Needed: You—Performistanbul puts on Turkey’s longest ever-live event

Artist will direct the production, which was originally conceived as a cinematic tribute to her lifelong hero Maria Callas

Cuban artist has previously shown performance piece with horse mounted police officers in museum’s cavernous space

Nikolay Polissky's act took place at Nikola-Lenivets event, which is likened to the US Burning Man festival

The controversial figure has gone on hunger strike in protest at “lack of transparency” over legal process

The work deals with politial corruption and censorship, themes that are “especially important to discuss in the Trump era”, the artist says

The Bay Area artist and his team build massive machines that act in dangerous performances—and they are opening their first gallery show in New York

The performance piece, viewed by millions as a viral news story, was based on an ancient Greek myth of Kronos usurping the throne of Ouranos, the artist tells us

Stands are transformed into studios as live works lay bare artists’ practice

Sharjah show recreates late artist’s studio

Latin American and Latinx artists will create 75 projects across the Los Angeles area

Art dealer Thaddaeus Ropac and curator Maya Allison tell us how the nation’s creative ambitions have blossomed. Plus: Silver Lion-winning musician and artist Hassan Khan on his Abu Dhabi Art performance

The durational performance will take place at National Museum of Cardiff next year

The work Untitled (The Drop) will take place on three consecutive Thursdays in November

Russian artist famous for nailing scrotum to Moscow’s Red Square invokes the “great French Revolution”

Performance artist unable to raise $31m required for Koolhaas design

Artists like Marvin Gaye Chetwynd have prompted a rethink in the Tate’s approach to live art

Scheme aims to bridge gap between collecting and displaying the medium

Installation developed by Clare Twomey explores issues around collective labour

And the artist gives a hint of his upcoming performance at the Park Avenue Armory

The performer let loose at a sold-out talk at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago this week

The artist will also design marketing materials for the biennial of performance art

The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in in Humlebæk will stage reperformances of some of her most famous pieces

The Russian performance artist targets high-profile art events in his Foundling series

A petition launched by an animal rights group to block the work has attracted 20,000 signatures