As 2024 comes to a close, the Artnet News team has taken a moment to reflect on the year in art. From gallery shows and museum exhibitions to biennials and art fairs, we’ve seen it all. Amid the ...

Tattoos. Body paint. Henna. All these are popular kinds of body art with varying histories and cultural connotations, many going back centuries or even longer. They all have something in common, ...

Postmodernism, subjectivity, and body art : a trajectory -- The "Pollockian performative" and the revision of the modernist subject -- The body in action : Vito Acconci and the "coherent" male ...