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Oct 08, 2025by Srishti Ojha Oct 08, 2025
The 11th edition of the international art fair celebrates the multiplicity and richness of the Asian art landscape.
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Reinventing legacy through identity: Inside Hall Haus’ ever-evolving design world
Sep 26, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Sep 26, 2025
In conversation with STIR, the Paris-based collective reflects on practise rooted in culture, accessibility and cohesive energy, along with their artistic direction at Maison&Objet 2025.
Richard Rogers: Talking Buildings and the architecture of activism and presence
Sep 24, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Sep 24, 2025
An exhibition by Ab Rogers at Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, retraced five decades of the celebrated architect’s design tenets that treated buildings as campaigns for change.
Shimul Javeri Kadri on reclaiming Eileen Gray at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2025
Sep 08, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Sep 08, 2025
A screening of E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea (2024) turned into a meditation on power and a flawed architectural history as Kadri delivered a searing ~epilog(ue).
Nous, le Climat at BAP! Île-de-France: sensing climate at the table
Aug 05, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Aug 05, 2025
French landscape collective TER’s installation at the Potager du Roi coalesced architecture and environmental data, making sensors like heat, water and wind part of the experience.
Ruya Akyol's Tracing Origins is a furniture collection grounded in place and purpose
Aug 04, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Aug 04, 2025
The Istanbul and Milan-based studio’s new collection balances cultural memory with material clarity, proposing a mindful, contemporary way to live with and within design.
Grand Palais returns to the city: A Goliathan renovation by Chatillon Architectes
Jul 23, 2025by Jincy Iype Jul 23, 2025
The Parisian monument reopens after a monumental, four-year renovation, with a renewed clarity of its architectural heritage and expansive public access.
Fiona Tan curates a cabinet of fixations in Monomania at the Rijksmuseum
Jul 10, 2025by Hili Perlson Jul 10, 2025
A 19th-century portrait of a kleptomaniac sparked the artist’s yearslong dive into the history of psychiatry.
Philippe Rahm on reconsidering the tools of the discipline with climatic architecture
Jul 04, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 04, 2025
STIR speaks to the Swiss architect on his curation for BAP! 2025 in Versailles, his studio's research prerogatives and adapting to global warming as a central strategy for architecture.
Laura Gonzalez designs Printemps New York as a heady outpost on Wall Street
Jun 14, 2025by Chahna Tank Jun 14, 2025
Designed by the Paris-based architect and interior designer, the store sports a multisensory retail island where leaving feels optional.
Judy Watson’s ancestral cartographies map memories at Aranya Art Center
Jun 02, 2025by Anushka Sharma Jun 02, 2025
In her first solo museum show in China, the Waanyi artist from Australia reflects on land, water and ancestral memory, mapping insidious ecological loss.
The 'Crossed Histories' of architecture, the city and women unfold in a novel exhibition
May 13, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 13, 2025
The current show at Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris, curated by Léa-Catherine Szacka, unravels the stories of three women, Gae Aulenti, Ada Louise Huxtable and Phyllis Lambert.
From Milan to London: Global design weeks as barometers and battlegrounds
May 02, 2025by Debika Ray May 02, 2025
A case of two cities—both bona fide global cultural capitals—reveals insights on precarity in the creative industries, fleeting trends and engagement in making, beyond numbers.
Monumental intimacies: Ron Mueck at MMCA Seoul
Apr 21, 2025by Lee Daehyung Apr 21, 2025
For his first solo exhibition in Korea, Mueck presents sculptures conceived across three decades which draw us inward, beckoning reflection on the nature of existence.
What makes an object? Hermès answers in white and light
Apr 17, 2025by Sunena V Maju Apr 17, 2025
At Milan Design Week 2025, the French brand redefined luxury through architectural restraint, artisanal mastery and quiet longing.
A summer fair: Art Dubai foregrounds contemporary art from the Global South
Apr 14, 2025by STIRworld Apr 14, 2025
The Contemporary and Bawwaba sections of Art Dubai 2025 anchor artistic inquiries into ecology, migration and identity through context-rich, geographically informed works.
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.
From finance to art, Sarah Meyohas treads uncharted territory
Mar 21, 2025by Manu Sharma Mar 21, 2025
STIR speaks with Meyohas about her compelling conceptual art at Desert X 2025.
Kitsch, cute, almost crude: Japan’s 'Love Hotel' through the lens of François Prost
Mar 04, 2025by Jincy Iype Mar 04, 2025
Published by Fisheye Editions, this book relays the Parisian photographer’s documentation of peculiar hotels shaped like UFOs and cruise ships, offering privacy for amorous activities.
Between the urban jungle and scenic nature: Two new art institutions in Thailand
Mar 03, 2025by Rémy Jarry Mar 03, 2025
The Bangkok Kunsthalle and the Khao Yai Art Forest opened in January 2024 and February 2025 respectively, both projects driven by philanthropist Marisa Chearavanont.
History and identity bind Lina Ghotmeh's vision for British Museum's Western Range
Feb 21, 2025by Anushka Sharma Feb 21, 2025
The Paris-based firm’s 'archaeological' proposal for the redesign of the Museum’s Western Range underpins a reverence to the structure’s history and incumbent future identity.
