Articles

Installation view of Kjartansson’s Take Me Here by the Dishwasher: Memorial for a Marriage. Photograph: Tristan Fewings/ Getty Images, courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine New York and i8 gallery Reykjavik

Taylor Hunt

Performance Art

Performance art stands out as a dynamic and boundary-pushing medium. Explore these five provocative examples and their ability to challenge and inspire.

Sun Yuan and Peng Yu via The Allure of the Matter.org

Louise Irpino

Sun Yuan and Peng Yu

Discover the works of Chinese conceptual artists Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, as well as the controversies surrounding their use of unconventional materials.

BBDragYoPerreoSolaMain.png. Frame from Bad Bunny’s music video “Yo Perreo Sola,” where he appears in drag. Via Bad Bunny’s YouTube.

Elizabeth Lang

PART III: Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rican Cultural Empire

Bad Bunny built his own Puerto Rican cultural empire by disrupting the United States’ cultural economy with his music and art in Spanish from the streets of Latin America. Here’s...

Bad Bunny holding the Puerto Rican flag during a protest in Puerto Rico in 2019. Photo by Eric Rojas for AFP via Getty Images.

Elizabeth Lang

PART II: Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rican Cultural Empire

Bad Bunny built his own Puerto Rican cultural empire by disrupting the United States’ cultural economy with his Spanish music and art in Spanish from the streets of Latin America....

Frame from Bad Bunny’s music video “La Noche de Anoche” featuring Rosalía and directed by Stillz, via Bad Bunny’s YouTube.

Elizabeth Lang

PART I: Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rican Cultural Empire

This is the story of how Bad Bunny built his own Puerto Rican cultural empire by being a disruption in the United States’ cultural economy with his music and art...

Courtesy of Art Basel

Emma Segrest

Matching Your Favorite Artists to Must-See Films

Your favorite artist can be an easy way to choose what to watch during your next movie night. Artists possess distinct styles, ideas, and aesthetics that can translate well into...

Candyman

Jesslyn Low

Paintings in Horror Films

Are you a lover of art? How about horror movies? Those who find themselves at this intersection will be happy to know that there are many films that combine these...

Yoko Ono via MoMA

Emma Segrest

Performance Art and Performing Arts: An Analysis

Performance art and performing arts may seem like interchangeable terms, but key differences distinguish the two and provide different outcomes from each medium.

Josué Bojorge is a Costa Rican professional MMA fighter who’s currently fighting for Lux Fight League and works at the MMA Costa Rica academy in San José, Costa Rica. Photo by Elizabeth Lang.

Elizabeth Lang

The Performative Art of Ballet and Mixed Martia...

Both ballet and mixed martial arts (MMA) are physically demanding forms of performance art that require intense training, discipline, and control of the body's movements. Josué Bojorge and Marisol Bagnarello...

L'Âge d’Or

Emma Segrest

Four Artists Who Experimented with Filmmaking

Whether you are looking to learn more about your favorite artist or searching for your next date-night movie, we cover four artists who experimented with films that will leave you...