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The notion of collecting performance art can seem, at first, absurd. Like live music, performance art is an ephemeral medium, existing as a creative experience that the artist shares with his or her audience in real time… and then it’s gone. However, artists often document their performances—through photography, for instance—creating objects that can then be collected by art lovers and museums, and they can also sell the props and other materials tied to the performance. In fact, museums are filled with famous artworks that stem from performances—just think of Yves Klein’s body paintings, Jean Tinguely’s sculpture Homage to New York, and much of Joseph Beuys’s work. And while performances themselves are usually commissioned rather than purchased per se, that’s beginning to change: in 2009 MoMA bought Tino Sehgal’s performance Kiss, which involves a man and a woman re-enacting iconic kisses from art history. READ MORE
