Performance painting

10th Performing Arts Festival in Seoul opens

The artist talks about her new show, Unknown Women, in which she explores concealment of identity, the different ways in which she creates a painting, and how she loves to mix and match things

A guide to the most famous works of political performance art by artist and activist Tania Bruguera.

Trisha Brown creating a performative drawing, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2003. Courtesy Trisha Brown Dance Company

2019 Topic 8: Put a Brush on it 2019 Topic 8 It's Keren, introducing an intriguing topic: Put A Brush On It! Initially you might be wondering where this topic will go? Possibly you'll be imagining the stunning altered paintbrushes that are loved by so many but there's much more of a picture to be painted, so let's brush away a few historical cobwebs to begin. The humble paintbrush in its earliest forms has been around for 1000's of years but it was calligraphers in the Qin Dynasty (approx…

Julie Mehretu’s HOWL, "eon" (I, II) (2017) is an expansive exploration of the American West — its transcendent landscapes and violent colonial history.