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Posing with Strangers: Jeanne Tullen's Photographs
Photographer Jeanne Tullen stages portraits in a combination of casual snapshots and performance art, finding strangers to pose with her as if the pictures were part of a family photo album. In her...
View ArticleDate With Death Bear
This bear doesn't do hugs. He's not even cuddly. But, Death Bear does promise to take your pain away, which is way more than any Care Bear can say.Nate Hill, the man who brought us Free Bouncy Rides...
View ArticleJudith Thurman on the work of Marina Abramovic
Judith Thurman on the work of Marina Abramovic. Judith Thurman on the work of Marina Abramovic.
View ArticleSpilLover: Balancing Oil in Times Square
When oil started gushing in the Gulf, Brooklynite Josephine Decker felt overwhelmed. She wanted to do something to call attention to the spill and start conversations about conserving oil. So she got a...
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A Panda Bear Punching Bag Comes to Brooklyn
Have a rough week at work? Did your significant other do you wrong? Has your cat run away or head to that big farmhouse in the sky? Well, for the next 24 hours you can call someone in Brooklyn who...
View ArticleColin Quinn on "Long Story Short"
Colin Quinn discusses his new one-man show, “Long Story Short,” directed by Jerry Seinfeld. He takes audiences through an uproarious history of the world in 75 minutes—from Ancient Greece and Antigone...
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Roll Over Beethoven: 'Ode to Joy' Remixes Come to MoMA
On Wednesday, artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla unveil a rather unusual piece at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA): "Stop, Repair, Prepare: Variations on 'Ode to Joy'for a Prepared Piano."...
View ArticleSITE Festival: Performance Art Fills the Streets of Bushwick
Bushwick's burgeoning arts scene takes it to the streets this weekend. For two days, the neighborhood's loft-dwelling artists will present music, performance art and dance on streetcorners and stages...
View ArticleThe Art of Moving Boxes
For a little over two hours Thursday in Union Square, multicolored boxes joined the tourists, skateboarders and local business people milling about in the sunshine. Brooklyn-based artist Arielle Falk...
View ArticleTribeca Film Festival: 'The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye'
When filmmaker Marie Losier ran into performance artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge in the early aughts, she had no idea that the chance encounter would become the film "The Ballad of Genesis and Lady...
View ArticleArt In Odd Places Festival Invades 14th Street
If you see anything strange along 14th Street this week, don't worry: it's probably just art.All week long, the Art in Odd Places festival turns Manhattan's busy thoroughfare into a museum with 70...
View Article"Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present"
Performance artists Marina Abramovic speaks about her career and the documentary “Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present,” along with director Matthew Akers and producer/co-director Jeff Dupre. The...
View ArticleWatch: Marina Abramovic Experiments with Neuroscience + Art
It's Brain Awareness Week in New York City. Renowned performance artist Marina Abramović talks about her new performance art project, "Measuring the Magic of Mutual Gaze," which blends neuroscience and...
View ArticleMarina Abramović; Kimani Gray Fallout; Valle Verdict
Performance artist Marina Abramović discusses her new project blending art and neuroscience called "Measuring the Magic of Mutual Gaze." During the interview, both her and Brian's brain waves will be...
View ArticleHorsing Around Grand Central Terminal
To help celebrate Grand Central Terminal's 100th anniversary, some horses will be grazing and walking around the Beaux-Arts station. It's part of an installation and performance piece by artist Nick...
View ArticleCarl Hancock Rux, In The Studio
The poet and novelist, Carl Hancock Rux, considers the written word to be a kind of performance art. His poems are often not recited, they are in fact performed — with a band. It’s a tradition that...
View ArticleGrammy Nominees; Bands To Watch In 2014; Joseph Keckler
In this episode: We talk about who got some love -- and who got snubbed -- in this year's Grammy nominee pool. Chris Richards of the Washington Post joins us with his take. Plus, we run down a list of...
View ArticleJoseph Keckler: An Operatic Performance Artist
Joseph Keckler has been variously described as a storyteller, balladeer, opera singer, and multimedia artist. Keckler describes himself as an "interdisciplinary artist." And The Village Voice named him...
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So You Want To Do Drag?
Drag queens and kings have had a long, important, and hilarious history in New York City. On this week’s Please Explain we’ll look at drag performance as an art form, political statement, and popular...
View ArticleVideo: Here's How to Make a Violin from Human Hair
To show that anyone can make music, with an instrument or an unusual coiffure, the London-based artist Tadas Maksimovas has used his hip-length hair as the medium in a violin performance project.Called...
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