Hermann Nitsch: I show everything that is … I don’t know what is bad or good
18 June 2017 • Syndicate
Austrian artist, whose bloody installation for Dark Mofo has sparked protests and controversy, says he has never been interested in provocation
Tag: performance art
New York- based choreographer and dancer Trajal Harrell comes to London to get all Hoochie Koochie
15 June 2017 • Mark Westall
This summer, Barbican Art Gallery presents the first ever performance exhibition of the New York- based choreographer and dancer Trajal Harrell.
Crapumenta ! … Anger in Athens as the blue lambs of Documenta hit town
14 May 2017 • Syndicate
The Greek capital has been invaded by talking frogs, dyed lambs and marble tents. But many locals are furious at the ‘colonial attitudes’ of the German art extravaganza
Open Call for Live Artists: Venice Agendas 2017
2 May 2017 • Ben Austin
Live artists are invited to submit proposals for pop-up performances in Margate and Folkestone as part of Venice Agendas 2017: The Contract.
Marcelle Joseph Interviews Multidisciplinary Estonian Artist, Kris Lemsalu
16 March 2017 • Staff
After seeing her at Frieze New York and CONDO Marcelle finally gets to interview Estonian artist Kris Lemsalu.
What’s Wrong With Art? Performance Is Poorly Presented In Museum Exhibitions
30 November 2016 • Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan loves art and visits hundreds of exhibitions a year. But every now and then he comes across something… Read More
Preview: The Performance Studio Season Launch
14 September 2016 • Eric Thorp
Tonight The Nines, in Peckham plays host to the launch of The Performance Studio’s Autumn/Winter Season with Performances From Parisian artist Arianne Foks and London based artist John Costi.
Learning things from artists: Why performance art is lit.
30 July 2016 • Hannah Hayes-Westall
Why now is the time to get your head around performance art.
Ragnar Kjartansson review – a brilliant fusion of humour and sorrow
19 July 2016 • Syndicate
Barbican, London
Prepare to be enchanted by the playful, melancholy, sociable art of Iceland’s Ragnar Kjartansson
Wake up and smell the Manifesta: piles of poo and a look inside Houellebecq’s head
18 June 2016 • Syndicate
The art biennial known for pushing boundaries of taste has outdone itself in Zurich, sculpting a day’s worth of excrement, medically exhibiting the French author and making a Paralympic champion wheelchair on water
What’s it like to be part of a Performance Artwork?
17 June 2016 • Tabish Khan
It’s interesting to see how some people like to stay towards the edges in the darkness, while others prefer the centre and to be in the light.
REVIEW : The Performance Studio – Talk, So I Can See You
5 December 2015 • Eric Thorp
As performance art grows in popularity, with a new generation of artists, eager to push boundaries and traverse new territory, we check out a new platform which is aiming to develop and nurture artists and their practice.
Step into Oliver Jeffers’ secret art society
20 November 2015 • Mark Westall
He’s best known as an illustrator, but Jeffers also paints portraits – though you have to get access to a secret ceremony to see them, and after a few fleeting moments he dips them in paint so they are concealed forever
REVIEW: Nástio Mosquito – The Age I Don’t Remember
10 November 2015 • Eric Thorp
Nástio Mosquito is quickly becoming one of the most hotly tipped, young stars of contemporary art. His practice traverses video and music, performance and installation…
GOOD WORK: Join Women for Women International to raise funds to support women survivors of war and conflict
9 September 2015 • Hannah Hayes-Westall
The art world steps up. Join Women for Women International for an evening of installation, performance and fundraising – all to raise vital funds to support women survivors of war and conflict.
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
12 July 2015 • Tabish Khan
This week’s top 5 features a hoarder’s squat, coloured smoke, contemporary vanitas painting, haunting photographs and vibrant street art
Marina Abramovic reveals plans for her funeral, ‘the artist’s last piece’
1 July 2015 • Mark Westall
Performance artist, 67, wants three bodies – one real, two fake – buried in the cities she has lived in the longest, and singer Antony Hegarty to perform
Tabish’s Top 8 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
7 April 2015 • Tabish Khan
This week’s top 8 features Rubens, Onomatopoeia, moonlit landscapes, miniature sculptures, assault rifles, Surinam, emerging artists and internet cables.
Afghan artist dons armour to counter men’s street harassment
14 March 2015 • Mark Westall
Kubra Khademi’s eight-minute walk in Kabul wearing steel armour that emphasised her body shape inspires anger and death threats
Young Peckham: Bosse & Baum
20 February 2015 • Eric Thorp
With Peckham’s proximity to some of the countries leading art schools there has always been, and hopefully always will be, an active and interesting art scene.
Daniel’s Value and Ideas #54: Performing the Idea of Art
30 January 2015 • daniel barnes
Christian Marclay has just opened his first UK solo show since 2010’s The Clock. It looks like a major exhibition in a massive commercial gallery with nothing to sell, as if he has tricked White Cube into doing something for the love of art alone. Recent developments suggest a quietly burgeoning trend towards making a greater effort to conceal commercial interests behind a veneer of pure art in the form of performance.
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
4 August 2014 • Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan brings you five art exhibitions in London that you should visit during the week. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you.
Interview: Harold Offeh: Performing Covers
9 December 2013 • Yvette
‘Album covers are illustrations of music. The image has a really interesting relationship to audio and to text. What I found with a lot of them, particularly funk, and soul, is that you get a real articulation of black identity.’