Carolee Schneemann: Body Politics is the first survey in the UK of the work of American artist Carolee Schneemann (1939-2019) and the first major exhibition since she died in 2019.
7 September 2022
The work of artist Spencer Tunick defies genres by transforming both landscapes and the human form into powerful artworks.
30 August 2022
The performance artist Leigh Bowery died of AIDS-related illness on New Year’s Eve 1994 at only 33 years old. He didn’t tell anyone he was sick – except his best friend, Sue Tilley. When she asked him what she should tell people when he died, he said: “Tell them I’ve gone to Papua New Guinea”.
13 January 2022
Folkestone-based performance art organisation, ]performance s p a c e[ has been busy this summer celebrating its tenth anniversary.
10 August 2021
A series of dynamic performances have been announced for the opening week and final weekend of the 58th Venice Biennale of Art.
2 April 2019
The New York-born Brooklyn-based conceptual and performance artist Vito Acconci has died age 77. He is best known for his seminal performances art.
28 April 2017
By the time you get round to reading this – I’m writing on the evening after the press preview – Tate Modern will have launched its latest enterprise – A BMW Tate Live Exhibition entitled Ten Days, Six Nights. It here’s now. It won’t be here long. In other words, blink and you’ll miss it.
29 March 2017
Beginning on the morning of Trump’s inauguration at 9 am on January 20, 2017, Shia LaBeouf commenced his most ambitious performance piece. Titled, “HE WILL NOT DIVIDE US.”
23 January 2017
Artlyst has delved through the archives of art world oddities to bring you the reader the strangest art performance pieces of all time.
19 December 2016
London’s annual festival of performance art ‘Block Universe’ is presenting cutting-edge performance art at the cross-section of contemporary visual art, dance… Read More
10 March 2016
Actor turned ‘Performance artist’ Shia LaBeouf has launched his latest artwork in Liverpool. “#TOUCHMYSOUL” examines the culture and nature of fame… Read More
11 December 2015
A Russian court has ruled against releasing the radical artist Pyotr Pavlensky from prison, while the artist awaits trial over… Read More
4 December 2015
The Fine Art Society is presenting a major contemporary group exhibition featuring 9 artists who incorporate the act of performance… Read More
3 October 2015
The David Roberts Art Foundation is to increase its ongoing commitment to performance, by opening a dedicated live projects space…. Read More
24 July 2015
In tandem to Echoes & Reverberations at the Hayward Gallery Project Space, this major group exhibition at Delfina Foundation explores… Read More
1 July 2015
Works by the Turner Prize nominated artist Tino Sehgal are presented in an exhibition at the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin. This… Read More
29 June 2015
The French performance artist Abraham Pointcheval has announced that he will be locked in a bear carcass for 13 days… Read More
2 April 2014
Last week saw the announcement of the closure of Stoke Newington International Airport, Old Vic Tunnels & LUPA – a… Read More
24 March 2013
“Ascending With Our Earth Star”, an art event which opened on 21 December 2012, is an exhibition incorporating a mixture… Read More
20 January 2013
An exhibition opening today in New York honouring the life and work of Andy Kaufman, highlights the influential Performance Art… Read More
12 January 2013
