•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Deeksha Nath Nov 17, 2025
An ambitious exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, traces the intertwined pedagogies and friendships that shaped India’s postcolonial modernism.
by Ranjana Dave Oct 17, 2025
Built around the collection of its founder Nurlan Smagulov, this private museum of modern and contemporary art opened to audiences in September 2025, offering exhibitions and collateral programming.
by Maanav Jalan Oct 14, 2025
Nigerian modernism, a ‘suitcase project’ of Asian diasporic art and a Colomboscope exhibition give international context to the city’s biggest art week.
by Aarthi Mohan Sep 09, 2025
OMA partner Shohei Shigematsu stages the Maison’s codes and crafts as a sequence of inhabitable spaces at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka.
by Samta Nadeem May 07, 2025
This year’s edition of Art Dubai platformed multivocal histories and cultures with a roster of artists from the Middle East, South Asia and their diasporas. STIR distils key insights from the fair and its collateral events.
by Anushka Sharma Apr 10, 2025
Art Dubai 2025 elevates the art fair experience by augmenting its gallery programme with an array of commissions and conferences.
by Rhea Mathur Apr 07, 2025
In an interview with STIR, curator Dr Amy Tobin discusses the exhibition Here is a Gale Warning: Art, Crisis & Survival.
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 Manu Sharma Feb 04, 2025
STIR helps you navigate the art fair’s 100-plus booths so that you get the most out of your festival experience.
by Manu Sharma Jan 12, 2025
Alexandrine Théorêt of MMFA joins STIR for an interview to explore Anri Sala’s classical music installation.
by Ranjana Dave Dec 31, 2024
STIRred 2024: This year, STIR’s art coverage mapped key events, defined trends and studied the intricate evolution of arts ecosystems and market dynamics.
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 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 Pramodha Weerasekera Nov 02, 2024
Sri Lanka’s modern art history is dominated by fine art – the HOUSE exhibition at Barefoot invigorated a discussion about design being fine art’s scorned relative.
by Eleonora Ghedini Sep 10, 2024
STIR reports from Panorama Monferrato by ITALICS, where artists from diverse historical ages reflect on the fractures of our times.
by Florence Derieux May 30, 2024
Subverting notions of Black identity and gender performativity across five decades, Ringgold set the stage for artists and women of colour across modern art.
by Megha Ralapati May 18, 2024
The ICI Curatorial Forum 2024 brings opportunities for curators to engage with local artists, museums and galleries.
by Rémy Jarry May 07, 2024
The first private institution to open in the city’s Saadiyat Island Cultural District, the Foundation offers programming that is free and open to everyone.
by Rajesh Punj Apr 11, 2024
STIR speaks with the leading Portuguese artist, whose Lisbon retrospective resembles a playground, epitomising her colourful imagination.
by Rémy Jarry Mar 21, 2024
The strengthened presence and shift towards artists and galleries from the Global South reflects a transformative and maturing art landscape in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
by Benedetta Ghione Mar 15, 2024
Across different generations and mediums, The Dubai Collection ties together a multiplicity of artists and histories to reflect the expanding art landscape of the UAE.
by Cleo Roberts-Komireddi Jan 19, 2024
Ahead of his departure, Aaron Seeto speaks to STIR and reflects on the challenges and successes of leading Indonesia’s first modern and contemporary art museum for seven long years.
by Louis Ho Jan 19, 2024
A look into the growing economy of Singapore's artistic landscape, governed by government policies, censorship and uncertainties of the art ecosystem.
by Rhea Mathur Jan 13, 2024
Making New Worlds, an exhibition at the University of Cambridge’s Kettle’s Yard, looks closely at modern and abstract art through the artist Li Yuan-chia and his contemporaries.
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 Rémy Jarry Jan 03, 2024
Rushdi Anwar’s solo exhibition at the Jim Thompson Art Center in Bangkok provides a comprehensive view of the artistic practice and life experience of the Kurdish-born artist.
by Manu Sharma Nov 29, 2023
The festival's co-founder Atsuko Ninagawa and guest curator Kenjiro Hosaka discuss the festival and its new sales platform in a conversation with STIR.
by Georgina Maddox Oct 31, 2023
A recent visit to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal brings an interesting mixture of antiquity and modernity in its art and architecture.
by Almas Sadique Aug 19, 2023
The 805-piece LEGO set invites users to play with the iconic bricks in order to build and rebuild abstract compositions that reflect distinctive moods, styles and locations.
by Rosalyn D`Mello Aug 01, 2023
An appeal to rethink the continued use of collectively signed appeals and their ineffectiveness in changing the system.
by Keziah Vikranth Jul 18, 2023
Designed by Morphosis Architects, the new OCMA structure with swooping white tile façade engages the public with indoor-outdoor spaces and expansive modern galleries.
by Sneha Shah Jul 10, 2023
The new cultural landmark by Renzo Piano Building Workshop wrapped in glass, concrete and steel, on the European side of the Bosphorus, is a testament to art and renewal.
by Sakhi Sobti Jul 08, 2023
Examining the distinction between art history and history of art to find Art Firsts at the intersection of the two discourses.
by Georgina Maddox Jun 09, 2023
French painter Francoise Gilot, who recently passed away, outgrew the shadow casted by Bluebeard and shall now be remembered for her defiant spirit and the ability to surge ahead.
by STIRworld Apr 13, 2023
The retrospective exhibition, Forms of life is rooted in Klint and Mondrian's fascination with the natural and supernatural, represented through colours and shapes at the Tate Modern.
by Daria Kravchuk Mar 28, 2023
Art Fair Tokyo 2023, the largest art fair in Japan and the oldest in Asia, showcased the state of art in Japan, from antiques to modern and contemporary art.
by STIRworld Mar 21, 2023
Art Basel returns this week with an ambitious, full-scale programme for its Hong Kong show, which will feature 177 galleries from 32 nations and territories, making it the city's largest event since 2019.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Mar 20, 2023
Modern Love (or Love in the Age of Cold Intimacies) at the National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens complicates the binaries of private and public with the onset of the digital world.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Feb 03, 2023
Vladimir Belogolovsky spoke to Penelope Seidler, about her late husband Harry Seidler, when he initiated the Australian architect’s decade-long touring exhibit ending in March.
by Vatsala Sethi Jan 23, 2023
India Art Fair 2023 debuts a fusion of art and technology, straddling modern and contemporary in India's capital through installations, talks, and performance art.
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