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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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Painting as palimpsest: a survey of Julie Mehretu’s work comes to Germany
Jul 11, 2025by Srishti Ojha Jul 11, 2025
KAIROS / Hauntological Variations’ a journey through the Ethiopian-American artist’s career, will be on view at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf.
Koyo Kouoh to curate the 61st Venice Biennale in 2026
Dec 04, 2024by STIRworld Dec 04, 2024
Koyo Kouoh, the chief curator of the Zeitz MOCAA Museum in Cape Town, will lead the curation of the 61st Venice Biennale, taking over from Adriano Pedrosa
Translating society's fears and worries into graphic designs in 'Propagandopolis'
Nov 21, 2024by Mrinmayee Bhoot Nov 21, 2024
A recent book published by FUEL presents the anxieties of contemporary society in the form of propaganda posters created for government or anarchist campaigns.
Kapwani Kiwanga explores the history of power at Copenhagen Contemporary
Jul 11, 2024by Zeynep Rekkali Jensen Jul 11, 2024
The Length of the Horizon at Copenhagen Contemporary delves into socio-political themes with installations using historical narratives.
The MCA’s ‘What Happened’ presents the breadth of Nicole Eisenman’s art
May 05, 2024by Manu Sharma May 05, 2024
Co-curator Jadine Collingwood discusses the American artist’s diverse practice and relatively new focus on sculpture.
With large screens and bold graphics, Barbara Kruger's works return to London
Mar 18, 2024by Rhea Mathur Mar 18, 2024
Bettina Korek, Director of the Serpentine Gallery, speaks to STIR on Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You. and the provocative visual language of Barbara Kruger.
Yuri Albert on the conflicted and evolved relation between artist and audience
Jan 12, 2024by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jan 12, 2024
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Moscow-born, self-taught, and Cologne-based conceptual artist Yuri Albert to uncover the histories of Sots, unofficial and Apt art.
'A Hope and Peace to End All Hope and Peace': Rushdi Anwar’s art of war-shaming
Jan 03, 2024by 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.
Visual vignettes of creativity and humanity: the best of photography in 2023
Dec 18, 2023by Jincy Iype Dec 18, 2023
STIRred 2023: STIR celebrates powerfully creative photographic works from across the disciplines of architecture and art this year.
Artist Farshad Farzankia's ode to women's rights in Iran
Nov 22, 2023by Dilpreet Bhullar Nov 22, 2023
The artist's solo exhibition, She Rose at SOCO Gallery in North Carolina, includes artworks steeped in colours and figures that evoke a sense of disorientation.
Exploring the world of Nasreen Mohamedi’s monochromatic and minimal works
Jun 21, 2023by Urvi Kothari Jun 21, 2023
A deep dive into the oeuvre of Indian artist Nasreen Mohamedi, curated within two prominent white cubes in Mumbai.
STIR and FCB India win Gold at Cannes Industry Craft Lions 2023
Jun 20, 2023by Manu Sharma Jun 20, 2023
Announced at the 70th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Untangling the Politics of Hair campaign features photographs by Rohit Chawla.
Bleiben in der Fremde: Artistic responses to the 'guest worker' system of Western Europe
Apr 28, 2023by Rosalyn D`Mello Apr 28, 2023
Cana Bilir-Meier, Semra Ertan, Sohrab Shahid Saless, Nil Yalter and Hanefi Yeter resurrect invisibilised stories of 'guest worker' immigrant subjectivities in the exhibition at TAXISPALAIS .
Sheba Chhachhi shows her decades long practice for the first time in the Middle East
Apr 20, 2023by Sukanya Deb Apr 20, 2023
Displaying the artist’s documentary practice, the exhibition Temporal Twists: A Subversive Metalogue presented a complex retelling of the meta-narratives that drive the Indian nation state, through a feminist lens.
Rajkamal Kahlon’s incendiary works trap the ‘othering gaze’
Apr 07, 2023by Rosalyn D`Mello Apr 07, 2023
With surgical precision, the American artist draws blood, unveiling the deep violence of colonialist, ethnographic, racist literature.
'Hair and Her': Cutting with an oppressive past
Feb 25, 2023by Sonia Bhatnagar Feb 25, 2023
Hair and Her at India Art Fair 2023 unravelled the history of a woman's hair and in doing so, revealed a history of subjugation that cuts across cultures, nations and generations.
Zina Saro-Wiwa’s exhibition depicts performance and complexity in a story of oil
Feb 16, 2023by Sukanya Deb Feb 16, 2023
At the ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Zina Saro-Wiwa reflects on her ancestral land in Niger Delta and the loss of resources and identity within her community.
Israeli artist Michal Rovner faces the fear of the 'other' head on
Feb 05, 2023by Hili Perlson Feb 05, 2023
Michal Rovner’s exhibition Alert at Fondazione Merz in Turin is the result of long nights spent in the fields watching jackals.
Carolee Schneemann’s six-decade-long body of pioneering feminist performance art
Jan 07, 2023by Sukanya Deb Jan 07, 2023
A major survey exhibition of Carolee Schneemann’s work looks at the artist’s masterful experimentations, across mediums of performance, installation, film and multimedia.
