Betty Grumble: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
Artist punches holes in UN climate report six hours a day for Dutch installation
June 2024
Banksy launches inflatable migrant boat artwork during Idles’ Glastonbury set
Band say they were unaware of stunt by artist until after their set headlining the Other stage
‘Give unconditional love to each other’: artist Marina Abramović silences Glastonbury for seven minutes
Serbian performance artist tells Pyramid stage crowd to confront cyclical violence in thousands-strong ‘collaboration’
Carolina Bianchi was drugged and assaulted a decade ago. Now she drugs herself on stage, night after night
The Brazilian artist’s show The Bride and the Goodnight Cinderella provokes debate – but, she insists, it doesn’t take a toll on her
May 2024
Australian arts in focus
Have you ever broken a bone? The law? A heart? How an encounter with a stranger changed me
A new start after 60
A new start after 60: I’ve been a rocket scientist and a teacher – but I love being an actor
Get Off review – walking the uncomfortable line between desire and disgust
Yan Wang Preston review – gloriously confronting art history in the nude
April 2024
You Are Going to Die review – nothing is off-limits in this naked meditation on mortality
Adam Scott-Rowley struts, writhes and jiggles his way from ancient Celt to Hieronymus Bosch wretch in this potent cross between physical theatre and performance art
March 2024
Artist behind Mona’s ladies-only lounge ‘absolutely delighted’ man is suing for gender discrimination
‘We are devastated’: London’s Vault festival to close after funding falls through
February 2024
Marina Abramović on Australia, backlash and ‘the encounter that changed my life’
The acclaimed artist handpicked eight names for a showcase in Adelaide. One recently made headlines – and another was surprised to be chosen
Why must I smoke my pubic hair? My wild day following Yoko Ono’s avant-garde orders
Polish an orange. Grieve for a made-up friend. Inherit a dead passenger’s luggage. As Ono’s ‘artwork instructions’ delight crowds at the Tate, our writer carries them out. Will he end up enlightened – or in hospital?
‘She gave me Lennon’s shirt to wear on stage’: Moby, Peaches and more on their encounters with Yoko Ono
As a major retrospective of her work opens in London, artists and writers recall their brushes with a cultural one-off
January 2024
The show inviting Australians into Palestinian life: ‘Artists can move nations if they want to’
For her next immersive work, Aseel Tayah is sharing her country’s food and culture. It was conceived before the war escalated – and has evolved continuously since
Pope.L obituary
American artist known for his epic street ‘crawls’ through 70s New York, who also showed at the Museum of Modern Art
‘Art is a form of protest that leaves no blood’: Zambian poet puts African voices on the spoken-word stage
Prompted by the struggles of motherhood, Vanessa Chisakula uses her art to address women’s rights, African identity and mental health – and gives others a platform to do the same
December 2023
Australian arts in focus
Melbourne’s Anna Schwartz gallery drops artist Mike Parr after political piece on Israel-Gaza war
Gallery owner, who has represented Parr for 36 years, says she was sickened by ‘hate graffiti’ in the work, but denies censoring it and has kept it on display
November 2023
‘Out of tune and out of key’: Covent Garden’s buskers fight back against bid to silence them
Performers say Westminster council move to enforce licences and restrict acts’ volume, staging and props threatens a centuries-old London tradition
