Performance art became known as the distinctive art form of the 1970s, and followed the Happenings and action art of the 1960s. The concept behind performance art has been linked historically to Russian "living newspaper" groups in the...

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If the arts are your passion, the District is a terrific place to live. From gospel choirs to the National Symphony Orchestra, D.C. has hundreds of arts and cultural groups as well as performance venues. Here are some of the major ones. Arena...

A naked performance artist who says she experienced fantasies of "interspecies metamorphoses" while working with dead pigs has angered British animal rights activists. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals criticized an exhibition where artist Kira O'Reilly sits naked for...

Students practiced their dances and songs between sandbagging relays outside their performing arts school, where the rising Red River threatened to flood the area."I thought I would get a lot of experience with this internship, but I didn't know that sandbagging would be part of...

Beverly Sills, the opera diva who won over fans worldwide with her sparkling voice and charming personality and became a powerhouse in the New York arts world, is gravely ill with cancer, The Associated Press has learned.Sills, 78, was chairwoman of the Metropolitan Opera until...