Performance art
Nora Turato projects the art of self-improvement in Chicago
The artist will project a new commission onto the exterior of what was once the world’s biggest building as part of Art on the Mart
Tate Modern show celebrates Yoko Ono’s rebirth after decades of derision
Exhibition will look at the significance of the artist’s career before and after her famed relationship with John Lennon
Performer sues MoMA for alleged ‘sexual groping’ during Marina Abramović retrospective
John Bonafede, one of the artists who “reperformed” Abramović’s work for the show, claims he was sexually assaulted seven times during its run
Robert Whitman, artist renowned for experiments with performance and technology, has died, aged 88
Whitman was a pioneer of the early performance art events known as Happenings and collaborated with Robert Rauschenberg and others on technologically ambitious projects
Baltimore Museum of Art acquires its first piece of performance art
The performance by Jefferson Pinder is one of more than 100 new acquisitions recently announced by the institution
Artists and curators pay tribute to performance pioneer Pope.L who has died aged 68
The artist, known for his Crawl series, treated 'absurdity of racism in an unflinching way’
Marina Abramović spreads the love in one-off performance at the Royal Academy
Against backdrop of turbulent real-world events, crowds gathered and hugged for Unconditional Love recital
Looking for love: one-off Marina Abramović performance sells out in hours
The queen of performance art is making a rare appearance at the Royal Academy in London
'I could easily do this opera until I’m 103': Marina Abramović on 7 Deaths of Maria Callas
We speak to the performance artist about the UK premiere of her tribute to the legendary singer at the English National Opera
What’s behind the row engulfing the UK’s National Trust?
Plus, a protest-themed tenth edition of the Performa Biennial and a restored portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger
New York’s performance art biennial returns, with a focus on the heyday of conceptual art
The 2023 Performa Biennial takes as its starting point the conceptual art of the 1960s and 70s, across works by 40 contemporary artists
A transparent show for a transphobic world: performance artist Puppies Puppies exhibits herself in a glass box for four months
The artist has recreated her bedroom and studio in the lobby of Manhattan's New Museum for a durational work grounded in activism
Marina Abramović: a buyer's guide
Everything you need to know about the artist’s market before you start building your collection
Marina Abramović: the artist on her ‘best ever show’
Plus, Frans Hals at London's National Gallery and a Peter Paul Rubens painting inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses
Art crowd attends Piccadilly church for Rachel Jones’s new opera piece
Hey, Maudie draws on classical tropes, West African traditions, jazz and gospel
Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy and Tracey Emin turn up for Marina Abramović's blockbuster RA show
Visitors queued to walk through Imponderabilia, the 1977 piece featuring a naked couple
Winner of El Museo del Barrio and Maestro Dobel's inaugural $50,000 art prize revealed
In addition to the significant cash prize, the Cuban performance artist Carlos Martiel will get a show at the Manhattan museum in 2024
Performances at the Royal Academy (and flights) are off limits for Marina Abramovic following an embolism
The godmother of performance art also plans all-women tea party at the RA
Marina Abramovic to take over London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall this autumn
A selection of artists have been invited by Abramovic to stage long-form performances in the concert venue—including backstage areas normally off-limits to visitors
A Mata of Factory: Manchester's footballing legend goes avant-garde
The footballer turned curator Juan Mata makes a star turn at Manchester International Festival, which opens in the city's new Factory International venue
Basel to get new cultural venue in former mayonnaise factory
Pop-up arts programme from Basel Social Club comes ahead of major regeneration initiative in the city
Feeling the burn: artist hits the gym as mercury rises in Basel
Augustas Serapinas creates the ultimate Art Basel workout using plaster cast pieces
Gore, guts and gongs: Hermann Nitsch’s six-day 'orgiastic mystery theatre' restaged at his country castle near Vienna
The performance featuring a slaughtered bull is considered the highpoint of the late Austrian Actionist's work
Florence Peake brings dancing canvases to spectacular modern church in south London
At Southwark Park Galleries, performers are splattered with paint and read aloud fragments of canonical art-historical texts
Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle returns to the big screen in New York
The screening of this ambitious contribution to cinema, showing in its entirety in New York for the first time in eight years, coincides with the debut of Barney's newest project
London Gallery Weekend announces performance commissions
Li Hei Di, Minh-Lan Tran and Nicole Bachmann will perform their work around the city in June
Is Lithuania set to become the new centre of performance art?
The launch of the Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art builds on the Baltic country's success at the 2019 Venice Biennale, where its operatic art installation scooped the Golden Lion
Hollywood’s newest art space takes up residence in artist's future burial plot
Nao Bustamante unveils Los Angeles's most ghoulish gallery space in the legendary Hollywood Forever cemetery
A brush with... Joan Jonas
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from the writer Jorge Luis Borges to her life-changing visit to Iceland
More than 1,000 people help artist JR hold up giant images of refugee children for Turin performance
The vast works shown in Northern Italy were made last year at camps in locations including Greece and Rwanda