Performance Art Reviews

Everybody’s Father

April 2, 2026
By Rossen Ventzislavov
Alfred Jarry at Museu Picasso
Barcelona, Spain

In our polite era of museum-going, with millions of docile tourists gliding through galleries on a curated global quest for cultural osmosis, the kind of interruption “Ubu Revisited: Essential Poetry 1-BU” offered was energizing.

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Wayward Chant

March 9, 2026
By Yaniya Lee
Ligia Lewis at Gropius Bau
Berlin, Germany

There is stomping, sauntering, and twirling, sudden falling to the ground. Some gestures are elegant and careful; others are jerky and abrupt.

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On the Movement of Calibration

February 17, 2026
By Yon Natalie Mik
Lee Yanghee at Performing Arts Market in Seoul
Seoul, South Korea

It is a test of tradition and a public display of vulnerability, where the limits of training become visible in real time.

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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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