Marina Abramovic

Concurrent with "Art and China after 1989" now on view at the Guggenheim, we revisit an interview between seminal Chinese performance artist Zhang Huan and critic RoseLee Goldberg where they discuss how America affected Huan's relationship with China

This brief history of video art from Phaidon's Art In Time features pioneers of the moving image like Nam June Paik, Tony Oursler, and Peter Campus.

In time for the holiday season, we’ve scoured Netflix and Amazon Prime for the best art docs to watch as the tryptophan/eggnog/accidental snake venom takes over.

In this excerpt from Phaidon's Mona Hatoum, Michael Archer interviews the political multi-media artist on her approach to aesthetic agitation.

Featuring quotes from Marina Abramovic, Richard Prince, Jenny Holzer, Damien Hirst, Louise Bourgeois, and more.

In this interview with the famously forward-thinking MoMA PS1 director Klaus Biesenbach—excerpted from Phaidon’s monograph Marina Abramović—the artist looks back on her trailblazing career.

From visual surveys covering art history's full sweep to a chronicle of the evolution of the art exhibition, these resources will provide an easily affordable education at home.

From a new Robert Mapplethorpe documentary to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of an explosive artwork, here are five movies making a splash in Park City.

These works, each excerpted from Phaidon’s new book Body of Art, are some of the most famous examples of contemporary artists challenging the limits of safety, sanity, and decency in the name of aesthetics.

The conceptual photographer discusses how these disparate artists changed and challenged his ideas on the body in art.

In the spirit of summer blockbusters, we've compiled a list of the most righteous heroes and dastardly villains of the art world.

Here are some cutting-edge sites within driving distance of Manhattan that you should check out this summer.

The art historian and author of The Art of Forgery explains what drew him to this group of works.

On the occasion of Miart 2015, we rounded up Milan's must-see spaces for contemporary art, from blue-chip emporiums to upstarts attracting international buzz.

“An artist should be erotic” is just one of the inspirational aphorisms the artist presents in this excerpt from the new book Akademie X .

Here's a primer on a several themes and ideas to look out for in the season's most anticipated exhibition, from the queasy phenomenon of body panic to the rise of the artist-as-corporation.

The dancer Brittany Bailey reflects on her second collaboration with the legendary performance artist, and the virtues of the Marina Abramovic Method.

We explored the new experimental fair in search of surprises, discoveries, plain old beauty—and found that plenty were in evidence in the aisles.

A trained ballerina who has worked with Merce Cunningham, Michael Clark, and Marina Abramovic, Bailey provides insights into her philosophical approach to her work.

In the first of a new summer series, here's a roundup of a few art-world luminaries you should really think about adding to your feed.

We spoke to the famed painter of psychosexual dramas about riding the ups and downs of the art market, the Koonsian model of business, and the problem with art-school programs today.

From the storied Städelschule to Beijing's most selective academy, these are the international graduate programs in Fine Arts to know.

Viewers have been treated to a surge of new documentary films featuring artists, from a panoramic portrait of Sol LeWitt's career to a tribute to an art obsessive.

The star is just one of many celebrities who have attempted to bridge the gap between Hollywood and the art world. So why has his art received so much attention?

From the groundbreaking "Primary Structures" at the Jewish Museum (now being reinterpreted in a new show) to "WACK!" at L.A. MOCA in 2007, here's a survey of exhibitions that upended the way we look at art today—and how artists make it, too.

In his latest column, Walter Robinson considers the much-debated show from a few angles before honing in to focus on what really matters: the art.

With significant exhibitions debuting around the world this month, from a major debut at the New Museum to a desert-light extravaganza at David Zwirner, from these artists deserve your attention.

From a clock that goes back in time to a portrait of a great contemporary-art love story, these are works to snap up now.

Here are the exhibitions, artworks, and art events that Artspace's bright-eyed staffers loved this year, from Rudolf Stingel's Palazzo Grassi show to El Anatsui at the Brooklyn Museum.

In our first annual rundown of honors, we have accorded recognition to notable achievers across a whole spectrum of categories often overlooked.

Still need a costume (or thinking of one for next year)? Here's a guide to the tell-tale accessories that will transform you in to personages from Hermann NItsch to Marina Abramovic.