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Marina Abramovic is a New York-based Serbian performance artist who began her career in the early 1970s. Active for over four decades, her work explores the relationship between performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind.

Abramovic was awarded the Golden Lion for Best Artist at the 1997 Venice Biennale. In 2008, she was decorated with the Austrian Commander Cross for her contribution to art history.

In 2010, Abramovic had her first major U.S. retrospective and simultaneously performed for 716 hours in “The Artist is Present” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. During this performance, Abramovic engaged in mutual gaze with more than one thousand strangers over the course of three months. Over 750,000 visitors came to see “The Artist Is Present” and Abramovic was inspired by the general public’s desire to engage with immaterial works. This is when her vision of MAI was born.

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Author & Musician Scott Guild Shares New Single 'Only Killers' With Cindertalk & Stranger Cat


Musician and writer Scott Guild has shared the haunting track 'Only Killers,' a collaboration with Cindertalk & Stranger Cat out now. The song is the latest release from his forthcoming Plastic: The Album, due May 31.

Review: KAGAMI, The Roundhouse


Thanks to some nifty “mixed reality” technology from Tin Drum, Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto is brought back to some semblance of life in Kagami.

The 2024 Art Of Elysium 25th Anniversary Heaven Benefit Honors Neil Gaiman


The Art of Elysium has announced the celebration of its 25th Anniversary Heaven benefit, set to take place on the eve of the Golden Globes in Los Angeles. Esteemed storyteller Neil Gaiman has been chosen as the recipient of this year's Visionary award.

El Performance Motherlines Explora La Diversidad Del Cuerpo Virtual En El Ex Teresa Arte Actual


En el marco de los festejos por los 30 años del Ex Teresa Arte Actual, la Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal) presentan el performance Motherlines de los artistas multidisciplinarios Eyibra (Abraham Brody) y Óldo Erréve. 

Ida Sophia wins $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize 2023


Ida Sophia has been named the winner of the Art Gallery of South Australia’s $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize, the nation’s most generous prize for Australian artists under forty. The winning performance-based video work, Witness will be premiered in the Ramsay Art Prize 2023 exhibition.

Pvssy Riot & Boys Noize Team Up and Bring Alice Glass Along for 'Chastity'


With 'Chastity,' Pussy Riot and Alice Glass wield Boys Noize's racing techno-NRG as a weapon of mass domination. The femme-fatale vocalists take turns drenching the Berlin producer's dark adrenaline with syrupy acid – and while it's an undeniable peak-time rush, a closer listen to the lyrics reveal disturbing new details.

Acclaimed Composer Mette Henriette to Release New Album 'Drifting'


Recorded at the recently relocated Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway, Drifting was completed at Studios La Buissonne with Grammy-winning producer Manfred Eicher and features pianist Johan Lindvall and cellist Judith Hamann. The 15-track record takes Mette Henriette in a bold new direction, as she connects with her deeper musical consciousness.

Performance Space New York Announces Spring 2023 Season of its HEALING SERIES


Performance Space New York has announced the Spring 2023 season of its Healing Series, the second part of its year-long reflection on the political potency of healing and the role performance plays in it, in the midst of what feels like a momentous shift in art-making to foreground modes and practices of care.

Baryshnikov Arts Center Presents UNAVAILABLE MEMORY: IN CONVERSATION WITH CUNNINGHAM & CAGE, October 27-29


Unavailable Memory: In Conversation with Cunningham & Cage is an evening of dance and music presenting Merce Cunningham's Totem Ancestor (1942) and Loops (1971) and six piano compositions by John Cage.

Donmar Warehouse Announces Four New Members On The Board Of Trustees


Donmar Warehouse Chair Adam Kenwright has announced four new members joining the Board of Trustees. Professor Hannah Thompson, Jonathan Kanagasooriam, Neil Blair and Sarah Carson join Adam Kenwright, Antonia Romeo, Gerard Lemos CMG, Jonathan Smith, June Sarpong OBE, Lucian Msamati, Susan Boster, Tessa Ross CBE, Tiina Lee and William Eccleshare on the Donmar's Board.

The Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival Continues with the LANDSCAPE by Elena Antoniou


The program of the 23rd Contemporary Dance Festival continues on Monday, 6th of June  with the LANDSCAPE performance by Elena Antoniou, which has been selected as the Cypriot participation in the Festival.

Salem Ilese & Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova Team Up for 'Crypto �¿Oy' to Raise Money for the Center for Reproductive Rights


'Crypto ₿oy' has gone viral across TikTok + Twitter with millions of views since Salem Ilese first posted the original on TikTok last week with an open verse challenge, even featuring stitched videos by July, sad alex and good problem. Now she's partnering with Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova to give both versions the NFT drop.

ABIGAIL LEVINE - REDACTIONS Announced At The Chocolate Factory Theater


The Chocolate Factory Theater presents the world premiere of Redactions, a new evening-length performance and publication by Abigail Levine.

The Makers' Ensemble to Present Four New Works


The Makers' Ensemble will presents their first-ever SHORT PLAY FEST. Produced by Founding Artistic Director Dante Green and Associate Artistic Director Camille Pileggi, four Curated Directors lead a work in progress showing of four new plays by four dynamic Emerging Playwrights.

Pussy Riot Releases “Laugh It Off” Ft VéRITé & Latashá


Russian protest art collective Pussy Riot’s release “LAUGH IT OFF” featuring New York based artist VÉRITÉ and multi-dimensional rapper LATASHÁ HERE, the second track from the upcoming project via Neon Gold Records (Charli XCX, MARINA, Christine and the Queens etc) later this year.

Llega a Madrid el festival WOW WOW WOMAN


El festival dedicado a la mujer tendrá lugar entre el 8 y el 13 de marzo en el Teatro Soho Club de Madrid.

Digidance Premieres BABEL 7.16 From Award-Winning Choreographic Duo Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui & Damien Jalet


DanceHouse, in partnership with Digidance, announces the Canadian digital broadcast of Babel 7.16 from two of the greatest names in contemporary dance - Belgian choreographers Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui & Damien Jalet, streaming December 8 to 19, 2021.

Digidance Premieres BABEL 7.16 From Award-Winning Choreographic Duo Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui & Damien Jalet


DanceHouse, in partnership with Digidance, announces the Canadian digital broadcast of Babel 7.16 from two of the greatest names in contemporary dance - Belgian choreographers Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui & Damien Jalet, streaming December 8 to 19, 2021.

Harbourfront Centre Premieres BABEL 7.16 From Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet


Harbourfront Centre, in partnership with Digidance, announces the Canadian digital broadcast of Babel 7.16 from two of the greatest names in contemporary dance – Belgian choreographers Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet, streaming December 8 to 19, 2021.

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of MTC's MORNING SUN


Manhattan Theatre Club last night, November 3, presented the world premiere of Morning Sun, written by Tony Award winner Simon Stephens, directed by Drama Desk Award winner Lila Neugebauer, and starring Tony Award winner Blair Brown, four-time Emmy Award winner Edie Falco, and Tony Award nominee Marin Ireland.

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