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

Part wearable art, part sculpture, and sometimes part of a piece of performance art, Hall told me a story that makes up a piece of her inspiration to create the masks. —Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025

And after the last two hours of such high-value, intentional performance art, the song took on new meaning. —Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 12 Apr. 2025

Rajabian was arrested again in 2020 but not imprisoned, because of his album Middle Eastern, which was released, but was part of a larger performance art project that involved dance, painting and a book that were not realized. —Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2025

There were performance art elements from other vendors. —Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 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