•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Srishti Ojha Mar 13, 2026
As media culture is transformed by the social internet and AI tools, the filmmakers of ‘Low Signal Feedback Loops’ adopt a new visual language to critique and interrogate it.
by Bansari Paghdar Feb 20, 2026
At ArkDes in Stockholm, the design exhibition positions collective imagination as a civic and political act and design as a method of rehearsing hopeful futures.
by Ranjana Dave Jan 30, 2026
In venues across Colombo, Rhythm Alliances frames rhythm as the connective tissue between memory, movement, performance and social life.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jan 15, 2026
The first institutional survey exhibition of the Chilean artist in Europe at the Haus der Kunst presents de la Horra’s expansive oeuvre and the rich stories, rituals and beliefs they hold.
by Ranjana Dave Dec 03, 2025
What is a biennial meant to do? Constituted with works from the Taipei Fine Arts Museum's collection and contributions by contemporary practitioners, the 14th Taipei Biennial hints at the relationship between a biennial and its peoples.
by 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.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Nov 28, 2025
Vincenzo Latronico’s recent novel paints a distinct image of the millennial generation through the aspirations and rehearsed sociocultural norms as refracted through the products, desires and networks that make up our lives.
by Srishti Ojha Nov 21, 2025
Tatar* Kiss, a group show at the Vleeshal Center for Contemporary Art in Middelburg, Netherlands, features seven women artists exploring the history of the Tatars.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Nov 01, 2025
Exploring humanity’s relationship with nature, the Berlin-based creative’s work centres on aluminium furniture, contrasting its clean surface with stone or leather.
by Srishti Ojha Oct 08, 2025
The 11th edition of the international art fair celebrates the multiplicity and richness of the Asian art landscape.
by Ranjana Dave Oct 03, 2025
Bridging a museum collection and contemporary works, curators Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath treat ‘yearning’ as a continuum in their plans for the 2025 Taipei Biennial.
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 Hili Perlson Aug 25, 2025
In Genoa, the Italian artist disrupts the photographic image’s dominance.
by Dhwani Shanghvi Aug 21, 2025
Photographer Dmytro Soloviov documents Soviet-era structures that embody Ukraine’s cycles of ambition, suppression and cultural resilience.
by Jincy Iype Aug 06, 2025
STIR speaks to Niklas Bildstein Zaar of sub on how their exhibition design and AI exhibition guide for VAB reframes ‘intelligence’ as something architecture can live and perform.
by Alice Godwin Jul 17, 2025
An exhibition at Copenhagen Contemporary explores how art underlines the growing enmeshment of humans and robots.
by Aarthi Mohan Jul 14, 2025
The recent architectural exhibition offered an intimate lens on five studios of the Chinese artist, shaped by necessity and defiance at the Aedes Architecture Forum, Berlin.
by STIRworld Jun 21, 2025
The architectural exhibition on view in Venice assembles projects from China and five European countries to point to their diverse origins and potential.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 17, 2025
The citizen-led initiative by German architects b+ has been awarded for their campaign to make renovation the norm for construction by proposing new legislation in the European Union.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 27, 2025
The biennale's organisers acknowledged the passing of curator Koyo Kouoh, reiterating their support for her curatorial vision of "a collective score composed together with artists".
by Bansari Paghdar Apr 30, 2025
STIR engages with the curators of the Togo, Azerbaijan, Oman and Qatar pavilions—debuting at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025—on representation, access and shared histories.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 30, 2025
Written by architect Anna Kostreva, the book presents a fictional story depicting algorithms exercising control over humans and how this affects the built environment.
by Almas Sadique Apr 25, 2025
In conversation with STIR, Dominique Petit-Frère, co-founder of Limbo Accra, discusses the studio’s overarching motivations, ethos, intent and disparate outputs.
by STIRworld Apr 24, 2025
An exhibition of 30 drawings by architect Sergei Tchoban, cutting across scales and typologies at the Paul Rudolph Institute in Manhattan, reveals layers of meanings.
by Manu Sharma Apr 22, 2025
Linda Franken, assistant curator of the exhibition Not a Love Song, joins STIR to explore the Bosnian-Dutch artist’s AI-powered sound art.
by Dhwani Shanghvi Apr 11, 2025
In conversation with STIR, Steven Holl discusses his exhibition at the Tchoban Foundation in Berlin, and how drawing initiates architecture, shaping it from idea to realised form.
by Ranjana Dave Apr 11, 2025
In a frenetic week of art fairs, auctions, exhibitions and parties, Hong Kong channels longer histories of global trade.
by Hili Perlson Mar 05, 2025
The artist imagines a not-so-distant future of surveillance and sacrifice in her latest work at Esther Schipper in Berlin.
by Manu Sharma Feb 28, 2025
STIR in conversation with the director of the Amsterdam museum about its efforts to build an inclusive programme and collection.
by Manu Sharma Feb 25, 2025
The installation by Slavs and Tatars prompts audiences at Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 to explore the unlikely links between melons and Islam.
by Manu Sharma Feb 17, 2025
The art fair returns to Jeddah for its second edition and creates intersecting narratives around Islam and Saudi Arabia.
by Hili Perlson Feb 03, 2025
The exhibition at the Jewish Museum Berlin explores the themes of entry points, freedom and agency in the Czech writer’s oeuvre.
by Ranjana Dave Feb 01, 2025
Cure Parkinson’s joins hands with Artwise and Bonhams to organise this selling exhibition, now in its fifth edition.
by Ranjana Dave Jan 11, 2025
The Kerala-born and Berlin-based artist channels a family history of rubber tapping through performance, film and installations in an exhibition at Shrine Empire Gallery.
by Giulia Zappa Jan 06, 2025
The largest exhibition of the Japanese artist’s work in Europe to date explores her poetic vision through seven large-scale installations on themes of memory, absence and human connection.
by Aarthi Mohan Dec 24, 2024
STIRred 2024: Exploring the best of pavilion designs as ephemeral architectural interventions that bridged humanity, nature and cultural narratives this year.
by Aarthi Mohan Dec 10, 2024
The exhibition at the Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin explores architecture's potential to transform the countryside into hubs of ecological and social progress.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Dec 03, 2024
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Paul Finch about the World Architecture Festival’s history, this year’s winning project, coming to Miami next year and what makes this festival unique.
by Ranjana Dave Nov 28, 2024
In an interview with STIR, the Emirati curator speaks about her focus on community engagement and her work as president and director of the Sharjah Art Foundation.
by Bansari Paghdar Nov 27, 2024
The 'radical' 85-unit, timber-framed modular social housing in Barcelona designed by Peris + Toral Arquitectes caters to the ever-changing dynamics of human relationships.
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