Performance art
Mass Moca takes the plunge with ice-water installation
The artist —and brave visitors—will jump into a frozen pool built into the gallery, evoking cleansing and spiritual rituals
On the road, from Iraq to Germany
The Iraqi-Kurdish artist examines migration and contemporary politics in his solo show at the New Museum
The public joins the protest in Frieze’s Live programme
Activist work reflects what artists are making, says curator of new initiative
Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas brings acrobatics and improvised sculptures to New York
The artist is creating a new work and performance at The Kitchen and launching Mexican gallery Kurimanzutto’s US outpost this month
Harlem gallery performance evokes Martin Luther King Jr’s final moments
Jazz musician Melvin Gibbs remembers the Civil Rights Leader’s death and the impact it had on the African American community at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise
Resistance in multiple forms at Sharjah’s March Meeting
Minds from the Middle Eastern art world and beyond discussed topics such as urban planning and art and ecology
Performance pioneer Joan Jonas takes over Tate Modern
Survey of US artist at the London gallery includes an exhibition, performance and film programme
Artists in Istanbul undertake epic performance
Needed: You—Performistanbul puts on Turkey’s longest ever-live event
Marina Abramovic turns Seven Deaths project into an opera to debut in Munich in 2020
Artist will direct the production, which was originally conceived as a cinematic tribute to her lifelong hero Maria Callas
Tania Bruguera to create next Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall
Cuban artist has previously shown performance piece with horse mounted police officers in museum’s cavernous space
Artist burns Gothic structure made of twigs causing controversy in Russia
Nikolay Polissky's act took place at Nikola-Lenivets event, which is likened to the US Burning Man festival
Detention extended for Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky who set fire to bank in Paris
The controversial figure has gone on hunger strike in protest at “lack of transparency” over legal process
Tania Bruguera’s banned Havana performance comes to New York
The work deals with politial corruption and censorship, themes that are “especially important to discuss in the Trump era”, the artist says
Robot wars: Mark Pauline and Survival Research Laboratories
The Bay Area artist and his team build massive machines that act in dangerous performances—and they are opening their first gallery show in New York
Zardulu behind video of iguana appearing in Miami family’s toilet
The performance piece, viewed by millions as a viral news story, was based on an ancient Greek myth of Kronos usurping the throne of Ouranos, the artist tells us
Artists get down to work at the fair
Stands are transformed into studios as live works lay bare artists’ practice
Secret objects tell life story of Emirati conceptual pioneer Hassan Sharif
Sharjah show recreates late artist’s studio
Pacific Standard Time announces performance art festival to extend second edition
Latin American and Latinx artists will create 75 projects across the Los Angeles area
Abu Dhabi Focus podcast, episode three: how the UAE art scene became a force to be reckoned with
Art dealer Thaddaeus Ropac and curator Maya Allison tell us how the nation’s creative ambitions have blossomed. Plus: Silver Lion-winning musician and artist Hassan Khan on his Abu Dhabi Art performance
Ragnar Kjartansson’s new work will see popular Italian song being played repeatedly for five weeks
The durational performance will take place at National Museum of Cardiff next year
Barbara Kruger to stage first live performance for New York’s Performa festival
The work Untitled (The Drop) will take place on three consecutive Thursdays in November
Performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky sets fire to a bank in Paris
Russian artist famous for nailing scrotum to Moscow’s Red Square invokes the “great French Revolution”