Hyperallergic

A Performance Artist’s Tests of Endurance Honor the Black Female Body

Ayana Evans’s performance for If Keisha Jumped Off a Bridge, Would You Do It Too? (photo by Jennifer Coard) I am convinced that the people who show up to Ayana Evans’s performances genuinely love and ...
Artnet

25 of 2025: 5 Trailblazing Performance Artists to Know

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, ...
PBS

'The Body is the Medium' Erica Felicella, Performance Artist

Performance artist Erica Felicella transforms everyday spaces into immersive stages. Originally just a pit stop, Dallas has become home for Erica Felicella. This North Texas performance artist ...
The New York Times

Performance Art Wasn’t on Their Radar. But, ‘What if’?

RoseLee Goldberg of New York’s Performa has long encouraged visual artists to take the leap of translating their ideas into real time and space. RoseLee Goldberg, the founding director and chief ...
Artnet

8 Must-See Museum Shows Celebrating Overlooked Women Artists

History’s great women artists have, in recent years, received glimmers of the institutional attention they’ve long deserved. While Hilma af Klint and Artemisia Gentileschi have broken through to the ...
The New York Times

At Frieze New York, Performance Art Takes Center Stage

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by This year, Frieze New York will offer three pieces by artists who approach performance “in radically different ways.” By Shivani Vora Listen to the ...