Video still from Christophe Chassol’s “BIG SUN” (2014) in ‘EN MAS’: Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean’ at the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans (all photos by the author for ...

The art world is crowded, but some voices rise above. In this series, we spotlight 25 emerging artists who have been defining 2025: painters pushing the canvas forward, sculptors reinventing form, ...

Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...

Portland Institute for Contemporary Arts’ Time-Based Art Festival grew into more than a local tradition in its 20-plus-year run. It’s an institution for the city’s visual and performance art community ...

Portraiture festival and performance of “Forever Is a Feeling” by Moveius Contemporary Ballet Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery—Kogod Courtyard Eighth and G streets N.W. Saturday, March 14 ...

Cover -- The Performing Observer -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Original Sources of Publication -- Preface: The Performing ...

Art in the Twenty-First Century is the longest running broadcast program bringing contemporary art directly to viewers like you. On October 17th, Art21's acclaimed broadcast series returns to PBS with ...

Vima, the first international contemporary art fair in Cyprus, was a thrilling experience for the island and visiting collectors, curators and art lovers alike, both for the edgy location in a former ...

A conceptual artwork titled “Comedian” sold at auction last November for just over $6 million. The piece consisted of a banana duct-taped to the wall, along with installation instructions and a ...