•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Srishti Ojha Aug 29, 2025
The art gallery’s inaugural exhibition, titled after an ancient mnemonic technique, features contemporary artists from across India who confront memory through architecture.
by Srishti Ojha Aug 11, 2025
A group exhibition at Strangers House in Mumbai features photographer Alick Phiri and other contemporary artists from Lusaka as they overwrite colonial narratives.
by Sofia Hallström Jul 22, 2025
Amidst ecological crises and geopolitical disorientation, the Folkestone Triennial 2025 explores a deep-time ecology of ritual, resistance and repair.
by Srishti Ojha Jul 04, 2025
KADIST and ILHAM present 27 artists and collectives who reflect on the violent setting of the plantation and its role as a model for Western capitalism.
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 Ranjana Dave May 02, 2025
The veteran curator on the Sharjah Biennial 16 and collection-building as history-writing, in a conversation with STIR.
by Rhea Mathur Apr 29, 2025
A museum at Cambridge University examines Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade between 1750-1850, and its collection’s dark past.
by STIRworld Apr 14, 2025
The Contemporary and Bawwaba sections of Art Dubai 2025 anchor artistic inquiries into ecology, migration and identity through context-rich, geographically informed works.
by Almas Sadique Apr 07, 2025
Marta Foresti continues the Collective's enduring exploration of the costs, difficulties and racial biases effacing visa acquisition for the EU at the Prada Frames symposium, Milan.
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 Avani Tandon Vieira Mar 13, 2025
The artist’s multimedia survey exhibition at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in Mumbai, mobilises art as a tool for cartographic contestations.
by Aarthi Mohan Feb 17, 2025
A Rotterdam warehouse becomes a cultural landmark, telling stories of loss, transformation and hope.
by Kate Meadows Jan 17, 2025
In New York, the site of a prominent collection of ancient Egyptian art stages new perspectives on its influence through visual art, sculptures and performances.
by Kate Meadows Dec 16, 2024
The oeuvres of both African-American choreographers are captured with gravitas through multi-channel video installations and live performance programming in New York City.
by Kate Meadows Aug 12, 2024
At Socrates Sculpture Park, the artist connects with natural elements through works that celebrate themes of transatlantic migration and women’s domestic labour.
by Urvi Kothari Aug 10, 2024
Using everyday objects as a tool for introspection, the visual artist’s solo show explores fundamental issues such as home, migration, identity and safety.
by Almas Sadique May 08, 2024
In a conversation with STIR, Nifemi Marcus-Bello and Anna Carnick detail the inspiration, making and curation process of Omi Iyo, platformed during Milan Design Week 2024.
by Katie Treggiden Nov 09, 2023
The Design Academy Eindhoven Graduate Show felt more like a cry for help than an optimistic vision of the future; we need to take the pressure off young designers.
by Sukanya Deb Jan 15, 2023
Paj qaum ntuj / Flowers of the Sky, an exhibition of works by the artist at the Walker Art Center, situates the history of land, loss and resilience in the community.
by Shraddha Nair Oct 14, 2022
The New Museum in New York presents Doreen Garner’s exhibition Revolted, transporting us through the history of pandemics through the lens of the transatlantic slave trade.
by Rahul Kumar Oct 13, 2022
The multi-disciplinary practice of Pakistani artist Rashid Rana encompasses a critique of the altered fabric of the contemporary society and its transnational operations.
by Urvi Kothari Oct 05, 2022
A leading South Asian diasporic artist, Lubna Chowdhary defies categorisation as she defines common notions of identity and belonging within the floors of MIMA.
by Urvi Kothari Sep 24, 2022
The artist reflects on Pakistan’s colonial histories at the Victoria & Albert Museum as he explores the themes of migration, displacement and movement through a British diasporic lens.
by Manu Sharma Sep 20, 2022
Jamaican-American interdisciplinary artist Jesse Wright discusses the importance of faith and filial ties within his multi-layered artistic practice.
by Natasha Ginwala Jul 14, 2022
Reflecting upon the recent economic and political crises in Sri Lanka through the lens of artistic interventions at ground zero.
by Rahul Kumar Mar 25, 2022
In a recent show at Chemould Prescott Road, the artist showcased works that emerged from his research of astrophysics, and personal experiences of migration and bereavement.
by Girinandini Singh Nov 19, 2021
An exploration of established systems of power through Lumen, Sutapa Biswas’ first substantial solo show in 14 years, at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge.
by Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi Oct 16, 2021
Reflecting on the Terrain Offline exhibition, held at the Bikaner House, New Delhi, we delve into the wave of NFTs and the making of physical exhibitions after the pandemic.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Sep 13, 2021
Irish photographer Richard Mosse's retrospective exhibition, Displaced, is a visual walkthrough of the difficult terrains to talk about migration, conflict, and climate change.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Aug 17, 2021
Multivalent experiences of migrants and circulation of cultural history are at the centre of Berlin-based artist and writer Pinar Öğrenci’s video-installation for Colomboscope 2021.
by Soumya Mukerji Jul 30, 2021
British architect Alison Killing’s investigation mapping suspected internment camps in the Far East earned her a big win and big learnings in synergy.
by Meghna Mehta Feb 08, 2020
STIR @ Women in Design 2020+: The London-based artist says she likes to give people a sense of belonging through her works.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Nov 22, 2019
An exhibition by the Berlin and Hong Kong-based artist eschews the notions of fixed reality to unveil its fragility.
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