The tenth edition of the Performa Biennial will feature 40 artists and collectives from around the world, and will take place from 1-19 November across various venues in New York City
Performa Biennial of live interdisciplinary performance by visual artists has announced the full program for its tenth edition, featuring 40 artists from around the world. The 2023 edition will take place from 1–19 November across various venues in New York City.
Celebrating the extraordinary vitality, inventiveness, and significance of New York City, Performa Biennial 2023 is directed by a sense of political urgency. Across mediums, the featured artists are united by their commitment to environmental, political or cultural critique. This year’s Biennial includes: the Performa Commissions, a series of new works produced over the course of two years; the Finnish Pavilion Without Walls, which brings together experimental performance, dance and sound-based artists from Finland; the Performa Hub, featuring a range of programs including the launch of the Performa Archives; a new series titled Protest & Performance: A Way of Life; as well as partnerships with leading experimental cultural organizations across the city. ArtReview are the media partner of Performa Biennial 2023.
This year’s Performa Commissions will feature artists Nikita Gale, Julien Creuzet, Marcel Dzama, Franz Erhard Walther, Nora Turato and Haegue Yang.
Tickets are now available on the Performa Biennial 2023 website, designed by acclaimed New York-based design studio Pacific, which features a full schedule of performances and commission descriptions. The website will host live streaming of the performances through the Performa Broadcast platform.
Performa Biennial 2023 is organized by RoseLee Goldberg, Founding Director and Chief Curator; Esa Nickle, Managing Director and Executive Producer; Charles Aubin, Senior Curator and Head of Publications; Defne Ayas, Senior Program Advisor and Curator-at-Large; Kathy Noble, Senior Curator; Job Piston, Curator-at-Large; and Madeleine Seidel, Curatorial Assistant. Founded in 2004, Performa provides a worldwide platform for performance of the twenty first century. Since 2005, Performa has produced nine biennials, reaching an international audience of over 250,000 people and featuring more than 800 artists at over 200 venues across New York City.
The schedule of events is as follows:
Performa Commissions
Nikita Gale, OTHER SEASONS
4–5 November
Julien Creuzet, Algorithm true blood moves
10–11 November, Léman Ballroom
Marcel Dzama, To live on the Moon (For Lorca)
11–14 November, Abrons Arts Center
Franz Erhard Walther, Creation Needs Action
16–19 November, Judd Foundation
Nora Turato, Cue the Sun
Performance: 9–10 November, The New York Society for Ethical Culture
Digital work: 1–19 November, Fulton Center, Lower Manhattan
Haegue Yang, The Malady of Death
3–4 November, Peter B. Lewis Theater, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Performa Hub
Assaf Kimmel, The Performa Hub
1–19 November
The Performa Institute
1–19 November, Performa Hub
Protest & Performance: A Way of Life
4–19 November, Performa Hub
Finnish Pavilion Without Walls
SONIC TONIC ASSEMBLY
16 November, Pioneer Works
17 November, Performa Hub
Teo Ala-Ruona, Enter Exude
10–11 November, 154 Scott Ave
Niko Hallikainen, Lavender Deal
18–19 November, Tibet House
Anna Maria Häkkinen, Afterglow, low lingering slips of light
3–4 November, The Arts Center at Governor’s Island
Pilvi Takala, Artist-in-Residence
1–4 November, Performa Hub
Partnerships
Juni One Set, Boy mother / faceless bloom
16–18 November, Dia and New York Live Arts
Barnett Cohen, im a pause im a fiction im a pervert im a dream
3–5 November, Canal Projects
Karon Davis, Beauty Must Suffer
Salon 94 (Dates To Be Announced)
Jenna Sutela, Vermi-Sybil
2 November, Swiss Institute
