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Performance Art

FSB seeks nearly half a million rubles from art activist Pyotr Pavlensky

FSB seeks nearly half a million rubles from art activist Pyotr Pavlensky

Daily bread: artist to adorn a Birmingham church with Czech baked goods

Daily bread: artist to adorn a Birmingham church with Czech baked goods

Russian art activist Pyotr Pavlensky nominated for FSB award

Russian art activist Pyotr Pavlensky nominated for FSB award

All made up: painted bodies in performance art since perestroika

All made up: painted bodies in performance art since perestroika

Video by Bulgarian artist Gery Georgieva in UK broadcast

Video by Bulgarian artist Gery Georgieva in UK broadcast

Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky freed from serving sentence

Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky freed from serving sentence

Russian art activist Pyotr Pavlensky claims assault by police

Russian art activist Pyotr Pavlensky claims assault by police

Journey to Baikal: Lithuanian-American artist aims to explore Siberian shamanism

Journey to Baikal: Lithuanian-American artist aims to explore Siberian shamanism

Test of time: Marina Abramović on the transformational power of performance art

Test of time: Marina Abramović on the transformational power of performance art

Date set for Russian art activist Pyotr Pavlensky trial

Date set for Russian art activist Pyotr Pavlensky trial

Field studies: behind the Soviet-era art collective that continues to defy the norm

Field studies: behind the Soviet-era art collective that continues to defy the norm

Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky declared sane after psychiatric assessment

Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky declared sane after psychiatric assessment

Charges change against Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky

Charges change against Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky

Sons of anarchy: disaffected youth as you've never seen it before in new Russian comedy Rag Union

Sons of anarchy: disaffected youth as you’ve never seen it before in new Russian comedy Rag Union

Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky removed from Innovation competition

Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky removed from Innovation competition

Street appeal: a decade of socially engaged performance art from the former East

Street appeal: a decade of socially engaged performance art from the former East

Russian art activist Pyotr Pavlensky to stay in custody until March

Russian art activist Pyotr Pavlensky to stay in custody until March

Russian art activist Pyotr Pavlensky officially charged with vandalism

Russian art activist Pyotr Pavlensky officially charged with vandalism