Space’.
Valentí Albareda converts a war-torn warehouse into an alluring apartment
Aug 01, 2019by Zohra Khan Aug 01, 2019
Architect Valentí Albareda renovates an old building, bombed during the Spanish Civil War, into a stunning triplex apartment, combining traditional architecture with modern design.
Art at The Armory
Jun 27, 2019by Avantika Shankar Jun 27, 2019
STIR takes a look at how a Portland theatre company created a vibrant contemporary arts venue while also preserving a piece of the city’s history.
The National War Memorial, New Delhi
Jun 04, 2019by Giles Tillotson Jun 04, 2019
Renowned historian and celebrated author, Giles Tillotson, walks around the new National War Memorial in New Delhi and raises questions on its historic and urban context.
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