Performance art originated in the early 20th century as a radical break from more traditional art, focusing on the body and lived experience rather than static objects. Emerging from movements like ...

It starts as a melancholy tale. A woman dies in her prime, and her impressionable young son—already prone to flights of fancy—imagines his mother’s pet African Grey parrot, which was gifted away, has ...

According to a press release, Bucknell University’s Weis Center for the Performing Arts will welcome modern dance company Ailey II, the second company of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, at 7:30 p.

The New York art world is no stranger to extreme acts of endurance. In 1972, Vito Acconci hid under a wooden ramp at the Sonnabend gallery for three straight days, rolling about and vocalizing his ...

The meaning of performance in Pablo Picasso's works is explored in a new exhibition at the Tate Modern. Theatre Picasso marks ...

At Dia Beacon, a retrospective looks at the career of Tehching Hsieh, whose yearlong performance art pieces were some of the ...

We’re going to make you feel alive this season!” said SPAC Director Brett Williams. “That’s what a good performance can do to ...