Russian Art Activist Pyotr Pavlensky London Exhibition – Queen Elizabeth II Fourth Plinth Takeover – Sex Pistols Sotheby’s Auction
22 September 2022
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 extreme performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky created a storm in Russia last November by nailing his scrotum to the cobblestones… Read More
22 October 2014
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
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
