New Approaches to Performance Art

Study Day Program 2026

David J. Getsy (University of Virginia)

Lecture Jan 29, 2026, 6pm, mumok kino
Illegitimate Heirs: Queer Artists’ Claims on the Modernist Canon

Reading Workshop Jan 30, 10am−1pm, Department of Art History, University of Vienna, SR1 (3F-EG-07)
Queer Behavior: Scott Burton and Performance Art (2022), intro. & chap. 3

Jan 29−30, 2026

Sabeth Buchmann (Academy of Finde Arts Vienna)

April 24, 2−5pm, followed by a drinks reception. Kontakt Collection, Am Belvedere 1, 1100 Vienna
Performing bodies in/as/against systems − presentations and conversation with Sabeth Buchmann, Kathrin Rhomberg, Pierre Bal-Blanc and Daniel Grúň Reading Workshop April 25, 2026, 10am−1pm, Department of Art History, University of Vienna, SR1 (3F-EG-07)
TBA

April 24−25, 2026

Caroline Lillian Schopp (Johns Hopkins University)

Lecture June 18, 2026, 6pm, mumok kino
In-action: Viennese Actionism and the Passivities of Performance Art

Reading Workshop June 19, 2026, 10am−1pm, Department of Art History, University of Vienna, SR1 (3F-EG-07)
In-action: Viennese Actionism and the Passivities of Performance Art (2025)

June 18−19, 2026

To participate in a workshop
and for access to reading materials,
please register two weeks
in advance via
studydays.arthistory@univie.ac.at

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