Performance art
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Petr Pavlensky has been taken into custody by police for his latest piece protesting state surveillance
Performances from poetry readings to gospel singing will run 24/7 for the Chicago-artist’s first public art project in the UK
Institutions are spending millions on spaces for performance but some curators are “surprised they have to pay live art performers at all”
In an excerpt from his new book, the art historian discusses the return of performance and process in contemporary art
The dance piece choreographed by Wayne McGregor includes a set designed by Olafur Eliasson and music by Jamie xx
David Roberts to show more ”live projects” in his Camden building—and may launch initiatives outside the capital
From the Foreign Affairs festival to commercial gallery shows, time-based art can be found all over the German city
Tania Bruguera, who has had her passport confiscated after planning a free-speech performance in Revolution Square, is due to host a 100-hour reading of the book The Origins of Totalitarianism ahead of the city's biennial
Los Angeles-based artist who pushed performances and sculpture to extreme limits and illuminated Lacma
She will be stepping into her hero Maria Callas' shoes for the project
Dealers seem to have come to terms with the pressures of showing at such a prestigious fair, and prepared well ahead of time
New one-off inclusion includes works by Abramovic, Ono and Nauman
The ceremony is part of the US debut of “The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic”
The artists make themselves at home
The London fair features a raft of women, including Judy Chicago, who are eschewing assembly-line art
Beuys show can go on
Curator’s interviews with performers could prove a “goldmine” for scholars, skirting the artist’s ban on documentation of his work
Shaking off the "continental" label has been a lifetime's work
In the late 1960s, the former poet became a photographer, video and performance artist, using his own body as a subject
“Some Sweet Day” is on show until 4 November
Dancers and a singles’ night open Tate Modern’s new space
Akers's film recounts the artist’s decades of arduous performances—and reveals a charming woman beneath the steely surface
The museum will purportedly need $8m in funds
From mock guided tours to a sexual encounter with a collector, the US artist's work is a unique form of institutional critique
Museum Schloss Moyland lose out again in appeals court
Selling them can still be a challenge
When Kaino thought the art world was getting too obsessed with money, he retreated into the realm of magic
