Performance art was born from rebellion: a desire to tear down the frame and let life itself become art. In the 20th century, ...

You could tell Göksu Kunak’s performance was beginning because blue light started flickering against the faces of a shadowy mass of guests pulling out their phones. Soon after, the Turkish performance ...

Rembrandt, Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee, 1633. oil on canvas, 160 x 128 cm (63 x 50 3/8 in.) Courtesy Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum From the start, the entire scene felt too perfectly ...

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.

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 ...