by Vidur Sethi Jan 24, 2022
German artist Thomas Geiger and his institutional intervention Kunsthalle3000 include performance, sculpture and language to mediate between public and private spaces.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jan 20, 2022
Site-specific responsive drawings by Fiona Grady, having play of light as integral to them, strive to reorient the relationship between the viewers and the built environment.
by Girinandini Singh Jan 09, 2022
STIR speaks with Sophie J Williamson about her new curatorial project, Undead Matter - an intimate entanglement between the living and the decaying.
by Rahul Kumar Dec 30, 2021
Looking back at the year 2021, we refocus on a selection of artists who create works with a burst of colour or at a massive scale.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Dec 29, 2021
Belgian contemporary artist, Arne Quinze, creates larger-than-life public sculptures for the viewers to not just celebrate nature, but also let them have conversations around it.
by Shraddha Nair Dec 08, 2021
Monika Fabijanska curates a look back at American artist Betsy Damon’s initial years of performance art practice at La MaMa Galleria in New York.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Oct 25, 2021
The site-specific installation of sculptures, Wayfinding, by the New York-based conceptual artist Chloë Bass, are attentive and determined by the array of human emotions.
by Salvatore Peluso Oct 19, 2021
The first edition of the Athens Design Forum was conceived as a comprehensive experience 'more cultural than commercial', says Katerina Papanikolopoulos, founder and artistic director.
by Rahul Kumar Oct 18, 2021
A large scale public performative and visual art intervention by artist Kulpreet Singh recreates violent scenes and atrocities to capture the ‘act’ into ‘marks’ for a work of art.
by Anmol Ahuja Oct 08, 2021
As Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s ‘L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped’ comes down, STIR speaks with creatives Yves Béhar and Sandeep & Tania Khosla on their experience of the artwork.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Sep 25, 2021
L’Arc de Triomphe Wrapped, Paris, is yet another addition to Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s body of work dotted with the experimental spirit of the creative imagination.
by Jerry Elengical Sep 25, 2021
Ilori’s 'Bring London Together’, a Landmark Project at the London Design Festival 2021, celebrates the creative community under city's Mayor Sadiq Khan’s “Let’s Do London” campaign.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Sep 10, 2021
The exhibition In Venice by Melissa McGill, with a variety of works on the city of Venice, introduces the audience to the environmental changes the city has experienced.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Aug 29, 2021
Danish artist-duo Elmgreen & Dragset strives to critique the institutional settings of their public art installations famous for recontextualising the objects with an artistic twist.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Apr 17, 2021
Jardin de lumière, by Qatar-based artist Ghada Al Khater and Parisian digital studio bonjour Interactive Lab, adopted generative design to recreate the Persian carpet.
by Priyanka Sacheti Apr 01, 2021
Home to striking large sculptures and installations, Jaddaf Waterfront Park brings together diverse communities of Dubai through the medium of public art and space.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Mar 09, 2021
Immersive and experiential public art installations by the collective LeuWebb Projects, led by Christine Leu and Alan Webb, draw a balance between creativity and criticality.
by Shailaja Tripathi Nov 20, 2020
The Iranian-American artist’s public art project in New York around the famed Persian Garden probes its complex history.
by Zohra Khan Oct 30, 2020
Extreme architecture expert Hugh Broughton has received planning permission for ‘Building a Martian House’ – a public art project by Bristol artists Ella Good and Nicki Kent.
by Shailaja Tripathi Sep 28, 2020
The Japanese artist’s project, featuring photographs of people occupied in an act of cleaning, discusses normative beliefs around cleaning and decontamination at Yokohama Triennale.
by Sukanya Garg Sep 05, 2020
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s immersive polka-dotted, phallic-sculptured infinity room - Love is Calling - is a culmination of her journey towards the sublime.
by Sukanya Garg Jul 31, 2020
STIR speaks to Daehyung Lee, the Artistic Director of CONNECT-BTS, a global project at the crossroads of music and new media art in London, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Seoul and New York.
by Georgina Maddox Jul 17, 2020
Galleria Continua is showcasing online Jean Rene’s huge painting of a child called Alain, peeking over the wall, created by the French artist for the 13th Havana Biennial in 2019.
by Sukanya Garg Jul 16, 2020
Art for Earth, a suspended forest of ribbons created by artist Anne Patterson, was on display at Ermenegildo Zegna Fashion show in Milan, echoing concerns of sustainability.
