In the 1960s, she invited an audience to cut off her clothes. As attacks on women’s rights escalate, “Cut Piece” and other ...

Performance art has been sellable for decades, but galleries now see new potential in attracting Gen Z collectors. Visitors stand next to an artwork of Félix González-Torres’s 1991 Untitled (Go-Go ...

Can fashion be art? Can a runway be the ultimate form of performance art? From cinematic recreations to real-time tailoring, some designers argue so.

Marina and in a performer in a tight spot. (via moma.org) The debate surrounding performance art and the rights of artists has started to grow past the original controversy initiated by Marina ...

Artist Xandra Ibarra's “Nude Laughing” sparks conversations about consent, viewer etiquette, art history, and the human body.

A timeline of the most pivotal moments in the medium’s history. By Julia Halperin “The term ‘performance art’ is a little overused,” admits the curator Klaus Biesenbach, 59. “It’s a bit like how ...

Performance art is not for everyone. Even as symbolic movements, seeing the artist’s body intimate acts of self-inflicted violence, humiliation, or sex are always challenging — even for the willing ...

On June 30, the performance artist and environmental activist known as Nut Brother (坚果兄弟), along with his collaborator and art curator Zheng Hongbin, disappeared after returning from a trip ...

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