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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.
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Just another brick in the wall: The search for a radical architecture
May 20, 2026by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 20, 2026
In the Building outside the box category of the BRICK AWARD 26, shortlisted designs take the ‘rigid’ form of the brick and give it new meaning for projects fluidly embedded in their contexts.
Clerkenwell Design Week 2026 considers the creation and consumption of design
May 19, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari May 19, 2026
Returning to London for a landmark 15th edition, CDW adds new venues, brand interventions and material cultures to showcase the best of contemporary design from across Europe.
Room Portraits is a top-down view of the socio-politics of surveillance and voyeurism
May 13, 2026by Bansari Paghdar May 13, 2026
An exploratory series by Germany-based Menno Aden features digital assemblages of several private spaces, mirroring the legibility of floor plans.
iF Design Award 2026 examined what it means to design in the age of AI
May 09, 2026by Sunena V Maju May 09, 2026
The gold winners of the prestigious design award made the case that in the era of artificial intelligence, the human factor remains the only true differentiator.
Who is public space for? Brick as commons and the making of shared ground
Apr 29, 2026by Jincy Iype Apr 29, 2026
In Sharing public spaces, the fourth category of BRICK AWARD 26, shortlisted projects reveal how brick shapes access, memory and collectivity across civic and cultural contexts.
The German Pavilion at KLF 2026 is drawn as an intercultural, vernacular beach house
Apr 16, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari Apr 16, 2026
The Purple Ink Studio's pavilion design translated cultural ties between Germany and Kerala into an enclosure of grass mats and bamboo frames for the Kerala Literature Festival.
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.
Housing with brick: The material ethics and socialities of living together
Mar 18, 2026by Mrinmayee Bhoot Mar 18, 2026
The Living together category of the BRICK AWARD 26 considers urban residential developments and the pivotal role brick plays in shaping aesthetics, cost and material efficiency.
Sandra Vasquez de la Horra: Soy Energia links our bodies with our natural contexts
Jan 15, 2026by 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.
Architectural Construction Kits 1890 – 1990 and the evolution of building play
Jan 13, 2026by Aarthi Mohan Jan 13, 2026
Frankfurt’s Deutsches Architekturmuseum uncovers the political, cultural and inventive forces embodied in construction kits made of stone, wood and plastic.
ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026 promises a radical vision connecting cinema, space and city
Dec 15, 2025by Jincy Iype Dec 15, 2025
From engaging films to cinematic pavilions and curated talks, STIR unveils what’s in store ahead of the second edition of the Architecture and Design Film Festival in Mumbai.
Art against authoritarianism: HKW’s Global Fascisms presents an urgent challenge
Nov 10, 2025by Srishti Ojha Nov 10, 2025
The group exhibition features artists working in new media, digital art, public art, performance and traditional mediums to analyse the rise of global fascism and imagine alternative futures.
Balkrishna Doshi’s final work finds its home on the Vitra Campus
Oct 26, 2025by Samta Nadeem, Zohra Khan Oct 26, 2025
The first and only built project outside of India by BV Doshi opened posthumously as an “invitation to embark on a journey of discovery” in Weil am Rhein, Germany.
Städel Museum’s exhibition of Asta Gröting’s art rewards slow contemplation
Oct 24, 2025by Srishti Ojha Oct 24, 2025
A Wolf, Primates and a Breathing Curve shows seven video works and a laser projection by the German artist, drawing viewers’ attention to the unnoticed aspects of life.
Generosity and restraint define Fabian Wagner’s twin homes in Söcking
Oct 22, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Oct 22, 2025
A concrete column doubles as both a pragmatic and symbolic intervention in becoming the literal and emotional centre in these twin residences in Bavaria, Germany.
Wohnkomplex homes in on the prefab housing units of the former Eastern Bloc
Sep 26, 2025by 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.
Making writing forms and forms of writing intelligible with Graphic Languages
Aug 28, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Aug 28, 2025
A compilation of writing systems and visual communication styles, edited by Oliver Häusle, explores the possibilities, resonances and unique qualities of the tools we use to write.
