•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Lee Daehyung Jun 30, 2025
This exhibition reconfigures transnational exchange by foregrounding digital media, conceptual installations and archival interventions by Korean and Middle Eastern contemporary artists.
by Lee Daehyung May 26, 2025
Ahead of the International Symposium on Electronic Art 2025, symposium director Roh reflects on art and technology, and their ever-evolving meeting points, in a conversation with STIR.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 26, 2025
STIR lists the best of projects curated by Carlo Ratti for his exhibition, national participations, special projects and collateral events as a guide to navigating this year’s expansive biennale.
by Lee Daehyung Mar 07, 2025
Korea’s artistic landscape expands to experimental galleries and a floating museum across quiet islands to emerge as a reservoir of creative expression.
by Aarthi Mohan Mar 06, 2025
From cherry blossom festivals to public spaces, the Korean photographer uncovers the coexistence of personal escapes and shared human experiences in his recent book.
by Lee Daehyung Feb 05, 2025
The Hawaiian archipelago becomes a site for encounters between Korean and Hawaiian communities in this presentation at the Seoul Museum of Art.
by STIRworld Sep 14, 2024
As we near the end of 2024, STIR presents its list of 10 exhibitions to look forward to, offering ruminations on horror and technology to contemporary looks at history and heritage.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 26, 2024
Part of the ‘2024 Korea Season’, the art exhibition aims to introduce Korean culture to a global audience and will be showcased in conjunction with the 2024 Paris Olympics.
by STIRworld Jun 07, 2024
The first Korean architect to be commissioned by the Serpentine Gallery speaks about his star-shaped pavilion, the five distinct “islands” and the modified madang courtyard at its centre.
by STIRworld Jan 23, 2024
Minsuk Cho's firm in South Korea designs ‘Archipelagic Void’ for the Serpentine Pavilion in the Kensington Gardens for the 23rd iteration of the project.
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 Aarthi Mohan Oct 24, 2023
STIR provides a glimpse into Seoul's architectural and urban transformation at the 4th Biennale, where creativity shapes the city’s future.
by Manu Sharma Oct 18, 2023
The Art Sonje Center’s artistic director Sunjung Kim, curator Jang Un Kim and the artist himself discuss the exhibition My Name is Red in Seoul.
by Aimee Dawson Sep 15, 2023
Digital art abounds at events and exhibitions during Seoul Art Week 2023 while the Kiaf and Frieze fairs focus more on traditional painting.
by Manu Sharma Aug 31, 2023
The South Korean artist approached Bishōjo figurines as semiotic configurations in his solo exhibition titled Industrial Bishōjo at Arario Gallery Seoul.
by Jincy Iype Jun 28, 2023
For his experimental series, Kim creates abstract juxtapositions of architectural elements to arrive at ‘anomalous’ forms, discovering newer paths of assembling and inhabiting.
by Dilpreet Bhullar May 07, 2023
The exhibition Strings of Desire at Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles showcases the works of 13 artists who put the art of embroidery at the centre of their multimedia works.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Apr 23, 2023
Korean-American artist Soo Sunny Park with her immersive installations debunks the binaries between inside and outside fields.
by Jincy Iype Nov 18, 2022
The First Penguin reincarnates a traditional Hanok house in South Korea into the charming, brick-infested EYST1779 Café, carrying an ethos of ‘noblesse oblige’ in its transformation.
by Manu Sharma Oct 22, 2022
Dal-Seung Hwang, the President of the Galleries Association of Korea, discusses the Korea International Art Fair 2022 with STIR.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Sep 08, 2022
For NOW Gallery's 2022 Art Commission, the Korean artist has created an immersive installation, Maiden Voyage, inspired by memories, dreams, emotions, and her personal experience.
by Vatsala Sethi Sep 08, 2022
The 2022 edition takes the Korean city as a starting point to reflect on the stories hidden within the history of Busan since the modern era and the changing structure of the city.
by 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.
by Rahul Kumar May 03, 2022
The multi-disciplinary artist - whose performative works in 1970s responded to Korean political environment - talks about his art practice that transcends genres for a holistic style.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Nov 13, 2021
The sixth edition of Sea Art Festival, titled Non-/Human Assemblages with diverse in-situ installations illustrates the necessity of an empathetic, shared non-/human ecology.
by Jerry Elengical, Anmol Ahuja Oct 29, 2021
Studying the varying inspirations behind the spaces of the hit Netflix series, STIR delves into the evocative architectural aspects of what makes Squid Game immensely bingeable.
by STIRworld Aug 16, 2021
The World Heritage List sees the addition of 34 new cultural and natural sites, spanning from antiquity to mid 20th century architecture and natural landscapes.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 14, 2021
Taiwan-born Lee Mingwei invites the visitors to explore emotive experiences and decipher the variety of thoughts through his participatory conceptual performances.
by STIRworld Apr 28, 2021
Part I: Drawing from a diverse array of perspectives, the seven key visuals for the 93rd Academy Awards reflect what cinema means to the film industry and general public.
by Rahul Kumar Dec 10, 2020
The Artistic Directors of the upcoming edition of the Gwangju Biennale talk about the ideas of evolution through cognitive and lived experiences as the theme for the event.
by Shraddha Nair Sep 01, 2020
The Pace Gallery brought together iconic works of artists Dan Flavin, James Turrell, Robert Irwin and Peter Alexander in a display in Seoul, South Korea.
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 Sukanya Garg Feb 28, 2020
The Langen Foundation in Germany presents solos of Korean artists Park Seo-Bo and Minjung Kim, working in abstract minimalist monochrome painting, on view till March 29.
by Meghna Mehta Oct 28, 2019
The thematic district at the Expo will feature a Mobility Pavilion by Foster + Partners, UAE Pavilion by Santiago Calatrava, and 10 other pavilions of countries like Belgium and Finland.
by Georgina Maddox Aug 14, 2019
The 57-year-old artist’s solo show inaugurates the new National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, showcasing the life size models of the homes he has lived in.
by Zohra Khan May 24, 2019
The Nature Rules, an exhibition at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo aims to transform a place of conflict to a place where life can flourish.
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