•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Hili Perlson Sep 26, 2025
The exhibition at DAS MINSK Kunsthaus unpacks the politics of taste and social memory embedded in the architecture of the former East Germany.
by Lee Daehyung Aug 08, 2025
The three contemporary artists counter digital acceleration with art that demands stillness and introspection.
by Paola Malavassi Aug 04, 2025
A powerful journey through decades of groundbreaking art by the Canadian artist, Ghostlight is a timely reminder that the past shapes the present.
by Ayesha Adonais Jul 19, 2025
STIR speaks to Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler on their Silver Lion-winning 'large scale visual manifesto' traversing history, colonialism, militarisation and technology.
by Eleonora Ghedini Jul 08, 2025
An exploration of some innovative curatorial practices while walking and talking in a city that keeps reinventing itself beyond every dreamy idealisation.
by Hili Perlson Jun 09, 2025
Madre Museum examines how Binga carved out a space of autonomy and introspection for women.
by Ranjana Dave Apr 25, 2025
The executive director and chief curator of Shanghai’s Rockbund Art Museum in conversation with STIR about returning to China, institutional models and their wildest curatorial ideas.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 07, 2025
The Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 confers the prestigious honour on the American philosopher and Italian architect for their contributions to architectural thinking and design.
by Suhair Khan Jun 12, 2024
Technologist and design activist Suhair Khan on the GREAT FUTURES launch event in Riyadh, which promotes economic and cultural ties between the UK and Saudi Arabia.
by Eleonora Ghedini May 09, 2024
Curator Carlo Ratti underlines the collective value of intelligence while investigating the dialogue between natural and artificial, as well as between disciplines.
by Eleonora Ghedini Apr 29, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: Speaking at the European Cultural Centre, STIR's Founder and Editor-in-Chief Amit Gupta reaffirmed the importance of intercultural dialogue.
by Rosalyn D`Mello Apr 26, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: Beyond the main exhibition, the 2024 edition of the Venice Biennale reveals artworks that centre queer bodies, activism and aesthetics.
by Hili Perlson Apr 22, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: The personal meets the political in this staggering artwork by First Nations artist Archie Moore for the Australia Pavilion.
by Rosalyn D`Mello Apr 20, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: Reflecting on her work for the Venice Biennale's Japan Pavilion, Yuko Mohri discusses her artistic process in a conversation with STIR.
by Tabish Khan Apr 16, 2024
With a defined focus on emerging artists, miart in Milan makes for a compact pitstop on the way to the Venice Biennale
by Ranjana Dave Apr 15, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: The Paris-based Turkish artist is viewed as a pioneer of the global feminist art movement.
by Manu Sharma Apr 10, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: In the run-up to the 2024 Venice Biennale, curator Vasil Vladimirov discusses the Bulgaria Pavilion’s presentation The Neighbours.
by Eleonora Ghedini Mar 19, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: Curator Adriano Pedrosa centres artists working across borders, exploring mobility, displacement and precarity at the 2024 Venice Biennale.
by 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.
by Ayca Okay Mar 09, 2024
The Burmese artist speaks to STIR on the challenges of representing the political landscape of Myanmar through his practice and using his art as a medium of healing and social change.
by Ayca Okay Jan 18, 2024
In a conversation with STIR, the Ghanaian artist discusses his collaborative canvases and community-led spaces, evincing echoes of history, justice and freedom in now liberated structures.
by Manu Sharma Nov 05, 2023
The Japanese artist’s latest exhibition Who am I Tomorrow? immerses audiences within a world of red threads and tubes in Austria’s Kunstraum Dornbirn.
by Manu Sharma Oct 28, 2023
Curator Manuel Borja-Villel explores the monumental significance of the travelling exhibition The Practice of Art and the artist’s wide-ranging practice with STIR.
by Almas Sadique Oct 05, 2023
The exhibition Coastal Imaginaries, part of the Danish Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale 2023, calls attention to novel visions for the future of coastal landscapes.
by Ruth Lang Sep 15, 2023
Exhibitions recognising the old vanguard of architects—mostly male, mostly white—are changing their perspectives. Does this mean a slow shift in the discourse?
by Manu Sharma Sep 07, 2023
British artist Marianna Simnett discusses her upcoming opera production
by Daria Kravchuk Aug 29, 2023
The Majlis: A Meeting Place, presented by the Caravane Earth Foundation, is a shared dynamic public space that explores the meaning of traditional gathering places.
by Eleonora Ghedini Jul 28, 2023
Venice Biennale 2024 curator Adriano Pedrosa reflects on the concept of a foreigner in controversial times, reminding us how diaspora, exile, and marginality often affect us closely.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jul 06, 2023
Vladimir Belogolovsky interviews Iryna Miroshnykova, Oleksii Petrov, and Borys Filonenko, co-curators of the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale.
by Ayesha Adonais Jun 23, 2023
A look at the impact, and Lesley Lokko's curatorial exploration at the biennale, as it narrates a story of "shape-shifters, material explorers, bound by history and heritage."
by Manu Sharma Jun 13, 2023
Australian artist Will Huxley speaks with STIR on behalf of the queer dynamic duo, shedding light on their flamboyant performance practice.
by Manu Sharma May 23, 2023
Kit Brooks, Assistant Curator of Japanese Art at the Smithsonian Museum, talks to STIR about the museum’s first show reflecting on Ay-Ō’s brilliant, rainbow-themed work.
by Sunena V Maju May 20, 2023
The Golden Lion was awarded to the Brazil Pavilion and DAAR under the National and International Participation for their exhibitions Terra and Borgo Rizza respectively.
by Eleonora Ghedini May 02, 2023
Curator Lesley Lokko offers a new perspective on how architects of the future should be and what one can expect from the Biennale Architettura 2023.
by Shraddha Nair Apr 01, 2023
Hayward Gallery presents a survey of British artist Mike Nelson’s sculptural and installation works, reimagined and reworked for the London gallery.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Mar 23, 2023
Vladimir Belogolovsky talks to New York-based artist and preservationist Jorge Otero-Pailos about his approach to pollution.
by Shraddha Nair Feb 13, 2023
Curator Joasia Krysa talks to STIR about the upcoming Helsinki Biennial, titled New Directions May Emerge, and the idea of ecological revival.
by Urvi Kothari Dec 11, 2022
Taking over the Rotunda at Tate St. Ives, Pachpute pays homage to the community of coal miners and their contribution to the ecology, in an alluring but unsettling installation.
by Shraddha Nair Nov 09, 2022
Berlin-based Norwegian artist Sissel Tolaas creates olfactory landscapes at Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, in her first major exhibition in the US.
by Rosalyn D`Mello Sep 16, 2022
Cecilia Alemani’s main exhibition gathers together lost, stolen, forgotten, marginalised, maternal, non-canonised female, queer, non-binary, and indigenous artistic subjectivities.
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