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Inside the First Watermill Center Summer Festival Without Robert Wilson

“Everywhere you look, Robert sets us up to have a view," RoseLee Goldberg, Performa's founder, told Observer. "Every step we take, you can be sure that he somehow thought of it.”
By Jasmine Lobe
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
Angst 3, Anne Imhof, 18. and 19. October 2016, 19h–23h, Musée d’art contemporain Montreal.

The Montreal Biennial Is a MasterClass in How to Ask Big Questions With Art

By Alanna Martinez
Ulay.

Ulay Remembers the Crime of a Lifetime 40 Years Later

By Noah Charney
Sacred Bones' Jenny Hval circa 2016's unrealized film script turned album, "Blood Bitch"

Jenny Hval Reflects on Universal Failures on the Brooding ‘Blood Bitch’

By Justin Joffe
Brian Andrew Whiteley, Trump Tombstone.

Donald Trump’s Tombstone Back on Display, and 6 Other Things to Do

By Alanna Martinez
The Wade Thompson Drill Hall at the Park Avenue Armory.

Professional Mourners Perform at Park Avenue Armory, Jewelry Auctions’ Bright Future

By Alanna Martinez
Inside the Brooklyn Army Terminal.

An Election-Themed Haunted House Is Coming to NYC to Terrify Us All

By Alanna Martinez
Alok Vaid-Menon.

Dark Matter(s): Meet One Half of the Trans Performance Duo College Kids Love

By Vida Weisblum
Marina Abramovic.

Marina Abramovic: I Had Three Abortions Because Children Hold Female Artists Back

By Guelda Voien
Wangetchi Mutu performing Throw at Pace Gallery.

Why Artist Wangechi Mutu Chooses to Perform in Secret

By Alanna Martinez
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 28: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) presents the 2013 National Medal of Arts to Architect Billie Tsien (L) and Tod Williams (2nd L) during an East Room ceremony July 28, 2014 at the White House in Washington, DC. Tsien and Williams were honored for their contributions to architecture and arts education.

Architects Named for Obama Library, Sotheby’s Auctioneer Stands Behind London Market

By Alanna Martinez
An installation from "Terence Koh: Bee Chapel" at Andrew Edlin Gallery.

Artist to Transmit Orlando Shooting Victims’ Names Into Space

By Alanna Martinez
Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky poses after setting fire to the doors of the headquarters of the FSB security service.

After Setting Former KBG Headquarters Ablaze, Dissident Artist Walks Free

By Vida Weisblum
Joey Skaggs. Photo: Sam Ortiz for Observer Media

Watch Out, New York City: Hoax Master Joey Skaggs Is in Town

By Vida Weisblum
Shia LaBeouf attends 'Nymphomaniac Volume I (long version)' premiere during 64th Berlinale International Film Festival at Berlinale Palast on February 9, 2014 in Berlin, Germany.

Shia LaBeouf Is Hitchhiking in Colorado in the Name of Art

By Alanna Martinez
Image via YouTube

Bending Genre, Gender, and More: Inside LA’s Robust Performance Art/Comedy Scene

By Katharine Brandes
Ramiro Gomez, American Gardeners (After David Hockney's American Collectors, Fred and Marcia Weisman 1968), (2014).

Weekend Edition: 10 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before April 25

By Paul Laster
Performance artist Ulay.

After 30 Years, Pioneering Performance Artist Ulay Returns to NY With Mysterious Show

By Alanna Martinez
Every New Yorker's been there.

Afternoon Bulletin: Hillary Clinton’s Turnstile Struggle, Smokeless Tobacco No More

By Sonja Hansen
Exploited workers, paid in cheap beer.

The Literally Stinky Joke About How Badly We Want Love

By Brady Dale
Artist Karo Akpokiere at work.

At The Armory Show Nigerian Artist Karo Akpokiere to Create a Fair Within a Fair

By Alanna Martinez
An interior view of Macon Reed's Eulogy for the Dyke Bar, 2015.

What Happened to All the Dyke Bars? An Artist Answers by Building Her Own

By Alanna Martinez
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