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
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Sally King [Fan]: Buttholes shows at the Ritz were a full visual-oral spectrum of performance art and music.
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Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
The man in The Bean movement, a piece of performance art, has gone viral this month, with its Instagram account amassing more than 29,000 followers in about 10 days.
—William Tong, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
While Kaito Teppanyaki is performance art on a hot grill.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Aesthetically pleasing performances from this era of her musical career, alluding to her affinity for performance art.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 6 Aug. 2025
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Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
The man in The Bean movement, a piece of performance art, has gone viral this month, with its Instagram account amassing more than 29,000 followers in about 10 days.
—William Tong, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
While Kaito Teppanyaki is performance art on a hot grill.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Aesthetically pleasing performances from this era of her musical career, alluding to her affinity for performance art.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Performance art.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/performance%20art. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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