Khan Academy: Marina Abramovic: What Is Performance Art?

Students become familiar with the art and architecture and history of the Chicago World's Fair.  In this public arts project lesson, students compare and contrast fine art and public art through a study of the exhibits at the...

What is performance art? Is it theatre? Can it be dance? Where does the "art" part come in? This article seeks to answer these questions by tracing the origins of performance art.

In this film we join Marina Abramovic as she shares highlights from her performance works, discusses the amount of work that goes into staging one of her ambitious pieces, and tells us why it's never easy to explain what she does. [4:10]

In this video [1:27] Marina Abramovic talks about her first performance, when she was a child. To learn more about what artists have to say, take our online course, Modern and Contemporary Art, 1945-1989.

In this video [3:57] MoMA PS1 Director Klaus Biesenbach talks with artist Marina Abramovic and actor James Franco. To learn more about what artists have to say, take our online course, Modern and Contemporary Art, 1945-1989.

In this video [2:21] Performance artists talk about their workshop with Marina Abramovic in preparation for re-performing her works at MoMA. To learn more about what artists have to say, take our online course, Modern and Contemporary...

In this video [1:40] Marina Abramovic talks about how she shifted from painting to performance art. Created by The Museum of Modern Art.

In this video [2:16] Marina Abramovic talks about teaching a new generation of performance artists. To learn more about what artists have to say, take our online course, Modern and Contemporary Art, 1945-1989.

Research, art history, and web page creation! Sounds too good to be true. With tons of links and resources, the lesson provides you with everything needed to engage the class in an amazing art and research activity. They create...

A video [5:39] of artist Michael Landy discussing his performance art Break Down inspired by the work of Swiss painter and sculpture Jean Tinguely.