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

The list typically includes prominent figures in the arts, such as, in 2025, visual artists Yoshitomo Nara and Mickalene Thomas, architect Annabelle Selldorf, and Miranda July, a novelist and filmmaker who has also ventured into performance art. —Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 15 Apr. 2026

The reinvention of Justin Bieber Without giving him too much credit, a deeper read of Bieberchella could land it somewhere close to performance art. —Reanna Cruz, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026

By the end, Mojave felt more like an performance art exhibition than a stage in the desert. —Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2026

In the weeks before her elimination aired, Jane Don’t staged one of the more quietly brilliant pieces of performance art the show’s fandom has seen in years. —Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 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