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Ulay Returns to Perform in New York After Decades-long Hiatus

by Claire Voon May 2, 2016May 7, 2016

This month marks Ulay’s return to New York as a performer after 30 years, with a site-specific installation and three-day performance at Kustera Projects Red Hook during Frieze Week.

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When Honey-Coated Nude Performance Art Loses Its Sting

by Natalie Axton April 25, 2016April 25, 2016

Madison Young isn’t the first woman I’ve seen pour honey on her naked body and, owing to certain lifestyle choices I’ve made, I have a feeling she won’t be the last.

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In the Museum for 100 Days, a Performance Artist Pushes Us to Reflect on Time

by Heather Kapplow February 12, 2016February 11, 2016

BOSTON — There are so many layers to Marilyn Arsem’s piece at the Museum of Fine Arts that it’s a bit hard to know where to start.

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Artists Buy Trump Campaign Bus on Craigslist, Turn It Into Anti-Trump Art Project

Avatar photo by Carey Dunne February 1, 2016February 11, 2016

Late last year David Gleeson and Mary Mihelic, cofounders of politically minded art collective T. Rutt, learned via Rachel Maddow that a Donald Trump campaign bus was up for sale on Craigslist in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Queering the Feminine Through a Many-Layered Lens

Avatar photo by Erin Joyce January 29, 2016January 29, 2016

Liss LaFleur’s work is at once in your face and delicate, choosing a mode of seduction that utilizes pastiche to lure the viewer in with a hint of familiarity — then jolting them into a world that questions the status quo.

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In a Performance, Walid Raad Playfully Probes His MoMA Survey

by Eva Díaz January 22, 2016January 27, 2016

A note of hysteria begins to creep into Walid Raad’s voice as he concludes his hour-long monologue performance, “Scratching on things I could disavow: Walkthrough,” at the Museum of Modern Art.

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A Chinese Performance Artist Who Balances Politics and Poetics

by R. Orion Martin December 30, 2015December 30, 2015

CHENGDU, China — In a series of eight-hour-long actions titled Puzzling Tracks, Zhou Bin placed an ant on a piece of rice paper.

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“All Artists Are Theater Artists”: Taylor Mac on the Connections Between Performance Art and Plays

Avatar photo by Zachary Small November 18, 2015November 22, 2015

Queerness revolts in the Podunk setting of Taylor Mac’s newest play, Hir, currently running at Playwrights Horizons.

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The Artist Is Pissed: Ulay Sues Marina Abramović

Avatar photo by Carey Dunne November 12, 2015November 17, 2015

Marina Abramović, the world’s only household name performance artist — Shia LaBeouf notwithstanding — is being sued by her former collaborator and lover, the German artist Ulay.

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A Trauma Salon, Art Critic Drag, and More During the 12-Day Brooklyn Performancy Forum

Avatar photo by Hyperallergic October 7, 2015May 16, 2017

PERFORMANCY FORUM QUINQUENNIAL is a 12-day public conference of live performances, talks, discussions, interactivities, workshops, and other projects centering around and presented as performance.

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A Performance Artist Draws with His Teeth

by Natalie Axton October 2, 2015October 2, 2015

Tomorrow at noon, visual and performing artist Tony Orrico will sit down at an eight-by-eight-foot sheet of paper and begin to chew.

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Faced with a Rising Tide, Artist Lets It Wash Over Her

by Claire Voon August 10, 2015August 10, 2015

For 12 to 13 hours, New York City–based artist Sarah Cameron Sunde stands stock-still in the sea, surrendering herself to nature’s forces, from the rocking of waves to extreme temperatures.

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