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Performance Art
October 15, 2019
MagazineJillian Steinhauer
The Art of the Unspeakable
How feminist performance artists found a way to express the trauma of sexual violence
May 30, 2018
MagazineJillian Steinhauer
Outside the Comfort Zone
Adrian Piper’s art plays with identity and confronts defensiveness.
May 19, 2017
Jo Livingstone
A Portrait of the Artist Who Had Himself Shot
A new documentary about Chris Burden shows the extreme performance artist’s “cuddly” side.
September 26, 2014
Alexander Woolley
Where Are the Plays Written By and Starring Women?
September 25, 2013
Marc Tracy
Cruz May Be Hammy, But He's Also Bringing the Beef

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