MTV might take credit for getting spoken word on the pop cultural radar, but it’s a tradition that spans millennia and continents.

From its nineteenth-century origins, burlesque developed into a self-aware performance art that celebrates the female form and challenges social norms.

Jimmie Durham’s first North American retrospective opens at The Hammer Museum this month. Learn about his art, performance, and undying need to interrupt.

Artist James Luna uses his body as an intervention to white art-historical practices.