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 string-along was a Happening—a kind of experiential performance art that their philosophy class was talking about. —

Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2024 As a piece of prospective performance art, SocialAI may be genius. —

Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2024 Clausen, who specializes in performance art, fills the roles vacated earlier this year by Yasmil Raymond, who was the first woman to hold them. —

News Desk, Artforum, 12 Sep. 2024 They’re known to have higher engagement rates, can generate more creative and engaging messaging, and can span interest realms from performance art, to graphic arts and fashion. —

Michelle Greenwald, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for performance art

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Word History

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of performance art was in 1971

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“Performance art.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/performance%20art. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.

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