performance Archives

Marriage of the Sea (the Rape of Venice)

15 April 2024 • Mark Westall

On the occasion of the 60th Edition of the Venice Biennale, THE POOL NYC presents Marriage of the Sea (the… Read More

Southbank Centre announces International Performance & Dance programme for 2024-2025

8 February 2024 • Mark Westall

The Southbank Centre has revealed its 2024-2025 Performance and Dance programme, featuring an array of international work, contemporary collaborations and… Read More

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45m long bold painting & series of performances by Florence Peake head to Fruitmarket, Edinburgh

20 October 2023 • Mark Westall

Following a critically acclaimed exhibition and series of performances in London, Florence Peake’s most ambitious work to date is at… Read More

Serpentine Park Nights 2023: Art, Music, Dance, Poetry, Performance + Rave all *LIVE.

17 August 2023 • Mark Westall

Serpentine has revealed details of Park Nights 2023, its experimental, interdisciplinary, live programme sited within the annual architectural commission, the 22nd Serpentine… Read More

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JR- INSIDE OUT, a public performance presented by Gallerie d’Italia in Turin

4 April 2023 • Mark Westall

At Gallerie d’Italia – Turin from 5th to 10th April, Intesa Sanpaolo presents the public art performance, INSIDE OUT. The project that… Read More

What’s the afterlife of performed artworks? ‘Forum: Bread and games’ investigates

10 March 2020 • Irene Machetti

How do we perceive objects when they become “activated” by a performer? Can there be, thereafter, a neutral spectatorship? ‘Forum: Bread and Games’, curated by Natalija Pauni for Open Space Contemporary, reflects on these questions, considering the precariousness of authors’ ideas and authorship.

Performance of new work by Dimitris Papaioannou: Sisyphus / Trans / Form

11 November 2019 • Hannah Hayes-Westall

The site specific performance commissioned by Collezione Maramotti responds to a world class private collection with challenges about meaning and our interaction with the material world.

REVIEWS

Interview with Jeschkelanger & Hayk Seirig for Empty_Glass 05— a work of art for A Plus A gallery co-created by the artistic duo, the chef, and the public

11 September 2019 • Irene Machetti

The artistic duo Jeschkelanger collaborated with chef Hayk Seirig to present Empty_Glass 05. This immersive and overwhelming symposium resulted in an artwork exhibited at A Plus A gallery in Venice for the exhibition Anecdotes on Origin.

Modes of Performance

31 July 2019 • Paul Carey-Kent

Performance is present in many – maybe even all – artworks in some way, given that making is itself a performance. Here are three performative works I’ve liked recently:

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Mimetic food: how Heather Sincavage exposes trauma, and heals from it

16 April 2019 • Irene Machetti

Read my interview with Heather Sincavage. The performace artists employs food metaphoric properties (both symbolically and visually) to explore and explode trauma.

Marroni-Ouanely playful performances teach us to fail, at PUBLIC Gallery

7 February 2019 • Irene Machetti

The Italian-French duo Marroni-Ouanely’s debut UK solo exhibition at PUBLIC Gallery is full of unorthodox imperfections. Sit back, smile, and enjoy.

UPCOMING: The Salamander Devours its Tail Twice

14 November 2018 • Mark Westall

The Salamander Devours its Tail Twice is an international group exhibition, curated by Ashley Middleton, featuring works from emerging and established artists.

EXHIBITIONS

The art of dreaming, or how art can shape dreams

7 June 2018 • Irene Machetti

Last week Allegra Shorto launched a new program dedicated to the exploration of dreams through the lense of a wide range of artistic practices. The Freud Museum hosted the first experiment on May 25th

LIMINALITY 2 (THE UNKNOWN) exploring new cross-disciplinary works in visual-sound-performance.

13 January 2018 • Mark Westall

The second instalment in the LIMINALITY series, exploring new cross-disciplinary works in visual-sound-performance. Focusing on ‘the Unknown’ as a central theme, Liminality 2 includes artists and performers working across diverse practises, from film, installation, sculpture, live performance, drawing and printmaking.

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What’s Wrong With Art: Art Itself

30 December 2017 • Tabish Khan

Tabish Khan loves art and visits hundreds of exhibitions a year. But every now and then he comes across something in the art world that doesn’t meet his approval.

FUCK YOU WHERES MY SUGER? – 4-5 August, Cafe Oto, London

9 August 2017 • Staff

Artists Lucy Stein and Mark Harwood have fomented a technique of combative curation that militates against against the normal pleasantries of social events.

The Top 8 Art Exhibitions to see this week in London

23 July 2017 • Tabish Khan

Peformance, bling, escapism, wooden assemblages, figures, colours, rococo, a headless policeman and colourful screens.

Participate in Monica Ross’s Act of Memory at Venice Biennale

9 May 2017 • Ben Austin

Venice Agendas is inviting visitors to participate in the recitation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as part of… Read More

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The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week

18 July 2016 • Tabish Khan

Art critic Tabish Khan brings you the top art exhibitions to visit this week. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you. All are closing this month:

Performing for the Camera

4 March 2016 • Staff

The exhibition ‘Performing for the Camera’ at Tate Modern boasts many artistic names, including Yves Klein, Ai Weiwei, Francesca Woodman, Cindy Sherman and Erwin Wurm. However, the show is not simply a collection of famous works and artists. The way in which the exhibition is curated sensitively displays both well-known and unfamiliar works.

Review: Christian Marclay @_WhiteCube, Bermondsey

4 February 2015 • Eric Thorp

The exhibition is an overwhelming, audiovisual celebration which attacks the senses with an uncompromising energy

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PREVIEW: What Marcel Duchamp Taught Me @FASLondon

25 September 2014 • Mark Westall

The Fine Art Society is to present a major contemporary group exhibition marking the centenary of Duchamp’s readymade – a concept that challenged the very notion of art itself.