Fertile socio-ecological relationships moor Felipe Castelblanco's Counter Expeditions
Aug 27, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Aug 27, 2025
A solo exhibition at Haus for Media Art Oldenburg presents Castelblanco's decade-long research, revealing the interdependencies of the natural world and indigenous communities in the Amazon.
Latent AI and the makings of sub’s Spatial Intelligens at Biennale Architettura 2025
Aug 06, 2025by 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.
Refuge, cultural assimilation and Living Together in Vienna’s integration facilities
Jul 31, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 31, 2025
A documentary film by Thomas Furhapter highlights the banal, near liminal spaces composing one of many integration facilities providing courses for the integration of refugee groups into Austrian society.
Threads of tradition: How Kutnia revived Gaziantep’s near-extinct Kutnu fabric
Jul 31, 2025by Anushka Sharma Jul 31, 2025
STIR speaks to Kutnia’s founder and director Jülide Konukoğlu about her encounter with the Kutnu fabric, the brand’s origins and the cultural responsibility it abides by.
Ai Weiwei’s Five Working Spaces are living studios of resistance and creation
Jul 14, 2025by 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.
Painting as palimpsest: a survey of Julie Mehretu’s work comes to Germany
Jul 11, 2025by Srishti Ojha Jul 11, 2025
KAIROS / Hauntological Variations’ a journey through the Ethiopian-American artist’s career, will be on view at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf.
No Doubt About It critiques architecture’s current moment
Jun 21, 2025by 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.
At the Hayward Gallery, Yoshitomo Nara asks you to feel what cannot be seen
Jun 13, 2025by Zohra Khan Jun 13, 2025
A travelling retrospective of the celebrated Japanese artist’s work comes to London, spanning four decades of practice.
GAK Bremen’s new group show exposes the absurdity of debt
Jun 11, 2025by Srishti Ojha Jun 11, 2025
You Breathe Differently Under the Weight. Debt and Credit reveals how our abstract, financial view of debt conceals its impact on everyday life and politics.
Delaine Le Bas on language and power, and making interactive art
May 30, 2025by Srishti Ojha May 30, 2025
The British artist’s new exhibition, Fabricating My Own Myth – Red Threads & Silver Needles, at Newcastle Contemporary Art highlights the political power of presence.
At the Venice Biennale 2025, four inaugural pavilions herald community and heritage
Apr 30, 2025by 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.
'Seeing Fire | Seeing Meadows' rallies against the dichotomies of our overtly digital age
Apr 30, 2025by 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.
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.
Ghana-based Limbo Accra transforms urban wastelands into cultural hubs
Apr 25, 2025by 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.
'Sections of the Mind' imparts creative agency to the humble architectural section
Apr 24, 2025by 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.
Miloš Trakilović’s '564 Tracks' examines contemporary warfare through sound
Apr 22, 2025by 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.
‘Architecture After War’ posits a guide for post-war reconstruction in Ukraine
Apr 18, 2025by Almas Sadique Apr 18, 2025
The book, co-published by MACK and CANactions and edited by Bohdan Kryzhanovsky, comprises several essays citing historical examples of resilience across countries.
Isola Design Festival 2025 energises Milan with 'Conscious Objects' at Isola
Apr 12, 2025by Almas Sadique Apr 12, 2025
The design exhibition, on view at BasicVillage within the Isola Design District, encapsulates objects that stimulate the mind, vision, touch, movement and emotions of visitors.
Speculating architecture beyond the built and 'Drawing as Thought' with Steven Holl
Apr 11, 2025by 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.
Bouley Gandhi is on a mission to make upcycling the norm through their textile art
Apr 09, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 09, 2025
STIR speaks to the architect-fashion designer duo about their collaborative practice and their work with Galleria Rossana Orlandi for Milan Design Week 2025.
Delving into the poetics and traditions of stop-motion animation with Invisible Friends
Mar 20, 2025by Anushka Sharma Mar 20, 2025
In an exclusive conversation, Yura Boguslavsky, animation director and co-founder of the collective, takes STIR behind the scenes of his evocative and experimental film repertoire.
War games and cinematic storytelling titillate in Cemile Sahin’s ‘ROAD RUNNER’
Mar 05, 2025by 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.
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