performance art
Teen star Millie Bobby Brown mistaken for 'vomit artist'
Hollywood agents flew into a panic after confusing their client for controversial “vomit artist” Millie Brown.
Ed Sheeran gives a private concert for a sick fan
Ed Sheeran gave a special performance for Melody Driscoll, a young girl who suffers from a rare neurological disorder called Rett syndrome. The private show took place during a soundcheck...
Stunt at Tribeca Film Festival leaves photographers fuming
Media was left disappointed when celebrities didn't show up to a premiere on Thursday night.
Is this art? Man using his butt to hatch chicken eggs
Artist Abraham Poincheval is spending up to a month sitting on a dozen chicken eggs in a Paris museum. The performance artist hopes to become the first human hen, and has...
This performance artist is the world's newest 'rock' star
He’s the art world’s latest “rock” star. French performance artist Abraham Poincheval entombed himself Wednesday in a human-size crevice in this limestone boulder for a week at the Palais de...
Why do we hate pigeons so much?
Some New Yorkers think of pigeons as "rats with wings." Artist Tina Piña Trachtenburg, who calls herself Mother Pigeon, sees the common city scavenger in a much different light. "To...
Shia LaBeouf launches 4-year-long Trump protest
Shia LaBeouf has launched a four-year-long protest against Donald Trump -- creating a continuous public live-stream in Queens to broadcast people shouting "He will not divide us!" over and over...
NYC's top performing arts high schools
These high schools require auditions for performing arts or portfolios for visual arts 1. Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts 100 Amsterdam Ave., Manhattan...
Renaissance man Joseph Gordon-Levitt entertains subway passengers with drum show
The actor is calling on musicians to tape themselves performing impromptu live sets and post them online.
Shia LaBeouf punches fan in the face
"Oh man, you want me to punch you in the face?" LaBeouf replied. "I don't want to punch you very hard!"
Shia LaBeouf is spending 24 hours in an elevator
The "Transformers" star's latest public performance stunt is being broadcast live on the Internet.
Art world celebrates 40th anniversary of punk
Performance art biennial Performa 15 wrapped Sunday with a Hôtel Americano fête celebrating punk.
Shia's latest project: Hear his heartbeat online
The actor is walking around South by Southwest wearing a heart monitor that is transmitting his heartbeat live to the Internet.
Armory show makes a splash with reflective pool, piano
The Park Avenue Armory’s Drill Hall is gigantic — a 55,000-square-foot space that begs to be filled with awe-inspiring projects. Just last June the venue hosted a production of “Macbeth”...
Stage fright
Shelling out $100 million in taxpayer funds to build yet another performing-arts center in Manhattan never made much sense. With new, competing venues popping up — and existing ones renovated...
The art of spending
When the performing arts center for Ground Zero was first proposed, the idea was that it would become downtown’s Lincoln Center. The Post has been skeptical about this project from...
Meet the hipsters living in a 25-foot hamster wheel
Ever feel like you're on a big hamster wheel and you can't get off? Ward Shelley and Alex Schweder know that feeling all too well. The two performance artists are...
'Life and Death' is a surprising entertainment
Most performance artists are completely unknown outside of museum and gallery circles. And then there’s Marina Abramovic. The glamorous 67-year-old Serbian has reached such a level of hipster fame that...
Fuerza Bruta worker sues show after fall
Helping actors fly proved painful for one stage worker at a long-running Union Square show. An aerial rigger who helped bring to life “Fuerza Bruta” — in which performers swing...