performance art
noun
: a nontraditional art form often with political or topical themes that typically features a live presentation to an audience or onlookers (as on a street) and draws on such arts as acting, poetry, music, dance, or painting
performance artist
noun
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For Friedman, forty-three, who has been a theatre director and performer in Vermont for almost twenty years, the Civic’s project is community building as a kind of performance art, except that nobody has to talk about it in terms of performance art.
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Chelsea Edgar, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2025
Rower added that Berrío’s experience working with contemporary artists was relevant because of the prescient dynamism of Calder’s work — the artist even had his own version of performance art.
—Ted Loos, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Leading stars of Apple TV’s Severance appeared for a bit of performance art at the Big Apple’s Grand Central Station on Tuesday.
—Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
The foundation granted more than $7 million to cover associated research and exhibition planning for sixty-eight exhibitions, forty publications, 350 oral-history interviews, and a performance art festival.
—Bryan Barcena, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
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Chelsea Edgar, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2025
Rower added that Berrío’s experience working with contemporary artists was relevant because of the prescient dynamism of Calder’s work — the artist even had his own version of performance art.
—Ted Loos, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Leading stars of Apple TV’s Severance appeared for a bit of performance art at the Big Apple’s Grand Central Station on Tuesday.
—Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
The foundation granted more than $7 million to cover associated research and exhibition planning for sixty-eight exhibitions, forty publications, 350 oral-history interviews, and a performance art festival.
—Bryan Barcena, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Performance art.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/performance%20art. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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