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At Colomboscope 2026 in Sri Lanka, a score for many people
Jan 30, 2026by Ranjana Dave Jan 30, 2026
In venues across Colombo, Rhythm Alliances frames rhythm as the connective tissue between memory, movement, performance and social life.
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The RIBA Asia Pacific Awards champion designing for people, place and planet
Dec 23, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Dec 23, 2025
Spanning China, India, Singapore and Bangladesh, the winners of the inaugural regional outtake address urbanisation, sustainability and equity through contextual architecture.
Enduring connections: Dowry of the Soul at CHAT Hong Kong
Dec 01, 2025by Ranjana Dave Dec 01, 2025
Kazakh artist Gulnur Mukazhanova and curator Wang Weiwei speak with STIR about an ongoing exhibition and longstanding cultural and economic links between Central Asia and China.
Echoing Above captures Hong Kong’s vertical ecosystem in flux
Nov 14, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Nov 14, 2025
Through the lens of Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze, the photobook spotlights trees, scaffolders and birds forming a quiet cycle of growth and renewal against Hong Kong’s skyline.
Fractured visions: Multiplying Japan’s realities at Tokyo's National Art Center
Nov 14, 2025by Erik Augustin Palm Nov 14, 2025
Prism of the Real: Making Art in Japan 1989 – 2010—on view at The National Art Center, Tokyo, co-curated with Hong Kong’s M+—uses its titular prism metaphor to examine Japan’s cultural transformations.
Design Mumbai 2025 to champion Indian design prowess on a global stage
Sep 29, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Sep 29, 2025
From experimental lighting and material innovations to global conferences and talks, the fair is set to mirror Mumbai’s ever-evolving landscape where tradition meeting modernity.
The in-between city: Alternative urban dispositions at Venice Architecture Biennale
Sep 12, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 12, 2025
For Intelligens, participations by Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao explore how infrastructure and development prerogatives in Asian megacities are (re)produced for global perceptions.
FIND Design Fair Asia 2025 to explore Pan-Asian cultures and collective identity
Aug 25, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Aug 25, 2025
The upcoming edition looks forward to offering a layered, multidisciplinary series of presentations and dialogues examining Pan-Asian design within a transnational landscape.
Street, stage, print: In Our Own Backyard unpacks shared feminist histories
Aug 19, 2025by Ranjana Dave Aug 19, 2025
An exhibition at Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong spotlights the cross-border rhythms of South Asia’s women’s movement through the archives of artists Sheba Chhachhi and Lala Rukh.
The shape of memory: Negotiating visibility in Chan Hau Chun’s Map of Traces
Aug 18, 2025by Avani Tandon Vieira Aug 18, 2025
The Hong Kong artist’s moving image work examines loss and persistence in a fragmented urban landscape.
Speculative cities of dissonance in CJ Lim and Luke Angers' Dreams + Disillusions
Jul 25, 2025by Jincy Iype Jul 25, 2025
Published by Routledge, the book redraws the built environment through satire, storytelling and speculative drawing – a reminder that architecture is, first and always, a fiction.
Rot, burn, fade: Charwei Tsai on spirituality and impermanence
Jul 24, 2025by Srishti Ojha Jul 24, 2025
The Taiwanese artist’s first solo exhibition in Malaysia, Tofu, Incense, and Sky situates old knowledge systems in a new world.
Between flame and form: After Ash traces possibilities of wood-fired ceramics
Jul 07, 2025by Anushka Sharma Jul 07, 2025
London-based initiative County Hall Pottery unveils a group show with eight ceramic artists recasting wood-fired ceramics as innovative and experimental entities.
An intimate record of temporality: Rules of Freedom, Freedom of Rules
Jul 02, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 02, 2025
A retrospective on the conceptual artist at Tai Kwun Contemporary in Hong Kong showcases text-centric work that documents the mundane aspects of the day.
Stephanie Comilang recounts histories of migration with An Apparition, A Song
Jun 06, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 06, 2025
STIR speaks to the artist and filmmaker on her solo exhibition at CARA, New York, and the themes of displacement, indigenous labour and science fiction prevalent in her work.
Samson Young’s ‘Intentness and songs’ at SFMOMA mobilises AI as a creative tool
May 13, 2025by Manu Sharma May 13, 2025
STIR speaks with curatorial associate Karen Cheung about Samson Young’s 2024 multimedia installation, and its use of algorithmic forms to process human intimacies.
Local voices, global reach: Latin American art fairs gain ground
Apr 28, 2025by Mercedes Ezquiaga Apr 28, 2025
From Brazil to Chile and Peru, Latin American fairs embrace local voices and practices while expanding their reach and reshaping the future of contemporary art.
A Klein bottle and an ellipse: X Zhu-Nowell on reimagining arts institutions
Apr 25, 2025by 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.
Art meets life: In Hong Kong, broader economic trends shape the art market
Apr 11, 2025by Ranjana Dave Apr 11, 2025
In a frenetic week of art fairs, auctions, exhibitions and parties, Hong Kong channels longer histories of global trade.
Wedding photos, 'boterismo' and Korean film stars: Your guide to Art Basel Hong Kong
Mar 24, 2025by STIRworld Mar 24, 2025
STIR spotlights eight artists presented by galleries across the Asia-Pacific region at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025.
One Plus Partnership's Cinesky Cinema is an illusive portal to the world of movies
Feb 03, 2025by Anushka Sharma Feb 03, 2025
The Hong Kong-based practice creates an immersive movie-watching environment that conceals elements of surprise and anticipation at every stage of the experience.
