Novel arrangements in urban environments by Mark Handforth
Jun 29, 2022by Divya Menon Jun 29, 2022
Art and public spaces through their symbiotic association bring surreal experiences at a 17th century church in Cremona, Italy.
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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.
Light installation ‘Life Lingers on Blank Pages’ nurtures significance of free speech
Jun 16, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Jun 16, 2022
Large-scale light and sound installation Life Lingers on Blank Pages by the collective Luzinterruptus was part of LuzMadrid, the Madrid’s International Festival of Light.
STIRring Dreams: Multimedia artist Monira Al Qadiri presents at the Venice Art Biennale
Jun 05, 2022by Sukanya Deb Jun 05, 2022
The Berlin-based artist's kinetic sculptures as a monument to the impact of the oil industry probe the past, present, and the future of the non-renewable resource through fiction.
Art Basel Hong Kong 2022 foregrounded Asia’s best art across the mediums
Jun 01, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Jun 01, 2022
The hybrid format of Art Basel Hong Kong 2022 saw participation of 130 galleries from 28 countries and territories with an emphasis to underscore the leading art voices from Asia.
Light installations by Vendel & de Wolf illuminate upon the invisible beauty of nature
May 23, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar May 23, 2022
Dutch collective Vendel & de Wolf creates on-site light installations for the public viewing to visually articulate the inherent beauty of the existing environment.
Hawai'i Triennial 2022 foregrounds artworks concerning intercultural exchanges
May 17, 2022by Rahul Kumar May 17, 2022
Hawai'i Contemporary presents Hawai'i Triennial 2022 in Honolulu, USA, showcasing prominent installations and art performances for the eleven-week event.
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.
Liz West's 'Slow Revolution' reimagines the history of Greengate, Salford
May 02, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar May 02, 2022
Liz West, known for creating light installation and public art, has developed sculptural artwork Slow Revolution to rejuvenate audience’s interest in the rich history of Greengate, Salford, UK.
STIRring Dreams: Cecilia Alemani on the 59th Venice Art Biennale's international exhibition
Apr 16, 2022by Rahul Kumar Apr 16, 2022
1400+ works of over 200 artists will form the largest exhibition at the upcoming edition of the Venice Art Biennale, responding to the theme The Milk of Dreams.
Sasha Frolova discusses latex, artistic synthesis and her performance practice
Apr 14, 2022by Manu Sharma Apr 14, 2022
The Russian multidisciplinary artist Sasha Folova explores her inimitable performance practice that blends latex costumes with abstract forms.
What to expect at the London Gallery Weekend 2022
Apr 08, 2022by STIRworld Apr 08, 2022
The three-day long second edition of London Gallery Weekend brings forward contemporary art with new artists and galleries in the United Kingdom, scheduled from May 13-15, 2022.
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.
Reflective sculptures by Rob Mulholland anchor renewed zest to approach nature
Mar 14, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Mar 14, 2022
The UK-based sculptor, Rob Mulholland, creates the large reflective sculptures with a special focus on the viewers to let them reassess their role with nature.
'City Gazing Dubai' builds an astronomical experience of the overview effect
Feb 27, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Feb 27, 2022
The light art installation City Gazing Dubai by VOUW Studio, suspended over DIFC Gate, forges a relationship between human progress, connection and sustainability.
New York and the gold cube affair by artist Niclas Castello
Feb 09, 2022by STIRworld Feb 09, 2022
Artist Niclas Castello's public installation stunt with the Castello gold cube as it appeared in New York City's Central Park promoting the new Castello cryptocurrency.
Daan Roosegaarde's 'SPARK' proposes a sustainable alternative to celebration
Jan 27, 2022by Zohra Khan Jan 27, 2022
The Dutch artist’s latest work from Bilbao reveals a dreamscape of countless biodegradable light sparks mimicking a sky stirred by fireflies.
‘Kunsthalle3000’ and Thomas Geiger’s artistic interventions in public
Jan 24, 2022by 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.
Fiona Grady’s site-specific drawings are a judicious mix of geometric pattern and light
Jan 20, 2022by 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.
Sophie J Williamson on her curatorial enquiry into the themes of life and death
Jan 09, 2022by 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.
Artists who celebrate maximalism and euphoria in their art
Dec 30, 2021by 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.
Life-size sculptural installations by Arne Quinze eulogise nature and its diversity
Dec 29, 2021by 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.
'Passages: Rites and Rituals' features Betsy Damon’s early performance artworks
Dec 08, 2021by 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.
Sculptural installation ‘Wayfinding’ by Chloë Bass is a reflection of lived experiences
Oct 25, 2021by 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.
Discovering Athens through design
Oct 19, 2021by 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.
'Indelible Black Marks' by Kulpreet Singh seeks to be a mirror to the society at large
Oct 18, 2021by 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.
Arc de Triomphe, UNwrapped: a design lens on the silver tapestry that spellbound Paris
Oct 08, 2021by 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.
'L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped' embodies Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s ephemeral art
Sep 25, 2021by 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.
Yinka Ilori restyles London’s pedestrian crossings with vivid colours for LDF 2021
Sep 25, 2021by 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.
Melissa McGill’s ‘In Venice’: a creative take on the ecological shift borne by Venice
Sep 10, 2021by 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.
Elmgreen & Dragset’s public art installations unveil the unknown side of a known object
Aug 29, 2021by 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.
Immersive Jardin de lumière at Nuit Blanche creates a polysensorial experience
Apr 17, 2021by 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.
Engaging with art in UAE's open-air sculpture park, Jaddaf Waterfront Park
Apr 01, 2021by 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.
LeuWebb Projects’ public art installations are a revelation on history and perception
Mar 09, 2021by 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.
Artist Bahar Behbahani uses landscapes as a metaphor for politics and poetics
Nov 20, 2020by 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.
A full-scale house for future life on Mars is in the making in Bristol
Oct 30, 2020by 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.
Masaru Iwai’s online-offline project ‘Broom Stars’ focuses on issues of cleansing
Sep 28, 2020by 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.
The alchemist of polka dots, Yayoi Kusama creates a vision of infinity on earth
Sep 05, 2020by 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.
Korean boy band BTS expands the art experience with 22 artists across five cities
Jul 31, 2020by 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.
Jean René pays a giant tribute to a little boy through his wall mural in Havana
Jul 17, 2020by 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.
‘Art for Earth’ by Anne Patterson: a ribbon-bearer for recycling and community
Jul 16, 2020by 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.
Art defacement: Co-creation or destruction?
Jul 09, 2020by 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.
Madrid-based Luzinterruptus on creating light installations in public spaces
Jul 03, 2020by 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.
Oslo Biennale to rethink art production and dissemination over a five-year timeline
Jun 26, 2020by 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.
Light-art windows send out message of hope to passers-by amid COVID-19 isolation
Jun 17, 2020by 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.
Sanctioned to the subversive: art in the public space
May 19, 2020by 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.
'Airship Orchestra' by ENESS immerses visitors in art, sound, light and technology
Mar 16, 2020by 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.
Visual artist Shahzia Sikander’s artworks find many faces to feminism
Mar 12, 2020by Dilpreet Bhullar Mar 12, 2020
New York-based Shahzia Sikander celebrates womanhood and oneness with nature through her practice spanning three decades.
Re-thinking criminal justice through an artist residency with ex-convict James Hough
Mar 02, 2020by 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.
Marc Quinn uses blood in his installation to draw attention to the refugee crisis
Dec 30, 2019by 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.
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