Performance Art
A Mysterious Woman Mailed $105,000 in Stolen Art Back to a Museum
The cops are hoping to get in touch with her to find out how the work was jacked in the first place.
Geumhyung Jeong's Uncanny Performance Pries Sex from Machinery
Geumhyung Jeong’s bewitching performance about the female body and the boundaries between human and machine took on added eerie appeal in Tate Modern's Tanks.
How the Socialist Feminists of WITCH Use Magic to Fight Capitalism
The first incarnation of WITCH performed their inaugural action—a hex on Wall Street—on Halloween in 1968. Now a new generation of witches is taking up the mantle from the infamous provocateurs.
Wedding Photos of the Lesbian Couple Getting Married in 24 Countries
As part of a performance art piece, Fleur Pierets and Julian P. Boom are getting married in every country where same-sex marriage is legal. Broadly joined the couple at their first wedding in New York, where they kicked off their 18-month project.
[NSFW] Nude Performance Artist Planks in Philosophical Self-Portraits
Chiara Mazzocchi’s nude artworks are anything but personal.
Meteorology Meets Fortune Telling at the "Weather Center for the Apocalypse"
Amelia Marzec parses the internet and religious groups to report the latest end-of-the-world news.
'Just Kids' Inspired This Experimental Dance Performance
Interpretive dance inspired by Robert Mapplethorpe, butterflies, and LCD Soundsystem comes to the Edinburgh Fringe.
[NSFW] Fetish Couture and Surgical Collage Are This Dominatrix's Mediums
Maidenfed's original GIFs and photographic collage are among the featured works in our NFSW show at the Museum of Sex.
Troops in Riot Gear Deliver a Hidden Message in Venice
Anti-war performance art invades the Venice Biennale.
Artist Figured Out How To Control Water With Her Mind
An EEG, a few speakers, and some metal plates filled with water compose the artist's brain wave-bending installations.
Things I Learned Watching People Tear a Bull Apart
Hermann Nitsch's weird sex/death art came to Tasmania for Mona and... well, shit.
This Performance Artist Is Also a Candidate for Space Travel
Artist Astronaut Sarah Jane Pell explains why every space program needs a creative perspective.