Chilean-born, New York鈥揵ased artist Cecilia Vicu帽a stages a participatory meditative performance in conjunction with the opening of her exhibition,...
The 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 is one of the first encyclopedic museums in the US to fully integrate performance art into its collection, exhibitions, and programs. Performance art at the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 features a range of works by international, national and local artists, and encompasses a spectrum of live and participatory experiences, such as performances that unfold in the Museum鈥檚 galleries and engage with its collection, works that form part of cross-media contemporary art exhibitions, and interventions that appear in unexpected spaces inside the Museum or outdoors.
Since the opening of the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art in 2011, the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 has commissioned dozens of performance artworks and organized multi-artist, one-day performance art exhibitions, including Odd Spaces and Onto Objects: Performances by Patty Chang & Jeffery Gibson. These foundational, artist-driven projects questioned the role of performance art in a museum environment and reframed visitor鈥檚 experiences of objects in the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播鈥檚 encyclopedic collection.
The 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 has likewise presented a growing number of contemporary exhibitions across media that incorporate performance art into their checklists, including: Permission To Be Global/Pr谩cticas Globales: Latin American Art from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection, Shinique Smith: BRIGHT MATTER, Conversation Piece, Crafted: Objects in Flux.
Key acquisitions related to performance art include Amalia Pica's Now Speak!, and Lee Mingwei's Sonic Blossom. A 2014 presentation of Joan Jonas鈥 Reanimation, her first major work performed in Boston, lead to the acquisition of a related installation, Ice Drawing Sculpture.
More information and video documentation of select performance artworks can be viewed below through this chronological archive of past presentations.
Past Events
March 9, 2018
6:00 pm鈥9:00 pm
Learn to embroider while hand-sewing the civic study questions and answers that appear on the US naturalization test. This workshop is for anyone who...
June 2, 2017
6:30 pm鈥8:00 pm
A series of presentations inside 鈥淐lub Americano鈥 explore contemporary notions of American identity. Through academic and personal perspectives, we...
May 19, 2017
6:30 pm鈥8:00 pm
This evening gathering of diverse voices in 鈥淐lub Americano鈥 addresses how we perceive distant times and places through optical illusions, printed...
April 21, 2017
6:30 pm鈥8:00 pm
What brings us together? What sets us apart? Originating in London, gentlemen鈥檚 clubs became popular in much of the world during the19th century as...
July 8, 2016
12:30 pm鈥4:00 pm
Jakarta-based artists Tita Salina (b. 1973) and Irwan Ahmett (b. 1975) present Urban Play 鈥 Playing Data, a four-part performance and the culmination...
April 6鈥10, 2016
2:00 pm鈥7:00 pm
Lake Maligne is a seven-minute dance performance inspired by the exhibition "The Idea of North: The Paintings of Lawren Harris."
November 9, 2015鈥揊ebruary 19, 2016
10:00 am鈥9:45 pm
For her first solo exhibition, Boston-based artist Marilyn Arsem carries out the most durational performance to date of ther four-decade-long career...
October 12, 2015
10:00 am鈥4:00 pm
Witness an ancient African hairstyle from a sculpture in the collection re-created by the hands of stylist Kathy Montrevil on the head of artist Sonya...
April 15, 2015
7:00 pm鈥7:30 pm
Wilmer Wilson connects Boston鈥檚 streets with the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播鈥檚 collection in this walking performance
March 11鈥揂pril 9, 2015
10:00 am鈥9:45 pm
Opera singers offer the gift of song to visitors at the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播
February 11, 2015
6:30 pm鈥7:00 pm
Shinique Smith choreographs a dance performance as part of the exhibition 鈥淏RIGHT MATTER鈥
December 10, 2014
7:30 pm鈥9:00 pm
Talk with academic Grant Kester as part of the exhibition 鈥淐onversation Piece鈥
November 13, 2014
7:00 pm鈥8:00 pm
Renowned performance artist Joan Jonas brings "Reanimation" to the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播
October 22, 2014
7:30 pm鈥8:30 pm
Talk with Colombia鈥檚 Antanas Mockus as part of the exhibition 鈥淐onversation Piece鈥
October 15, 2014
7:00 pm鈥7:15 pm
Dancers from the Boston Ballet activate Sarah Crowner鈥檚 painting "Curtains"
September 7, 2014
3:30 pm鈥4:00 pm
Shinique Smith choreographs a dance performance as part of the exhibition 鈥淏RIGHT MATTER鈥
June 25, 2014
6:00 pm鈥8:00 pm
Regina Jos茅 Galindo performs a new artwork for the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播
May 26, 2014
3:00 pm鈥3:45 pm
Performance exploring the intersection of civic and military voices
May 26, 2014
10:00 am鈥1:00 pm
The artist lies in state in a coffin, parodying the 鈥渄eath of the artist.鈥
January 29, 2014
6:00 pm鈥7:30 pm
Performance art exhibition with works by Patty Chang & Jeff Gibson
January 20, 2014
9:00 am鈥3:45 pm
Hear excerpts of historically significant speeches
July 19, 2013
7:00 pm鈥8:00 pm
Pedro Reyes presents a new performance at the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播, Pharmasphere
May 15, 2013
11:00 am鈥8:30 pm
Performance art activates non-traditional spaces for exhibiting art at the Museum
March 27, 2013
7:00 pm鈥9:00 pm
Engage in a new performance, followed by screenings of rarely seen works
September 18, 2011
11:00 am鈥4:00 pm
Performance art that provides insight into life on the US-Mexico border
September 17, 2011
7:00 pm鈥12:00 am
Johnson conducts an interactive performance called "Messages."
September 17鈥18, 2011
7:00 pm鈥5:00 pm
Performance art: Sloss, Kerr, Rosenberg & Moore
September 17鈥18, 2011
7:00 pm鈥7:00 pm
Performance art that highlights the strength of the human spirit