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How the Whitney Biennial 2026 reimagines the new American
Mar 11, 2026by Sunena V Maju Mar 11, 2026
The 82nd Whitney Biennial 2026 is a group show that reflects the ‘turbulent existential weather’ of the United States today.
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Spatialising absence, silence and resistance in Hajra Waheed’s Hum II at Fragmentos
Feb 06, 2026by Andrea Zarza Canova Feb 06, 2026
Waheed’s archive of hummed songs of resistance reframes the experience of Doris Salcedo's counter-monument, bringing regeneration through sound to its ruins.
Blood, breath and other ordeals: How Dmitry Morozov, aka ::vtol::, performs fragility in jest
Dec 05, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Dec 05, 2025
In a conversation with STIR, the Slovenia-based multidisciplinary creative opens up about his works as extensions of himself, underlining their beauty and absurdity.
Kissing back empires with forgotten tongues: Tatar* Kiss
Nov 21, 2025by 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.
Landmark installations, district highlights and more at London Design Festival 2025
Sep 13, 2025by Anushka Sharma Sep 13, 2025
London is set to become a playground for design with special commissions, exhibitions and district-wide programming exploring the humane and empathetic in creative disciplines.
The lay of the land: Deep-time ecologies at the Folkestone Triennial 2025
Jul 22, 2025by Sofia Hallström Jul 22, 2025
Amidst ecological crises and geopolitical disorientation, the Folkestone Triennial 2025 explores a deep-time ecology of ritual, resistance and repair.
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.
DesignTO returns to Toronto with a host of exploratory and immersive showcases
Jan 22, 2025by Almas Sadique Jan 22, 2025
The art and design festival hosts events that deliberate upon identity, heritage, loss, grief, migration, material exploration, neuroarchitecture and more.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art explores ancient Egyptian themes in Black artistry
Jan 17, 2025by Kate Meadows Jan 17, 2025
In New York, the site of a prominent collection of ancient Egyptian art stages new perspectives on its influence through visual art, sculptures and performances.
The Van Abbemuseum foregrounds indigenous practices embedded in ‘Soils’
Nov 09, 2024by Mrinmayee Bhoot Nov 09, 2024
An ongoing exhibition at the art museum in Eindhoven presents trans-local stories and sustainable practices around soil and our diverse and complex relationships with it.
Sabine Marcelis' 'Panorama' at High Museum of Art explores the fluidity of perception
Oct 19, 2024by Aarthi Mohan Oct 19, 2024
Combining kinetic design with colour and transparency, the large-scale installation transforms the plaza into a place for reflection and discovery.
Reactive spatial installations at LDF inspire circularity, craftsmanship and activism
Sep 13, 2024by Almas Sadique Sep 13, 2024
STIR enlists spatially dominant and sensorially rich architectural installations on view across 11 design districts in London, UK, during the London Design Festival 2024 in September.
Exploring the Portugal Pavilion: Collective work within a 'Creole Garden'
Aug 22, 2024by Beth Citron Aug 22, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: Sonia Vaz Borges joins STIR to discuss Greenhouse’s ambitious and challenging vision for Portugal’s Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
Illuminating the invisible: Tavares Strachan's tribute to overlooked histories
Jul 17, 2024by Deeksha Nath Jul 17, 2024
The focal point of the conceptual artist’s ambitious solo exhibition at the Southbank Centre is the overlooked scientific, political and cultural contributions of Black people.
180 Studios and The Vinyl Factory’s monumental offering of music and art
Jun 16, 2024by Manu Sharma Jun 16, 2024
Sean Bidder of 180 Studios and The Vinyl Factory discusses vinyl hunting and the landscape of music in an interview with STIR.
Minsuk Cho's fragmented, 5-part Serpentine Pavilion emanates from its voided heart
Jun 07, 2024by 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.
Open your ears: Sound and sensorial installations at the Venice Biennale
Jun 06, 2024by Holly Howe Jun 06, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: Poland, Panama, Saudi Arabia and Serbia are among those presenting immersive acoustic installations at the 60th Venice Biennale.
Taryn Simon's sound installation explores ancient rituals of loss at Cisternerne
May 06, 2024by Alice Godwin May 06, 2024
Performed by professional mourners in Denmark, Start Again the Lament is inspired by the anatomy of grief from around the world, including Wayuu and Yazidi laments.
Knitting together music and touch: an augmented textile design by EJTECH
Mar 23, 2024by Mrinmayee Bhoot Mar 23, 2024
The Dung Dkar cloak, designed by Hungary-based artist duo presents new possibilities for human computer interaction through its interactive surface.
Raven Chacon makes music of symbolic objects, landscapes and alternative histories
Feb 19, 2024by Kate Meadows Feb 19, 2024
The Swiss Institute introduces the experimental scores and performances of the Navajo sound artist and composer to New York in A Worm’s Eye View from a Bird’s Beak.
Sustaina India invites one to keep "eyes to the ground, heart to the horizon"
Feb 10, 2024by Mrinmayee Bhoot Feb 10, 2024
An exhibition organised by Indian artist duo Thukral and Tagra with curator Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi at Bikaner House prompts conversations on the grassroots aspects of sustainability.
