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. A century on from ...

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, defined and reinterpreted through different art ...

There’s no denying that Kanye West has been acting weird lately. But could his erratic behavior, apparent embrace of right wing ideology, and controversial statements about the legacy of slavery be an ...

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 fat ...

Painter, sculptor, and conceptualist Joseph Beuys is one of the most influential artists of the latter half of the 20th century. Beuys was born in 1921 in Kleve, Germany, making him just the right age ...

Joseph Beuys: Actions, Vitrines, Environments” at the Menil Collection is billed as the “first Beuys sculpture exhibition in the English-speaking world for 25 years.” This is partly because the oh-so- ...