Vincent Van Gogh, “Two Cut Sunflowers” (1887) (all images via Wikimedia unless otherwise noted) “There are no ghosts in the paintings of Van Gogh, no visions, no hallucinations. This is the torrid ...

February 19th March 7th FRIGID NY 2020 and ETdC Projects Lab present: ARTAUD MARAT and The Inmates of His Mind.A ROI ESCUDERO performance-art -play, celebrating the sublime madness of Antonin Artaud ...

Drawing by Antonin Artaud from Antonin Artaud: Drawings and Portraits, MIT Press, 2019 (all images courtesy of The MIT Press) While his critical writings form the backbone of his reputation, most ...

Modern art was partially born in a climate of dissent as artists, from bohemia to the Dada movement, broke with the rules of polite society.

Performers danced outdoors, scaled fences, twirled fire and rappelled down the facade of Theater Artaud. Two arts administrators stripped naked for the cause. The audience downed beer and Brussels ...

Kantor, a Polish revolutionary of theatre, was also a versatile artist with an unceasing vision that he pursed without compromise. In order to acquaint you with this radical figure, we have decided to ...

The story of Antonin Artaud’s visit to Ireland in 1937 has almost passed into myth. This may have pleased the Marseilles-born writer, poet, dramatist, artist, actor and director, one of the few people ...

In our many meetings, the director’s conversation was as invigorating as the way he led audiences through the night in his staging of The Mahabharata The director draws inspiration from Artaud to muse ...