Language, legacy and leisure: Hetain Patel’s multidimensional portrait of identity
Nov 26, 2024by Deeksha Nath Nov 26, 2024
British artist Hetain Patel reflects on the immigrant experience, offering a fresh and inclusive view of heritage in two recent showcases.
Tao Hui explores social disparities and alienation at Tai Kwun Contemporary
Nov 17, 2024by Manu Sharma Nov 17, 2024
Exhibition organiser Jill Angel Chun joins STIR for an interview that explores the Chinese artist’s socially pertinent multimedia art.
One Plus Partnership evokes the sea with undulating bricks within the Haikou Cinema
Nov 04, 2024by Akash Singh Nov 04, 2024
On an island surrounded by the South China Sea, the monochromatic, brick interior of the Haikou Gaoxingli Insun Cinema and Coffee Bar curates a weave of pause and transience.
Art Labor and Jrai artists reconsider Vietnam's modern development
Oct 13, 2024by Jaime Chu Oct 13, 2024
At Para Site, Cloud Chamber stages the complex legacy of settler colonialism and modernisation in Vietnam's Central Highlands with much room for reflection.
In its tenth edition, Asia NOW celebrates the diversity of Asian contemporary art
Sep 30, 2024by Manu Sharma Sep 30, 2024
Leading up to the presentation from the Global South, STIR looks at the art fair, exploring some of the installation and performance works that audiences can view in October.
‘Wallace Chan: Half a Century’ dazzles jewellery connoisseurs in Shanghai
Sep 18, 2024by Manu Sharma Sep 18, 2024
The esteemed jewellery artist discusses his artmaking and cross-cultural inspirations with STIR against the backdrop of his exhibition at the Shanghai Museum of Art.
Henry Steiner on his graphic design journey as seen in his M+ retrospective
Sep 06, 2024by Jerry Elengical Sep 06, 2024
The famed graphic designer reflects on his career and M+ exhibition, Henry Steiner: The Art of Graphic Communication, which highlights his impact on Hong Kong’s visual culture.
Probing the (un)certainties of (un)knowing at Framer Framed’s Amsterdam exhibition
Aug 16, 2024by Mrinmayee Bhoot Aug 16, 2024
Really? Art and Knowledge in Time of Crisis critiques what the public perceives as knowledge, filtered through channels such as newspapers and social media – and the perils of its manipulation.
Ping Jiang on non-linear climate responsive designs and culturally sensitive architecture
Jul 23, 2024by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jul 23, 2024
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Shanghai and Hong Kong-based architect Ping Jiang, for whom architecture is an ongoing negotiation with the environment.
‘I. M. Pei: Life Is Architecture’ opens at M+ after seven years of scrupulous preparation
Jul 17, 2024by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jul 17, 2024
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with co-curator Shirley Surya, who distilled some of the key aspects of the Chinese architect’s career and pinpointed this monumental show’s highlights.
In Situ and Partners' Hong Kong pied-à-terre is an ode to the Japanese culture
Jun 25, 2024by STIRworld Jun 25, 2024
A tatami tea room, a rug sporting sand patterns of a Zen garden, and discreet walk-in closets with washi paper finishes dot this 2,000 sqft apartment in Hong Kong.
Pan Daijing reflects on the quality of being human in her exhibition 'Mute'
May 24, 2024by Ranjana Dave May 24, 2024
The interdisciplinary artist recently held her largest-ever solo exhibition at the Haus der Kunst in Munich.
Art and anthropology intersect in Samak Kosem's interdisciplinary practice
May 14, 2024by Louis Ho May 14, 2024
Samak Kosem in conversation with STIR on exploring Thai-Muslim identities and queerness through visual ethnography.
'Encounters' at Art Basel Hong Kong centres the artist's voice, enables cultural exchange
Apr 02, 2024by Hili Perlson Apr 02, 2024
Curated by Alexie Glass-Kantor, 'Encounters' is dedicated to large-scale projects and new work which speaks for the region’s strength and connectivity.
A look at Tai Kwun Contemporary’s ecofeminist group show ‘Green Snake’
Feb 17, 2024by Manu Sharma Feb 17, 2024
Curators Kathryn Weir and Xue Tan explore the Chinese folktale at the heart of the show and sustainable curation with STIR.
Imagining enhanced 'Futures of the Architectural Exhibition'
Jan 25, 2024by Almas Sadique Jan 25, 2024
The book condenses critical discussions about pedagogical, collaborative and inclusive approaches that can be taken to enhance the representation of spaces in galleries and museums.
Tech art exhibition in Hong Kong screens video works on harbourfront building
Dec 18, 2023by Manu Sharma Dec 18, 2023
Curator and contributing artist Ng Tsz-Kwan discusses Fill in the Blanks and its focus on the dynamics between urban life and the natural environment.
Is protest architecture a physical manifestation of dissent?
Nov 03, 2023by Devanshi Shah Nov 03, 2023
An in-depth look at Deutsches Architekturmuseum and Vienna’s MAK—Museum of Applied Arts' joint exhibition called Protest Architecture: Barricades, Camps, Superglue.
Designing dreams with Job Smeets' hyper-real garden for Hermès Hong Kong
Oct 23, 2023by Aarthi Mohan Oct 23, 2023
Dutch-Belgian artist, Job Smeets transforms the window displays at Hermès Hong Kong into a gigantic vegetable garden with Hortus Maximus.
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