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 ...

Video still from Christophe Chassol’s “BIG SUN” (2014) in ‘EN MAS’: Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean’ at the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans (all photos by the author for ...

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 ...

Steven Durland at the launch of High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027) at the 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica on January 31, 2026 (photo Monica Orozco, courtesy Performance Art ...

In his new show, the artist, known for pushing the limits of acceptable behavior in his performance art, carefully, even timidly explores what it means to make transgressive art today. By Travis Diehl ...

Last weekend a group of people were blindfolded and led through a path littered with obstacles while a narrator offered mysterious commentary like “If you speak plainly, you are punished” and “If you ...

Experimental artist and Avant-Garde-Arama founder Charles Dennis, a cofounder of P.S. 122 and longtime downtown arts ...

Performance artist Erica Felicella transforms everyday spaces into immersive stages. Originally just a pit stop, Dallas has become home for Erica Felicella. This North Texas performance artist ...

How do performance and installation artists make the transition from the structure of school to the chaos and uncertainty of the real world? [nueBox], a nonprofit arts organization, has some ideas.