PERFORMA

05/13/2026

The lineup is out 👀 Head to for the full story — then meet us at Town Hall on June 10. Tickets at the link in bio.

04/22/2026

Join us April 27th for a conversation with RoseLee Goldberg at Rizzoli Bookstore. To celebrate the revised edition of her book, Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present, will be in conversation with Whitney Mallett. The new edition of the pioneering study chronicles the current state of performance in an age where digital and web technologies are becoming increasingly dominant. Copies will be available at a signing to follow! 
 
Doors open at 5:30 pm.

03/10/2026

Performa is proud to receive our largest grant yet from ’s 2026 Cultural Development Fund! We send our thanks to the NYC Mayor’s Office, the City Council, and departing Commissioner for their continued support of the Performa Biennial, our artist commissions and public education programming. We are excited to be able to offer more opportunities to artists and cultural workers than ever with help from the fine people of New York City. Here comes Performa 2027!

02/26/2026

THIS WEEKEND: Diane Severin Nguyen’s WAR SONGS travels to The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles!

In her first live performance project, a Performa Commission for the Performa 2025 Biennial, Nguyen together with Music Director Laszlo Horvath and a cast of ten performers examine how images and media shape identity, power, and history. Adopting the format of an anti-Vietnam War concert, the performance reworks protest anthems, refracting the sound of past resistance through the contemporary zeitgeist to question how nostalgia shapes current ideas of freedom, purity, and collective struggle.

The West Coast premiere opens tomorrow, Friday February, 27 at MOCA’s Geffen Contemporary.

Tickets available

11/23/2025

TONIGHT! Join us tonight for the Performa 2025 Grand Finale at the Performa Hub (424 Broadway) with the iconic Crystal Waters 🪩

$25
Free cocktails

Co-hosted by .nyc and .clothing

🔗Tickets at the link in our bio

11/22/2025

Last chance to buy Barbara Kruger THE DROP items at the Performa Hub (424 Broadway) ‼️‼️‼️

11/22/2025

11/21/2025

“We have long admired Performa for expanding the possibilities of what live performance can be… The Performa Hub offers a rare opportunity to let architecture perform alongside the artists, transforming the city into a living stage.” — Elizabeth Diller

A look inside the Performa 2025 Biennial Hub at 424 Broadway, designed by , which closes this Sunday November 23.

This marks the first collaboration between Performa and Diller Scofidio + Renfro, though the two previously worked alongside each other on SCL 2110 organized by Rodrigi Tisi in Chile in 2010. Over the years, RoseLee Goldberg has written about Diller Scofidio + Renfro and their impact on contemporary art and architecture. This shared history at the crossroads of architecture and performance makes the partnership a natural extension of their work.

Come visit us!
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Scenic + Fabrication by Safwat Riad and furniture by USM.
 
 Photos: Bridgit Beyer

11/20/2025

Isabel Lewis’s 𝘋𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘨ä𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 runs through Sunday at the Performa Hub!

The workshop is designed to explore our relationships with one another, particularly how we are socialized to behave as groups. It examines the uncanny mirroring that occurs in social and political life, considering moments in which oppositional views intersect and mimic one another.

Featuring artistic collaborators Neva Guido, Marguerite Hemmings, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Niall Jones, Kris Lee, and Majesty Royale-Jackson.

Everyone with an interest and willingness to move and think through ideas in space is welcome. You can come and go as you wish, and no prior performance experience is needed.

ALL PERFORMA STUDIO EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Tap the link in bio to view the full schedule and learn more.

11/19/2025

Meet the cast of Aria Dean’s 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆: a new theatrical commission unfolding in a digitally reconstructed Tiergarten, where the Poet and the Philosopher’s date in the park becomes a broader meditation on the relationship between aesthetics and the nascent political movements of the 20th century.

Our first and second performances are sold out, but keep your eyes peeled for ticket releases in our stories

📅 Nov 20, 21, 22
📍 Abrons Arts Center
🔗 Tickets via link in bio