India Art Fair 2025: STIR brings you its list of must-visit booths
Feb 04, 2025by Manu Sharma Feb 04, 2025
STIR helps you navigate the art fair’s 100-plus booths so that you get the most out of your festival experience.
Maison&Objet 2025: Design in dialogue with commerce, feminism and 'Surrealism'
Jan 31, 2025by Giulia Zappa Jan 31, 2025
In conversation with Designer of the Year, Faye Toogood, STIR explores the fair's evolving outlook and familiar tropes while probing her oeuvre and inspirations in Womanifesto!.
Wood, wellness and inclusion: the Lozaits-Seguin ESAT by Dream in France
Jan 11, 2025by Simran Gandhi Jan 11, 2025
With an exposed wooden facade and thoughtful spaces, this social design facility fosters belonging through sustainable and accessible architecture.
Bady Dalloul and ‘Land of Dreams’: A journey through migration and imagination
Jan 09, 2025by Erik Augustin Palm Jan 09, 2025
Syrian-French artist Bady Dalloul’s Land of Dreams at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo invites viewers into a world where migration, memory and fiction collide.
Dreaming as artistic practice in 'Zvakazarurwa' by Portia Zvavahera
Jan 03, 2025by Maximiliane Leuschner Jan 03, 2025
At Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge, the Harare-based artist Portia Zvavahera intimates her subconscious revelations across 15 fabled paintings.
Experiential chronicling: STIR reflects on impactful visits that widened perspectives
Dec 31, 2024by Jincy Iype Dec 31, 2024
STIRred 2024: Reminiscing the influence of and learnings from design and architectural projects that we attended and featured, from leading design weeks to urban renewal plans.
Dot, blob, line and form: Visual designs from 2024 transcending medium and muse
Dec 21, 2024by Bansari Paghdar Dec 21, 2024
STIRred 2024: From drawings, sketches and posters to digital illustrations, typeface designs and data visualisations, STIR revisits the best of graphic and visual designs from the year.
‘Apophenia, Interruptions' shows six compelling articulations of art and AI
Dec 15, 2024by Manu Sharma Dec 15, 2024
Curators Joseph del Pesco and Marcella Lista join STIR to explore the works on view, and frame the show within the ongoing debate on art and AI.
Lithuanian contemporary art claims its spotlight across Centre Pompidou
Dec 12, 2024by Giulia Zappa Dec 12, 2024
An exhibition in Paris featuring installations, paintings and video art uncovers a silenced chapter of art history, inviting reflection on how geopolitics shape artistic legacies and national identity.
Asia NOW showcases perspectives on ‘Ceremony’ in its tenth year
Dec 08, 2024by STIRworld Dec 08, 2024
Asia Now 2024, featuring guest curators Radicants, brought an intergenerational cohort of Asian artists grappling with community, tradition, ritual and modernity to Paris.
Fashion unwrapped: Diane von Furstenberg at Skirball Cultural Center
Dec 05, 2024by Sunena V Maju Dec 05, 2024
Diane von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion, celebrating the life and work of the Belgian fashion designer, makes its North American debut at the Skirball Cultural Center.
Richard Peduzzi's 'Perspective': A total work of art between design and theatre
Dec 02, 2024by Giulia Zappa Dec 02, 2024
At the Galerie des Gobelins in Paris, the manifesto exhibition on designer and scenographer Richard Peduzzi honours 50 years of his career marked by a holistic approach to decorative arts.
Weaving a language beyond abstraction: Olga de Amaral in Paris
Dec 02, 2024by Giulia Zappa Dec 02, 2024
The Colombian artist, a pioneer of fiber art, is the focus of a major retrospective at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, challenging misconceptions about textile's expressive power.
Dezeen Awards 2024 honours practices mitigating climate and social crises
Nov 29, 2024by STIRworld Nov 29, 2024
The seventh edition of the global architecture and design awards by Dezeen honours individuals and practices for their innovative, diagnostic and reparative approaches at different scales.
Embodying nature: Reflections on 'States of Earth' in Istanbul
Nov 11, 2024by Alexandra de Cramer Nov 11, 2024
With works by eleven contemporary artists, the group exhibition at Yapı Kredi Culture and Arts centres on ecological concerns and the need for equitable resource management.
Æquo gallery on transfiguring crafts, collectible design and cultural exchange
Nov 08, 2024by Zeynep Rekkali Jensen Nov 08, 2024
Founder Tarini Jindal Handa and creative director Florence Louisy delineate the ethos and pursuits outlining æquō, self-described as ‘India’s first collectible design gallery’.
Lygia Clark at Whitechapel Gallery: Engaging Bodies and Performing Freedom
Oct 19, 2024by Deeksha Nath Oct 19, 2024
The I and the You traces Clark's journey from spatial exploration through abstraction to forefronting audience experience with manipulative objects and participatory performances.
Centre Pompidou 2030: A Monument in Morphosis
Oct 03, 2024by Alisha Lad Oct 03, 2024
STIR examines the redesign of Centre Pompidou by Moreau Kusunoki, Frida Escobedo Studio and AIA Life Designers while probing the underlying case for the structure’s iconicity.
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.
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