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What the map does not know: Examining the land in Photographic Geomancy
Sep 12, 2025by Avani Tandon Vieira Sep 12, 2025
Fotografiska Shanghai’s group exhibition considers geography through the lens of contemporary Chinese image-making.
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Onassis ONX on cultivating and curating interdisciplinary artscapes
Aug 14, 2025by 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.
Irony and endurance: Kumu Art Museum presents Ragnar Kjartansson’s works
Jun 27, 2025by 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.
‘GLISTEN’: Lisa Reihana fuses time and tradition at National Gallery Singapore
May 09, 2025by Manu Sharma May 09, 2025
NGS curator Qinyi Lim offers deeper insight into the installation in a conversation with STIR.
A summer fair: Art Dubai foregrounds contemporary art from the Global South
Apr 14, 2025by 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.
From finance to art, Sarah Meyohas treads uncharted territory
Mar 21, 2025by Manu Sharma Mar 21, 2025
STIR speaks with Meyohas about her compelling conceptual art at Desert X 2025.
Dela Anyah discusses value, waste and sustainability with ‘Beyond Rubber’
Jan 13, 2025by 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.
'Radical Software' highlights the work of early women computer artists
Nov 03, 2024by Manu Sharma Nov 03, 2024
Guest curator Michelle Cotton discusses the necessity of this landmark exhibition in an interview with STIR.
The poetics of quantum entanglements and spirituality meet in Patricia Dominguez's film
Oct 24, 2024by 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.
Bose Krishnamachari blurs boundaries between art and design at 'DTale Archist (I)'
Oct 17, 2024by 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.
"I am a child of the Indian Ocean" - Shiraz Bayjoo on his practice and politics
Oct 10, 2024by 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.
'Liberatory Living' celebrates the power of design to shape Black spaces
Oct 09, 2024by 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.
Healing and spirituality intersect in Kader Attia’s 'Descent into Paradise’
Oct 06, 2024by 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.
Luanda’s art scene forges a new narrative for Angola
Sep 24, 2024by 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.
Suchitra Mattai’s woven installations activate a waterfront refuge in Queens, New York
Aug 12, 2024by 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.
'Interwoven' realities: Christopher Kelly's sculptural narratives of neurodiversity
Aug 09, 2024by 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.
'Reflection in Numbers' is a critical exploration of racism in sports by Yinka Ilori
Aug 02, 2024by 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.
Exhibition at Tel Aviv’s Magasin III Jaffa collects past versions of imagined futures
Jul 25, 2024by 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.
TRI Art and Culture connects Kolkata with a national and global arts ecology
Jul 20, 2024by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 20, 2024
The multidisciplinary exhibitions and events at TRI demonstrate creative exploration and sensory cultivation for Kolkata residents and visitors.
S.M.A.K. Belgium’s potent offering of interactive sound art by Tarek Atoui
Jul 03, 2024by Manu Sharma Jul 03, 2024
Co-curator Ann Hoste discusses the Lebanese artist’s experimental music practice in an interview with STIR.
The second edition of sā Ladakh explored ‘The Future of Immersive Land Art’
Jun 22, 2024by 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.
Exploring Neeraj Patel’s articulations of tech and industry at Nature Morte
Feb 05, 2024by 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.
Reading traces of erasure or landscape, loss and memory: Omer Wasim’s practice
Feb 02, 2024by 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.
William Kentridge presents a site-specific exhibition that is decidedly universal
Jan 07, 2024by 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.
Alida Sun on code art as part of subversive digital living
Nov 12, 2023by Manu Sharma Nov 12, 2023
The elusive artist, who has coded over 1,500 digital artworks, discusses her process, career highlights and upcoming projects.
Marianna Simnett’s 'GORGON' collides Greek mythology with our modern AI paradigm
Sep 07, 2023by Manu Sharma Sep 07, 2023
British artist Marianna Simnett discusses her upcoming opera production
In conversation with Enter Art Fair founder and CEO Julie Leopold Alf
Aug 22, 2023by 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.
Simone Fattal’s ‘Sempre il mare, uomo libero, amerai!’ is a tale about interconnectedness
Jun 28, 2023by 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.
Colombian artist Jose Palacio talks about the process of his digital art practice
Jan 22, 2023by 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.
A graphic design project looking at the role of objects in shaping humanity
Nov 22, 2022by 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.
For Portia Munson consumerism is a site to decipher violence on ecology and feminism
Oct 02, 2022by 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.
An intervention into Pakistan's 75th independence by Osman Yousefzada
Sep 24, 2022by 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.
Morag Myerscough erects a colourful gatehouse at the Hadrian’s Wall in England
Aug 27, 2022by 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.
A look at multimedia artist Pyae Phyo Thant Nyo's ‘Electric Ruby’ at Ground Bangkok
Aug 21, 2022by 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.
Jose Dávila’s ensemble of works speaks to the architectural marvel of its venue
Aug 17, 2022by 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.
The exhibition on artist Nicola L’s works revisits the many meanings of skin
Jul 22, 2022by 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.
Looking at the countries debuting with a National Pavilion at Venice Art Biennale 2022
Jun 11, 2022by 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.
Science Gallery presents 'PSYCHE' to explore complexities of the human mind
Jun 09, 2022by 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.
India Art Fair presents its 13th edition with over 500 participating artists
May 04, 2022by Rahul Kumar May 04, 2022
STIR looks at ten artists who stood out at the recently concluded India Art Fair in New Delhi.
The institution as a set of tectonic plates, as considered by Lantian Xie
Apr 17, 2022by Sukanya Deb Apr 17, 2022
Dubai-based artist Lantian Xie’s solo exhibition Volcano at Grey Noise, looked at institutional infrastructures and the manufactured nature of instruction.
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