This is the second article in a three-part series looking at more "conceptual" forms of art. The first article looked at how citizenship can be shaped, ...

Joseph Beuys, three works from the Filzanzug (Felt Suit) series (all 1970), ... Through sculpture, performance, and ephemera, Beuys mocked stereotypically manly pursuits such as war, ...

Postwar German artist Joseph Beuys cemented his reputation for provocative performance art with a 1965 gallery action called “How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare,” in which people could ...

Politics Is Kanye West’s Meltdown a Joseph Beuys-Inspired Work of Performance Art? One Theorist Has It All Figured Out. Has Kanye lost it, or is it all a work of art, as one Kansas City deejay ...

Joseph Beuys–sculptor, teacher, performance artist, maverick politician and one of the most influential and controversial men of his generation in Europe–has died of heart failure at his home ...

Andres Veiel's new film now screening at Film Forum profiles German Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys, one of the most influential artists of the mid 20th century.

Almost 50 years ago, German performance artist Joseph Beuys visited Belfast at the height of the Troubles to give two landmark lectures on art and what it means to be an artist.

The exhibition, “Joseph Beuys: In Defense of Nature,” will include a reforestation effort that involves planting 100 native trees in Elysian Park and five at the Kuruvungna Village Springs in ...

Joseph Beuys revolutionized art in Europe after the Second World War like hardly any other artist. Known for quirky and provocative installations and performance pieces like a bathtub covered in ...