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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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M HKA in Belgium explores the affect and politics of infrastructure
Aug 14, 2025by Srishti Ojha Aug 14, 2025
The Geopolitics of Infrastructure. Contemporary Perspectives examines the power of infrastructure through experimental multimedia installations.
Craft and caste: Roots of the Earth tells an intertwined story
Aug 01, 2025by Srishti Ojha Aug 01, 2025
In Roots of the Earth, artists Prabhakar Kamble and Akshay Mahajan remind us of the often obscured relationships between marginalised communities and craft practices.
Sustainability, material legacies and AI: Brera Design District’s highlight installations
Apr 12, 2025by Anushka Sharma Apr 12, 2025
STIR enlists striking interventions dotting Brera during Milan Design Week 2025, emphasising art, technology, environment and their intersections.
Euroluce 2025 powers Milan with a variety of luminary art, design and symposiums
Apr 11, 2025by Almas Sadique Apr 11, 2025
While presenting stimulating collections by leading studios and brands, the biennial lighting exhibition also marks the debut of The Euroluce International Lighting Forum.
'Library of Light' by Es Devlin presents a cumulative spatial experience in Milan
Apr 08, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Apr 08, 2025
The illuminated kinetic installation for the Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025 is a stage for shared inquiry and dialogue, merging craftsmanship, literature and theatre.
Cycles of reciprocity: The Khoj Peers residency programme turns 20
Feb 18, 2025by Pramodha Weerasekera Feb 18, 2025
Peers Continuum: A Relay of Reciprocity showcases over eighty multimedia works by sixty alumni of the annual Peers art residency.
A look at Tai Kwun Contemporary’s ecofeminist group show ‘Green Snake’
Feb 17, 2024by 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.
Nemo Gould explores gun violence through his practice
Oct 05, 2023by Manu Sharma Oct 05, 2023
The American artist's work combines found materials to create evocative sculpture pieces that speak to contemporary issues.
Artist Martin Smith discusses the craft of his wondrous automatons
Jul 19, 2023by Manu Sharma Jul 19, 2023
The automation artist Martin Smith, who lives and works in the United Kingdom, explores his practice that engages the audience’s perspective of space and objects.
Exploring Vincent Leroy’s art installation 'Floating Lenses' at Joshua Tree desert
Jul 13, 2023by STIRworld Jul 13, 2023
French artist Vincent Leroy installs kinetic sculpture in Joshua Tree National Park in California, inviting visitors to a meditative space curated by the interplay of light and movement.
'Undergod' by Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran: a buzzing urban grotto of deities
May 16, 2023by Urvi Kothari May 16, 2023
The contemporary artist converted Sullivan+Strumpf into a mythical playground by curating a series of inclusive, secular, electrifying and bold Undergod warrior sculptures.
The Lab Saigon juxtaposes stainless steel against an aged brick villa in Vietnam
Mar 15, 2023by Jerry Elengical Mar 15, 2023
De La Sól / Shadow is a mixed-used concept venue in Ho Chi Minh City, which integrates offices, recreational, commercial, and cultural spaces through adaptive reuse.
Es Devlin honours ‘Your Voices’ through a revolving kinetic sculpture in NYC
Dec 20, 2022by Jincy Iype Dec 20, 2022
Your Voices, an illuminated public sculpture by Es Devlin at the Lincoln Center’s Josie Robertson Plaza in New York represented the “most linguistically diverse city on the planet."
Immersive installation ‘Moonment’ by Sizhu Li reimagines the beauty of lunar light
Dec 07, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Dec 07, 2022
The multidisciplinary artist Sizhu Li constructs immersive kinetic installations with digital control systems and motorised mechanisms to appreciate life and nature.
William Turnbull’s retrospective exhibition celebrates the centenary of the artist’s birth
Jul 20, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 20, 2022
Offer Waterman and the Estate of William Turnbull present William Turnbull's retrospective in London, highlighting the artist's prowess to create both paintings and sculptures.
STIRring Dreams: Visual artist Yunchul Kim presents 'Gyre' at Venice Art Biennale
Jul 10, 2022by Shraddha Nair Jul 10, 2022
South Korea-born artist and music composer, Yunchul Kim, is presenting at the Venice Art Biennale 2022 with five installations that alchemise physics and art to produce a fantasy.
STIRring Dreams: Arcangelo Sassolino on ‘Diplomazija Astuta’ at Venice Art Biennale
Jun 27, 2022by Shraddha Nair Jun 27, 2022
Sculptor and installation artist Arcangelo Sassolino talks to STIR about his monumental artwork at the Malta Pavilion that involves molten steel, inspired by a Caravaggio masterpiece.
STIRring Dreams: Multimedia artist Monira Al Qadiri presents at the Venice Art Biennale
Jun 05, 2022by Sukanya Deb Jun 05, 2022
The Berlin-based artist's kinetic sculptures as a monument to the impact of the oil industry probe the past, present, and the future of the non-renewable resource through fiction.
In conversation with Vincent Leroy on the development of his practice
Feb 18, 2022by Sukanya Deb Feb 18, 2022
Vincent Leroy speaks about the materiality and monumental nature of his international site-specific installations, across exhibitory spaces and naturally forming environments.
Alexander Calder's 'Minimal/Maximal' traces dynamics between size, scale and space
Feb 11, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Feb 11, 2022
Kinetic sculptures in the exhibition Alexander Calder: Minimal/Maximal are in harmony with the architecture of their display at Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
Sustainable automatons in the digital age: exploring the practice of Parker Heyl
Jan 15, 2022by Manu Sharma Jan 15, 2022
American artist Parker Heyl explores his sustainable, wood-based kinetic sculpture practice, and discusses his critical approach to automation in art.
Adela Andea’s light installations reflect on organic and technological matters
Nov 17, 2021by Dilpreet Bhullar Nov 17, 2021
Large-scale kinetic sculptures by Adela Andea are built on the ideas of technology and consumerism, devoid of the imbalance that between the two can cause on the environment.
Germaine Kruip’s 'Screenplay' delves into the interplay of light and sound
Jun 16, 2021by Dilpreet Bhullar Jun 16, 2021
Dutch artist Germaine Kruip, with her minimalistic sculptures at exhibition Screenplay at Axel Vervoordt Gallery, invites the viewers to reaffirm their presence in the built environment.
Shohei Fujimoto showcases a kinetic laser installation at ARTECHOUSE in New York
Oct 13, 2020by Shraddha Nair Oct 13, 2020
In a first, New York’s ARTECHOUSE invites Shohei Fujimoto for his solo exhibition, Intangible Forms, which features five artworks by the Japanese creator.
Theo Jansen on his passion for developing strandbeests into ever evolving creatures
Jul 03, 2020by Rahul Kumar Jul 03, 2020
Dutch scientist-turned-artist talks about his continued commitment for his wind-propelled kinetic sculptures, its evolution so far, and aspirations for future.
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