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 ...

In 1918, New York City laid claim to 20 Yiddish theaters, with one seating 2,500. Chicago possessed four, Philadelphia three and Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, Newark and St.

Laurel Nakadate, "Lucky Tiger #151" (2009). Chromogenic color print with ink fingerprints. 4 x 6" (10.2 x 15.2 cm) MoMA photography curator Roxana Marcoci knows that we are experiencing a “renaissance ...

All eyes were on Ryan Hawk. The lanky college undergrad asked everyone in the audience of about 40 people scattered around the Bushwick loft to stand and circle him. He began by applying a can of ...

It’s difficult not to notice audience members flinching while Hamsa Fae performs “Homework.” Performed last year at the Mingei International Museum as part of a curated group show of performance art, ...

If anyone can define "performance art," it would seem to be performances artists. And yet, La Pocha Nostra -- which Momentary spokeswoman Michelle Moore calls "an international superstar performance ...