Performance art
Exclusive video: Marina Abramovic advises public to complain to a tree to help heal from 2020
Complain to a Tree is the latest addition to the “Abramovic Method”, a series of exercises developed by the artist for practicing being present, which she will reveal on a new Sky Arts programme
Performa biennial hosts virtual telethon, evoking the work of George Orwell, Nam June Paik—and, of course, Jerry Lewis
The event has been produced in partnership with Pace gallery and will feature new and archival material
Popular apocalyptic beach performance from 2019's Venice Biennale will pop up in Berlin Bauhaus swimming pool
Sun & Sea (Marina) won the Golden Lion for Lithuania
Marina Abramovic TV: five-hour takeover will teach you everything you need to know about performance art
As well as her new Sky Arts programme, the artist's mixed reality work The Life will be sold at Christie’s this month, with an estimate of £400,000-£800,000
Bangladeshi government officials storm protest performance in Dhaka
Organised by Drik Gallery, the event at Dhaka University aimed to highlight the extrajudicial killing of Bangladeshi civilians by government forces
Ragnar Kjartansson’s 'never-ending lullaby' to be performed in Milan church for the Covid era
Singers will perform The Sky in a Room every day for six hours next month at the church of San Carlo al Lazzaretto
Batshit crazy? Russian performance artist eats live bat in protest against Big Pharma
Petr Davydtchenko's performance video, which will go on show in Italy, was inspired by the response of pharmaceutical companies to the coronavirus pandemic
Watch Patrisse Cullors' Prayer to the Iyami performance
The artist has released a video detailing the process of her 2020 performance about systemic injustice
Chicago artist Nick Cave has found a way to keep performing during quarantine
In a new video series called Cultural Stimulus, the artist aims to share “sparks of happiness” with a public sheltering at home
‘It is dangerous for artists when the events of the day change their work’: Marina Abramovic on art and the coronavirus pandemic
The performance artist has been in lockdown in Austria and spoke to us exclusively about making work in isolation and following Matisse’s example as a response to the crisis
Exclusive: Marina Abramovic on performance art post-pandemic
Plus, what is it like to visit a museum post-lockdown? Produced in association with Christie's
Florian Schneider, co-founder of pioneering electronic band Kraftwerk, has died, aged 73
The experimental musician and his fellow “klangchemiker” Ralf Hütter were known for their highly visual, conceptual sensibility
Annabel Daou will take on your worries in a 12-hour durational performance
During the coronavirus crisis, the project “is a way to consider my role with respect to others, as an artist and as a human being in this world”, the artist says
Pioneering performance artist Ulay has died, aged 76
Marina Abramović's former partner and collaborator passed away in Ljubljana
'We need to dance our asses off': artist and activist Patrisse Cullors on the joys of Black resistance
The Los Angeles-based artist discusses how dance can bring political power to marginalised communities
Miles Greenberg—mentee of Marina Abramovic—stages visually absorbing performance in New York
Collector David Roberts—who closed London gallery to bring art to the regions—will focus 2020 programme on Scotland
Artists Lina Lapelytė, Paul Maheke and Nina Beier will present new live performance works at Glasgow International contemporary art festival
Radical performance artist Ulay gets a solo show at Stedelijk Museum
In the years before and after his collaboration with Marina Abramović, he created important works, curators say
How one artist is using theatre to draw attention to the EU asylum problem
Staging of a refugee trial asking audience to determine the fate of an asylum seeker poses questions about the 'theatrification' of migration issues
UN condemns threats against Kyrgyz museum director who staged feminist art exhibition
Museum hosted a 'Feminnale' that included performance work highlighting plight of sex workers
The artist’s composer: Steve Reich's percussive experiment returns to the Hayward Gallery this week
Drumming was first performed at the London venue in Mark Rothko's 1972 exhibition—now it will be surrounded by Bridget Riley's show
Snap and go: the pros and cons of the art experience economy
Immersive experiences define the most popular contemporary exhibitions, but where does this leave the commercial art world?
Taking the piss? London gallery attendees asked to take pregnancy tests for private view performance piece
Artist reimagines Louisiana slave uprising with a different outcome
Hundreds to take part in re-enactment of America’s largest slave rebellion, ending with a victorious celebration in New Orleans
Performa 19 to take viewers on a utopian journey back to the Bauhaus
The latest edition of New York’s performance art biennial commemorates the centenary of the ground-breaking art school