Are dumbphones in the face of smarter algorithms our technological salvation?
Aug 20, 2026by Chahna Tank Aug 20, 2026
With the smartphone as a portal to the relentless advent of newer technologies and conveniences, dumbphones seek to offer an analogue but curated detachment.
Unearthing India’s buried legacy of visual storytelling
Aug 14, 2026by Srishti Ojha Aug 14, 2026
A Moving Line sees graphic novelist Amruta Patil putting temple friezes and folk art next to comics and graphic novels to argue for visual storytelling as an art form.
The ideal past, relentless present and fitting futures of suburbia in Germany
Aug 07, 2026by Mrinmayee Bhoot Aug 07, 2026
Deutsches Architekturmuseum’s ongoing exhibition probes the suburban sprawl defining Germany's residential landscape and its relevance amid escalating global housing crises.
Ion Riva in Istanbul and the idealised image of architecture amid crises
Jul 31, 2026by Bansari Paghdar, Anmol Ahuja Jul 31, 2026
Featuring an international cohort of star practices including Snøhetta, BIG and MVRDV, Ion Riva’s masterplan promises greens, culture and elevated daily life—preceded by its image.
Incandescent interventions: Groningen, Bengaluru and beyond
Jul 24, 2026by Anne Feenstra Jul 24, 2026
A personal essay from the architect and academic recounts the Dutch city as a site for small-scale, playful, luminescent urban architecture, reflecting on the mobility of that idea.
STIR at UIA World Congress: Can Becoming planetary address our uncertain present?
Jul 17, 2026by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 17, 2026
The World Congress of Architects 2026 convened in Barcelona, demanding deep awareness of pre-existing physical and cultural landscapes for the futures architecture can make.
Cao Fei’s Swiss exhibition reimagines what an art gallery can (or should) be today
Jul 02, 2026by Srishti Ojha Jul 02, 2026
Cao Fei: Testimonies to the Near Future transforms the Kunstmuseum Basel’s building into an immersive experience that is simultaneously virtual and real, futuristic and historic.
How good is your city, and can it care?
Jun 26, 2026by Cristina Mateo Jun 26, 2026
Through examples of Paris, Copenhagen and Madrid, Cristina Mateo investigates urban conditions where experience and innovation can coexist without cancelling each other out.
Marcel Duchamp at MoMA: Controversy and the critique of unconventional art
Jun 19, 2026by Srishti Ojha Jun 19, 2026
The gallery presents the largest retrospective of the modern artist in the last 50 years, enlivening eternal debates about what ‘real art’ is for 21st-century audiences.
Michael Sorkin’s manifestos for radicality for People Who Cross Against the Light
Jun 19, 2026by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 19, 2026
Marking the first retrospective of the American architecture critic and designer’s work, People Cross Against the Light: Michael Sorkin’s New York insists on a new radicalism.
Crossing lines: Queer artists on borders, belonging and nationhood
Jun 12, 2026by Agnish Ray Jun 12, 2026
Queer and migrant identities intersecting at this year’s Venice Art Biennale highlight the normative exclusions of the nation-state.
How long can we continue performing neutrality under the spectre of war?
Jun 04, 2026by Debika Ray Jun 04, 2026
Protests, strikes and exclusions at the 2026 Venice Art Biennale are exposing the fragility of the international order on which the cultural world is built.
Swiss architect Leopold Banchini on the agility of neo-vernacular architecture
Jul 03, 2026by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 03, 2026
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