by Georgina Maddox Jul 09, 2020
Taking off from the ongoing uprisings against police brutality, colonialism, slave trade and other historic social issues, STIR takes a look at art 'defacement' as a form of protest.
by Shailaja Tripathi Jul 03, 2020
Luzinterruptus, an anonymous art collective in Madrid, talks about using the medium of light and darkness to reflect on the issues of environment and creating immersive experiences.
by Sukanya Garg Jun 26, 2020
STIR in conversation with the curators of the osloBIENNALEN, Norway, which will explore new formats in the arts ecosystem over a course of five years, from 2019 to 2024.
by Sukanya Garg Jun 17, 2020
The Holocenter New York’s initiative Light Windows invited artists to create light-based installations on their windows to steer hope and artistic engagement in community during the pandemic.
by Freddie Ribeiro May 19, 2020
Freddie Ribeiro journeys through art in public spaces world over, observing how these are platforms for civic dialogue, forces for social cohesion, stress-busters and change agents.
by Sukanya Garg Mar 16, 2020
STIR in conversation with Melbourne-based design studio ENESS about latest immersive installation Airship Orchestra, which was on display in Shanghai, China, till February 14.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Mar 12, 2020
New York-based Shahzia Sikander celebrates womanhood and oneness with nature through her practice spanning three decades.
by Jones John Mar 02, 2020
James Hough is the first artist-in-residence at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office and it might just change how the justice system is perceived.
by Georgina Maddox Dec 30, 2019
British artist Marc Quinn employs frozen blood of refugees and celebrities to address the issue of immigration in Our Blood, scheduled for unveiling in 2021.
by STIRworld Dec 28, 2019
STIR lists five of the most intriguing setups of 2019 that converge architecture, design and art to create experiences that delight the senses and inspire thought.
by Georgina Maddox Nov 26, 2019
American artist Kara Elizabeth Walker, who was born on this day in 1969, muses the grotesque and the carnal in her ongoing exhibit at the Tate Modern.
by Rahul Kumar Oct 24, 2019
Alberto Udaeta lives and works in small town north of Barcelona, and creates massive works for public spaces using primitive techniques.
by Sukanya Garg Oct 15, 2019
In conversation with Smriti Rajgarhia, Director of the Serendipity Arts Foundation, about the upcoming Serendipity Arts Festival 2019 in Goa, from December 15-22, 2019.
by Georgina Maddox Sep 28, 2019
French artist-activist, Intra Laure, creates waves with her beautiful yet provocative public art sculptures of the female breast.
by Georgina Maddox Aug 30, 2019
British artist Gaby Solly talks about public art as acts of dissent, ‘woman as an artist’ and breathing through it all...
by Sukanya Garg Aug 28, 2019
Kiss My Genders, a group exhibition exploring gender identity, is on display at the Hayward Gallery, London, till September 8, 2019.
by Georgina Maddox Aug 28, 2019
José Luis Torres talks about his art installations constructed from every-day objects and how they send a deeper message.
by Sukanya Garg Aug 27, 2019
The 18th annual River to River Festival in New York presented the largest ever outdoor exhibition by world renowned artist Yoko Ono.
by Sukanya Garg Aug 22, 2019
American street artist KAWS displayed a 110-feet tall inflatable artwork in Taipei, depicting a seated variant of his signature character Companion.
by Georgina Maddox Aug 17, 2019
The interactive gargoyle at Denver International Airport in Colorado begs the question, 'But is it really art?'
by Sukanya Garg Aug 16, 2019
Shilpa Gupta’s installation For, in Your Tongue, I Can Not Hide - 100 Jailed Poets, featured the works of dead poets who were imprisoned either for their poetry or politics.
by Zohra Khan Aug 15, 2019
STIR connected with artist Sebastian Errazuriz to peek into his abiding passion for interstellar space.
by Sukanya Garg Aug 14, 2019
The artists offered a state of hope, a promise of better things to come, and instilled deep thoughts in the minds of visitors with their works at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale.
by Sukanya Garg Aug 13, 2019
The works presented at the fourth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale spoke of gender differences and imagined the possibilities where those pushed to the margins would speak.
by Sukanya Garg Aug 06, 2019
Mexican artist Monica Mayer showcased written experiences of sexual harassment by men and women as part of her participatory installation The Clothesline, at Kochi Biennale.
by Sukanya Garg Jul 27, 2019
The Irregulars Art Fair 2019, at Studio Khirki in New Delhi, provided a platform for artists across genres to display their works based on the theme ‘Altered Realities’.
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