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Performance Art

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A woman in a white shirt stands beside a large outdoor video screen on the High Line, with blurred traffic and city lights visible through the railing.

Xin Liu Imagines the Lonely Afterlife of a Decommissioned Satellite

Her multidisciplinary work "NOAA: A Fall Towards Home" explores the depth of despair and the possibility of hope inherent in exile and disconnection.
By Elisa Carollo
A black-and-white performance still shows a seated woman in a slip while another person uses scissors to cut fabric from her clothing.

Yoko Ono Has Outlasted the Scorn, the Caricatures and the Blame

"Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind" at The Broad in L.A. brings together decades of work that predated and anticipated many of the ideas now central to contemporary art.
By Jordan Riefe

Performa’s Broadway Benefit Brought Fresh Magic to an Old Format

Fifty artists gathered at New York's Town Hall theater for one unforgettable vaudeville-inspired evening of live performance art.
By Jasmine Lobe

Pussy Riot’s Members Have Been Jailed by the Russian Government for Hooliganism

By Helen Holmes

Artist Danny Cole on Dreams of A Utopia of Creatures and Vandalism

By Laura Pitcher

For the Entrepreneurial Performance Artist Danielle Baskin, the Internet is a Stage

By Amanda Silberling
J'ai Des Sentiments by Kalup Linzy

Kalup Linzy: Identity Politics, COVID-19, and the Future of Performance Art

By Anni Irish

Marina Abramović, Russell Brand to Dispense Wisdom in a Documentary About Anxiety

By Helen Holmes

Marina Abramović Breaks Her Silence on Being Labeled a Satanist

By Helen Holmes

The Getty Museum Has Made 70,000 Artworks Available to Use in ‘Animal Crossing’

By Helen Holmes

Marina Abramović’s ‘Dangerous’ Work Has Given Her an Interesting Perspective on Coronavirus

By Helen Holmes

Willow Smith Is Promoting Her New Album by Living in a Box for 24 Hours at LA MOCA

By Helen Holmes

Ulay Made Art Out of Everything—Even the Illness That Took His Life

By Helen Holmes

Pregnant Chloë Sevigny Pops Up to Promote Rita Ackermann Exhibition

By Helen Holmes

Beyond Abramović: New Documentary Introduces Artists Who Work With the Human Body

By David D'Arcy
Netflix Leonardo DiCaprio Once Upon a Time Streaming

Leo DiCaprio Isn’t the First Celebrity to Get a Wax Portrait Done by Urs Fischer

By Helen Holmes

Cranes, Psychic Pains and Bauhaus Ideals: What to Expect From This Year’s Performa 19 Biennial

By Helen Holmes

Hillary Clinton Dropped in to Read Her Own Emails at a Venice Art Exhibition

By Helen Holmes

Marina Abramović Was Assaulted With a Painting of Herself

By Helen Holmes
Marina Abramovic, Freeing the Voice, 1975; publ. 1994. Black and White photograph with letter press text panel, 29 3/4 x 39 1/2 in.

Early Work by Marina Abramovic Shows She’s Better Raw Than Refined

By David D'Arcy
William Kentridge, I Am Not Me, the Horse is Not Mine, a Performa Premiere, 2009.

5 Most Anticipated Art Projects and Performances at Performa 2017

By Margaret Carrigan
Ms. McCarthy's tech-inspired experiments will seriously push your boundaries to make a point.

Artist Lauren McCarthy Takes on Amazon’s Alexa Like John Henry Did the Steam Engine

By Brady Dale
2017 Seattle Art Fair.

Third Edition of Seattle Art Fair Attracts City’s Growing Tech Set

By Alina Cohen
Ellen Lesperance's performance piece at the Seattle Art Fair.

Performance Piece Featuring Witches Raises Questions at Seattle Art Fair

By Alina Cohen
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