Advancing the visibility, legacy, and scholarship of artists working in performance.

Programs

Cover to Cover

Ongoing: Second Saturday of each month
A 24-month reading series exploring all 76 issues, cover to cover. This drop-in group meets on the second Saturday of each month at PAM’s Education Center and is open to all.
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High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027)

2025–2027
A multi-institutional initiative dedicated to High Performance, the Los Angeles-based magazine that was the first international art publication devoted exclusively to performance art, and its enduring influence on contemporary art and society.
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Commissioned Reviews From Around the World

They Brought the House Down

February 3, 2026
By Austen Villacis
Redrawing the Rancho at the Rowland Mansion
City of Industry, California

Artists insisted on cutting through nostalgia to force the audience to grapple with the many realities of the house.

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I Feel Very Attacked!

December 23, 2025
By Francis Whorrall-Campbell
Part of PULSE at ICA, London
London, United Kingdom

Biogal exposes the seemingly self-evident logics of sex and the art institution as an aesthetic of bareness that requires its own artful response.

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The Life of the Party

November 29, 2025
By Neha Choksi
LAX Micro Fest 2025 at Pieter Performance Space
Los Angeles, California

The messy friction of a good party was achieved, even if questions remain.

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