performance art

noun

: a nontraditional art form often with political or topical themes that typically features a live presentation to an audience or onlookers (as on a street) and draws on such arts as acting, poetry, music, dance, or painting

performance artist noun

Examples of performance art in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Nitsch, who died in 2022, is often thought of as the father of the 1960s radical performance art movement Viennese Actionism, whose ethos Holzinger discussed in relation to her own in a New York Times article following the performance. —Lilyanna D'amato, ARTnews.com, 28 May 2026

In 2024, the city and downtown merchants began offering a variety of music and performance art acts inside establishments and on streets where the big party takes place the following day. —Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026

LimX Oli executing ballet-style dance moves during a live performance art debut. —Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 May 2026

Rhodes, 63, founded Sun Space in 2017 as a performance art venue for wayward artists who don’t properly fit the rigid mold of the Los Angeles club and bar circuit. —Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for performance art

• apart
• depart
• flowchart
• forepart
• impart
• pushcart
• rampart
• redstart
• restart
• subpart
• sweetheart
• upstart