The exhibition 'eating the other' highlights diaspora politics through the lens of food
Dec 30, 2022by Sukanya Deb Dec 30, 2022
Food marks culture, subjectivity, and a point of exploration at eating the other exhibition at Preston Gallery in Cambridge, Canada.
'Who is Asleep Who is Awake' looks at the political realities that form in a liminal state
Dec 28, 2022by Sukanya Deb Dec 28, 2022
Sudarshan Shetty curates Who is Asleep Who is Awake for Serendipity Arts Festival 2022, on the intersections between reality and fiction and the claims to freedom and expression.
Notes from the seething underground: Inside 'The World of Banksy'
Nov 28, 2022by Soumya Mukerji Nov 28, 2022
An immersive retrospective of the graffiti god's 100 most powerful works travels through Europe, in a first such democratic showcase installed at central public junctures.
Pritika Chowdhry uses memory maps to rethink contours of the Indian subcontinent
Oct 29, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Oct 29, 2022
With the exhibition Unbearable Memories, Unspeakable Histories at South Asia Institute in Chicago, Pritika Chowdhry mines unsutured wounds carved by the 1947 partition of India.
The exhibition 'Statecraft (and beyond)' presents alternative models of statehood
Oct 07, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Oct 07, 2022
The 39 artists of the exhibition Statecraft (and beyond) at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (EMST), curated by Katerina Gregos critically dissect questions on statecraft.
Art and the city: The public installations presented during Frieze Sculpture 2022
Oct 04, 2022by Vatsala Sethi Oct 04, 2022
The public exhibition in London's Regent's Park will feature 19 large-scale works by prominent artists and run alongside Frieze London and Frieze Masters.
The Politics of Art through Nalini Malani’s 'Vision In Motion' at the M+
Sep 04, 2022by Urvi Kothari Sep 04, 2022
Vision in Motion presents Nalini Malani’s five decades-long and yet ongoing investigations on the histories of violence, oppression and socio-political injustices.
The idea and new definition of 'museum' in the context of visual arts
Aug 29, 2022by Rahul Kumar Aug 29, 2022
Examining the new definition of 'museum' issued by ICOM, and the Museum of Rape Threats and Sexism that expands the idea of the format associated with a museum.
STIRring Dreams: Maria Eichhorn's subtle exposure of the German Pavilion's history
Aug 27, 2022by Devanshi Shah Aug 27, 2022
STIR speaks with Yilmaz Dziewior, the curator of German Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale 2022, about how remembrance, relocation and removal define Eichhorn's intervention.
Art in public space: a political tool to condition the masses
Jun 30, 2022by Rahul Kumar Jun 30, 2022
Examining the history of monarchs and authority across the world and their involvement with art works in public spaces to influence the desired narrative.
Ai Weiwei unveils ‘Arch’, a public exhibit in Stockholm, Sweden
Jun 28, 2022by STIRworld Jun 28, 2022
Ai Weiwei's Arch is a 40-foot-tall stainless steel sculpture that signifies freedom of expression.
What to look out for at Art Basel 2022 edition in Switzerland
Jun 15, 2022by STIRworld Jun 15, 2022
Starting June 16, the four-day art fair will host a wide selection of sculptures, paintings, installations, and art performances. STIR highlights what you shouldn't miss.
Vishal Kumaraswamy looks at race & caste via the lens of performance and identity
May 24, 2022by Sukanya Deb May 24, 2022
Iruvu by Bengaluru-based artist Vishal Kumaraswamy looks at the space and time that is occupied by the subaltern body and how it relates to futurisms.
documenta fifteen's 'lumbung' artists on embodied resistance via collective action
May 08, 2022by Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi May 08, 2022
Multiple voices of resistance will come together for lumbung - documenta fifteen, scheduled to open in Kassel, Germany in June 2022.
Patrick Martinez’s solo show at The Tucson Museum of Art examines systems of power
Apr 28, 2022by Rahul Kumar Apr 28, 2022
Martinez’s multi-disciplinary practice revolves around the political and social injustices, especially towards the minority communities in the United States, in recent times.
Letizia Battaglia who exposed the underground mafias passes away at 87
Apr 16, 2022by STIRworld Apr 16, 2022
Italian photographer Letizia Battaglia has left behind a legacy of her documented work on the brutal mafia violence.
Ukraine Support Pledge raises funds to support people hit by the Russian strife
Apr 01, 2022by STIRworld Apr 01, 2022
Ukraine Support Pledge, a not-for-profit organisation, is raising funds through art for the GlobalGiving’s Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund amid Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Activist Art collective INDECLINE releases its brazen greatest hits compilation
Mar 29, 2022by Manu Sharma Mar 29, 2022
American artist-activist group INDECLINE explores their recently-released film Side Hustles, and reflect on the collective's anti-authoritarian exploits over the past year.
What is modernism in African art and when did it take place?
Mar 15, 2022by Sukanya Deb Mar 15, 2022
The last of a three-part series investigates modernity and the cultural underpinnings around its conception in African diaspora artists who contributed to the Western canon.
Exploring the work of four modernists who have been undervalued in art history
Mar 08, 2022by Sukanya Deb Mar 08, 2022
Part two of a three-part series probes the works of Hannah Höch, Meret Oppenheim, Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven and Claude Cahun, away from masculinist approach to art history.
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