•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
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 Avani Tandon Vieira Sep 12, 2025
Fotografiska Shanghai’s group exhibition considers geography through the lens of contemporary Chinese image-making.
by Bansari Paghdar Aug 14, 2025
Jazia Hammoudi and Matthew Niederhauser tell STIR how the hybrid studio fosters creative agency, curates immersive exhibitions and shapes new media culture.
by Srishti Ojha Jun 27, 2025
A Boy and a Girl and a Bush and a Bird presents the Icelandic artist’s signature video installations alongside a newly commissioned series of landscape paintings in Estonia.
by Manu Sharma May 09, 2025
NGS curator Qinyi Lim offers deeper insight into the installation in a conversation with STIR.
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 Manu Sharma Mar 21, 2025
STIR speaks with Meyohas about her compelling conceptual art at Desert X 2025.
by Kwame Aidoo Jan 13, 2025
The Ghana-based artist speaks to STIR about his open studio exhibition Beyond Rubber, on view at Afrobutylism Studio in Accra.
by Manu Sharma Nov 03, 2024
Guest curator Michelle Cotton discusses the necessity of this landmark exhibition in an interview with STIR.
by Akin Oladimeji Oct 24, 2024
Chilean artist Patricia Dominguez speaks with STIR about her film project Three Moons Below, installed at Cecilia Brunson Projects in London.
by Jones John Oct 17, 2024
The launch of an art gallery in Whitefield by the veteran artist and curator at DTale’s third retail store in India reevaluates how design may be viewed alongside art.
by Chintan Girish Modi Oct 10, 2024
The London-based Mauritian artist talks about his research-based visual vocabulary, and the dilemmas that face artists as they work in an industry that profits from the arms trade.
by Aarthi Mohan Oct 09, 2024
The exhibition at the Museum of African Diaspora reclaims the narrative of home as a site of resilience, creativity and community within Black domestic life.
by Manu Sharma Oct 06, 2024
Curator Numa Hambursin joins STIR in an interview to explore the poetics of the acclaimed Algerian-French artist’s works.
by Rebecca Anne Proctor Sep 24, 2024
Artist-led initiatives create spaces for practice and discourse in the Angolan capital, even as they reckon with the country’s chequered past.
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 Aarthi Mohan Aug 09, 2024
Textile techniques and found objects blend to reflect the intricate layers of neurodiversity in Christopher Kelly’s evolving Interwoven series.
by Aarthi Mohan Aug 02, 2024
The British designer's pavilion at HKW in Germany mirrors societal issues through the lens of sports, advocating accountability in combating racism.
by Karen Chernick Jul 25, 2024
A time capsule of four artworks created over the past decade envisions possible futures for the Middle East in Looking Back at the Future.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 20, 2024
The multidisciplinary exhibitions and events at TRI demonstrate creative exploration and sensory cultivation for Kolkata residents and visitors.
by Manu Sharma Jul 03, 2024
Co-curator Ann Hoste discusses the Lebanese artist’s experimental music practice in an interview with STIR.
by Almas Sadique Jun 22, 2024
The art festival showcased site-specific art installations that were mindful of the land and resources utilised to build them up.
by Manu Sharma Feb 05, 2024
Director and Curator Peter Nagy discusses the artist’s captivating abstract works, that explore the beauty of technology and industrial architecture.
by Niyati Dave Feb 02, 2024
Intermedial Pakistani artist Omer Wasim speaks to STIR on his practice queering space, subverting the frames of development, and conflicts shaping human relationships.
by Hili Perlson Jan 07, 2024
With his latest show To Whom I Could Not Save, the South African artist highlights histories of fights and misfortunes as the human experience that connects us all.
by Manu Sharma Nov 12, 2023
The elusive artist, who has coded over 1,500 digital artworks, discusses her process, career highlights and upcoming projects.
by Manu Sharma Sep 07, 2023
British artist Marianna Simnett discusses her upcoming opera production
by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Aug 22, 2023
Speaking with STIR, Enter Art Fair CEO and founder Julie Leopold Alf discusses celebrating five years of artistic evolution and redefining the boundaries of contemporary art.
by Hili Perlson Jun 28, 2023
Located in Ocean Space, the deconsecrated Church of San Lorenzo, Fattal's installation talks about the mercantile history connected by the Mediterranean trade routes.
by Manu Sharma Jan 22, 2023
Speaking with STIR, the artist known as JIPS discusses his fascinating art practice built upon what lives within his subconscious.
by Sukanya Deb Nov 22, 2022
What Do Objects Want?, a research-driven publication by London-based designer Sundeep Yaya, looks at the ecosystem of objects that inform our lives and shape our realities.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Oct 02, 2022
Accumulation of objects produced at a massive scale for the multimedia artist Portia Munson serves as the material to produce the sculptural installations which are maximalist.
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 Zohra Khan Aug 27, 2022
Connecting people of 2022 back to AD 122, The Future Belongs To What Was As Much As What Is reveals a temporary contextual installation by the London-based artist.
by Sukanya Deb Aug 21, 2022
A warehouse-turned-exhibition compound deliberates on the processual matter and raw material required to extract minerals that power our industrialised modern lives.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Aug 17, 2022
Memory of a Telluric Movement by Jose Dávila at Museum Haus Konstruktiv is a poetic juxtaposition of natural & industrial materials to visually represent an intertwined world.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 22, 2022
The London-based art gallery Alison Jacques is presenting visual artist Nicola L's first UK exhibition in partnership with the Nicola L Collection and Archive, Los Angeles.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jun 11, 2022
While Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan set up their first-ever national pavilion; Cameroon, Namibia, Nepal, Oman, and Uganda are the first time participants at the biennale.
by Rahul Kumar Jun 09, 2022
The multi-format event brought together neuroscientists, artists, psychologists, filmmakers, and writers, featuring 10 works and six films on various aspects of the human mind.
by Rahul Kumar May 04, 2022
STIR looks at ten artists who stood out at the recently concluded India Art Fair in New Delhi.
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