performance-art

Once notorious for his literally explosive performance-art spectacles, which occasionally made the New York City police logs in the 1970s and '80s, he has increasingly been lauded for his paintings.

The Walking Ghost of Old America Steve Dollar 2010

One of the heads is a likeness of the artist, who is known for performance-art works that have involved, for example, smearing his body with fish oil and honey to attract flies, or gathering a group of artists on a mountaintop to lie atop one another naked "To Add One Meter to an Unknown Mountain," 1995.

For 2011, Art HK Grows Up and Goes Local Alexandra A. Seno 2011

Montenegro has enlisted performance-art heavyweight Marina Abramovic to make a cameo at its June 2 breakfast.

The Art World's Olympics Kelly Crow 2011

There are weird bands, underground cult bands, fringe acts, art collectives, strange video projects, performance-art troupes—and then there are the Residents.

Disco Donors, Punk Pioneers Andy Beta 2011

To make ends meet, she took three jobs — including a stint as a gogo dancer — while she honed her performance-art act.

Five People Born on March 28 | myFiveBest 2010

The Ouija board moment fits the avant-garde gestalt of Performa, a performance-art biennial in which pieces from more than 100 contemporary artists are presented around the city.

The Short List 2011

When Japanese art star Hiroshi Sugimoto decided to turn a room upstairs from his airy, fastidiously neat Chelsea studio into a traditional tea house, where he would put his own unique performance-art spin on the ancient tea ceremony, he didn't forget his sense of humor.

Artist Curates Tea for a Few Julie L. Belcove 2011

With an acrylic portrait of Bob Dylan looking on, they conduct a kind of performance-art version of Washington Week in Review.

Coffeehouse Stories: Two decades of wisdom in Del Ray 2010

Some Web sites have speculated that he may be an invented character, part of a performance-art hoax.

Mr. Brainwash: For Real? Candace Jackson 2010

Those who revere Vollmann are not just exhilarated when they see a title that's too long to fit in a Twitter update; at precisely the point when the business model of printing books seems perilous, they also want someone who is willing to push the page count to performance-art levels.

America’s No. 1 Tree Killer 2010