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

Fame itself became a performance art for him, as well as a way to prove that there was no limit to the worlds that hip-hop could conquer or the spoils that Mr. Combs could earn. —Ben Sisario, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025

After all, the goal of the event wasn’t just to bring a performance art element to the traditional Seder dinner, but also to celebrate the simple art of coming together. —Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2025

Highlights include performance art by Liquid Mercury Fusion Dance, Orange Cat Tarot, live music by Ron Horvitz and a live art auction led by auctioneer Eric Lehew. —Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025

Ye also brought the spiritual performance art to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in the year of its debut. —Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 13 Mar. 2025

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