Taipei Biennial: "Small World" Thinking Big
Feb 08, 2024by Rémy Jarry Feb 08, 2024
The 13th edition of the Taiwanese biennial, running until March 24, 2024, is anchored in individual experiences and the micro-world to showcase the contemporary art scene.
William Kentridge presents a site-specific exhibition that is decidedly universal
Jan 07, 2024by Hili Perlson Jan 07, 2024
With his latest show To Whom I Could Not Save, the South African artist highlights histories of fights and misfortunes as the human experience that connects us all.
Carl Emil Carlsen places audiences at the threshold of a virtual environment
Nov 18, 2023by Manu Sharma Nov 18, 2023
The artist's immersive installation project Intangible was developed during a residency at the Center for New Media Culture in Riga and features sound design by Anna Fišere.
Exhibit Columbus 2023: A showcase of urban transformation
Oct 10, 2023by Aarthi Mohan Oct 10, 2023
Exhibit Columbus 2023 in collaboration with the Landmark Columbus Foundation is a living celebration of design, art, and city revival, taking place in Indiana till November 2023.
London Sculpture Week 2023: from an AR sculpture to a 21-metre-tall installation
Sep 30, 2023by Sakhi Sobti Sep 30, 2023
STIR speaks to Stella Ioannou, artistic director of Sculpture in the City, and Fatos Üstek, curator for Frieze Sculptures, about the joint initiative
'Indigo Waves and Other Stories' traces links between the continents Asia & Africa
Aug 19, 2023by Urvi Kothari Aug 19, 2023
Indigo Waves and Other Stories Re-Navigating the Afrasian Sea and Notions of Diaspora at Gropius Bau & SAVVY Contemporary observes how kinship has existed as part of Asian-African exchanges prior to the formation of nation-states.
Water as a myth, mirror and medium of art at Auberge Resorts
Jul 30, 2023by Sakhi Sobti Jul 30, 2023
Presented by Collection Garance Primat and curated by Claudia Paetzold, the exhibition Primordial Waters in Massignac, France, examines water as the foundation of life.
Exploring 'Sonic Sphere': a bold new concert space at The Shed
Jul 21, 2023by Manu Sharma Jul 21, 2023
Founder and creator Ed Cooke discusses the multisensory audio-visual format, on behalf of the Sonic Sphere team.
Yuri Suzuki's sound installations combine human, environmental and sonic values
May 03, 2023by Dilpreet Bhullar May 03, 2023
The Tokyo-born London-based artist navigates the discipline of art, design and music in an effort to activate human relationships with the surrounding environment.
Gallery Weekend Berlin is a diverse culmination of mediums and practices
May 02, 2023by Hili Perlson May 02, 2023
In its 19th edition, the GWB featured 55 galleries this year, with numerous museums, private institutions, and project spaces celebrating Berlin’s expansive art scene.
'Women Light Artists': a collection of light art that includes manipulations of the medium
Apr 14, 2023by Sunena V Maju Apr 14, 2023
Inspired by The Women in Lighting project, UK-based Light Collective curated the book Women Light Artists, redressing the unfair imbalance in the visibility of female light artists.
Preciosa Lighting brings an installation blending music and light to Euroluce 2023
Apr 11, 2023by Preciosa Lighting Apr 11, 2023
Preciosa Lighting will showcase its new signature design juxtaposing auditory and visual senses at Salone del Mobile 2023.
'The Mirrors of Zlín' documents 700 years of the city's history and heritage
Mar 03, 2023by Dhwani Shanghvi Mar 03, 2023
The immersive exhibition in Czech Republic is a record of place, time and transformation that engages its users in an immersive understanding of Moravia's history.
2022 art recap: reimagining the future of arts
Dec 31, 2022by Vatsala Sethi Dec 31, 2022
Best of 2022: Artists that STIRred the art world by contributing to a technologically advanced future with virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and more.
Khoj’s group show ‘Threading the Horizon’ presents 14 socially-engaged projects
Dec 16, 2022by Sukanya Deb Dec 16, 2022
The exhibition looks at the issues of gendered discrimination and violence, and its exacerbation in the peri-urban sphere, displaying long-term community-based projects.
Harlan Emil Gruber and Maraya collaborate to create art installation for the Burning Man
Aug 22, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Aug 22, 2022
Interactive art installation 1:44 Inter-dimensional Space Time Portal by artist Harlan Emil Gruber and intuitive healer Maraya sets the circle of time and space into motion.
Exploring ‘Supersynthesis’ and other interactive audio-visual art by Amay Kataria
Aug 19, 2022by Manu Sharma Aug 19, 2022
New media artist Amay Kataria explores his latest work - Supersynthesis, a public art installation in Chicago - as well as the fascination with technology that underlines his work.
'Nebel Leben' by Fujiko Nakaya removes foggy thoughts on ecological concerns
Jul 28, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 28, 2022
Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya's exhibition Nebel Leben at Haus der Kunst, Munich, presents a series of immersive fog sculptures to address the urgency to gauge the ecological imbalance.
Serpentine presents 'Alienarium 5', a show by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Jul 25, 2022by Shraddha Nair Jul 25, 2022
French interdisciplinary artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster is showcasing her immersive exhibition Alienarium 5, curated by Claude Adjil, at the Serpentine South Gallery in London.
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