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The Jamaican-British painter exhibits works spanning his over 20-year career in the Tate Britain survey exhibition, Hurvin Anderson.
Wet archives: Marine Intersections and Coastlines as Webs in Colombo
Apr 02, 2026by Ranjana Dave Apr 02, 2026
The inaugural convening of The Current V: Ancestral Ocean asked how the ocean might be mapped as a living archive—across ideas, commodities and people.
K Studio’s extension to the Dexamenes Hotel in Greece softens its industrial past
Apr 01, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari Apr 01, 2026
The eight new sea-view terrace suites within the wine-factory-turned-hotel offer a warm retreat ‘floating’ on a pared down structural frame overlooking the Ionian Sea.
CCD Tokyo Creative Center wraps Japanese spatial logic in a high-tech shell
Mar 31, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari Mar 31, 2026
The luxury hospitality designers synthesise an eastern architectural spirit clad in a structurally expressive shell, launching their Tokyo office as a material and cultural archive.
Life in Bombay through the lens of Raghubir Singh at Jhaveri Contemporary
Mar 30, 2026by Chahna Tank Mar 30, 2026
Raghubir Singh: Bombay presents the Indian photographer's work from the 1970s – 90s, capturing the contemporary city in colour, through its people and streets.
Salone del Mobile.Milano 2026 highlights materiality as the genesis of design
Mar 28, 2026by Almas Sadique Mar 28, 2026
The upcoming edition of the design fair urges creatives to decenter the image of the final design to focus on its materiality, process and craftsmanship.
What to expect as contemporary design takes the stage at Milan Design Week 2026
Mar 25, 2026by Jincy Iype Mar 25, 2026
From Salone del Mobile.Milano to Fuorisalone, Superstudio to Porta Venezia; STIR presents a comprehensive guide through Milan Design Week’s most compelling offerings this year.
Peter Hujar: Eyes Open in the Dark takes a peek at 1980s New York
Mar 25, 2026by Mrinmayee Bhoot Mar 25, 2026
An exhibition at the Bundeskunsthalle in Germany brings together photographs by the photographer of the subversive art landscape of New York and the characters who populated it.
OMA’s Mushroom Pavilion is a sanctum for community, congregation and cultivation
Mar 23, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari Mar 23, 2026
A domed concrete roof harbours radial stepped seating to cultivate fungi and foster growth and learning among the Escondido communities at Fundación Casa Wabi, Mexico.
The Lab Saigon restores an old French villa in Vietnam into a modern matcha tea bar
Mar 21, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari Mar 21, 2026
Street-style seating, warm bespoke lighting and accents of vibrant green create a haven for matcha lovers in this century-old heritage structure.
An exhibition in Togo amplifies the regional traditions and design voices of West Africa
Mar 20, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Mar 20, 2026
Staged at the Palais de Lomé, Design In West Africa: Unity in Multiplicity fuses the ancestral heritage of several West African regions with contemporary design.
A Tale of Tinted Courts, a layered unfolding of a mythological box
Mar 19, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Mar 19, 2026
Designed by New Delhi-based Architects Collaborative, the Noida home is inspired by the traditional Rajasthani Kavad, featuring an array of three monolithic volumes.
Connection/consumption: human stories of industrialisation
Mar 19, 2026by Srishti Ojha Mar 19, 2026
Tai Kwun Contemporary’s show, Stay Connected: Supplying the Globe, the second chaptazer of a survey series, takes a grassroots look at the impact of the globalised economy.
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Spatialising absence, silence and resistance in Hajra Waheed’s Hum II at Fragmentos
Feb 06, 2026by Andrea Zarza Canova Feb 06, 2026
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