Pyotr Pavlensky: Fashion Inspired By Artwork And Practice Hits Paris
Paris: A/POLITICAL presented the highly anticipated debut runway show of Coucou Bebe 75018, TESTOSTERONE, during Paris Fashion Week at the… Read More
30 January 2025
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Crash Test: Pyotr Pavlensky New Documentary Revealed
Update: The Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky has been sentenced to six months in a French prison for his role… Read More
4 October 2023
Russian Artist Pyotr Pavlensky London Exhibition – Queen Elizabeth II Fourth Plinth Takeover – Sex Pistols Sotheby’s Auction
Russian Art Activist Pyotr Pavlensky London Exhibition – Queen Elizabeth II Fourth Plinth Takeover – Sex Pistols Sotheby’s Auction
22 September 2022
Artist Pyotr Pavlensky Charged With Invasion of Privacy In France
The Russian dissident Performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky, 35, is to face invasion of privacy charges after leaking a graphic sex tape of Parisian mayoral candidate Benjamin Griveaux. The politician is a member of French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party La République En Marche.
20 February 2020
Is Pyotr Pavlensky Just An Attention Seeking Muppet
In the aftermath of sentencing the exiled Russian artist Petr (AKA Pyotr) Pavlensky on Thursday, I ask myself why is… Read More
14 January 2019
Pussy Riot and Pyotr Pavlensky Join Forces For Saatchi Gallery Exhibition
Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism, is a new exhibition dedicated to Post-Soviet Union protest art over the past 25 years. This is a world premiere for protest artists Pussy Riot and Pyotr Pavlensky. Alongside this exhibition, award-winning theatre group Les Enfant Terribles will present Inside Pussy Riot, a groundbreaking immersive theatre experience including performances by founding Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.
15 November 2017
Moscow Scrotum Artist Receives Suspended Sentence For Burning Ex-KGB Doors
A Moscow court, yesterday released the performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky who has spent seven months in jail for burning the… Read More
9 June 2016
Pyotr Pavlensky Banned From Competition For Russia’s Top Art Prize
The Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky best known for nailing his scrotum to Red Square and sewing up his lips,… Read More
21 February 2016
Artist Pyotr Pavlensky Detention Upheld After Rejecting Bail In Moscow
The detention of the conceptual artist Pyotr Pavlensky, best known for nailing his scrotum to Red Square has been upheld. 31… Read More
4 December 2015
Russia Upholds Performance Artist’s Incarceration After Burning FSB HQ Doors
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
Russian Performance Artist Cuts Off Earlobe As Political Protest
The extreme performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky created a storm in Russia last November by nailing his scrotum to the cobblestones… Read More
22 October 2014
Russian Scrotum Artist Pyotr Pavlensky To Be Charged With Hooliganism
Pyotr Pavlensky, the performance artist who stripped naked and nailed his scrotum to the cobble paving in Red Square, may… Read More
15 November 2013
Artist Nails Scrotum To Red Square In Protest Of Russian Police State
Pyotr Pavlensky, 29, a performance artist has been arrested in Moscow after stripping naked and driving a nail through his… Read More
11 November 2013