Arts & Culture
The Aesthetics of Performance and Ephemeral Art
Quick fact
Marina Abramović's 'The Artist is Present' (2010) involved her sitting silently across from museum visitors for a total of 716 hours—and the only trace left is the film and the memories of those who took part.
Why this is interesting
You can't buy a painting that disappears, but somewhere, someone is paying to watch a man sit in a room. Why would an artist create something meant to vanish?