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tehching hsieh performance dia

Tehching Hsieh, a Taiwanese-born performance artist who fled to the U.S. in 1974 as an undocumented immigrant, is the subject of a major retrospective at Dia Beacon opening October 4. The exhibition features his five iconic yearlong 'lifeworks' from 1978 to 1986, including living in a cage, punching a time clock every hour for a year, and abstaining from art entirely, plus his final work, 'Tehching Hsieh 1986–1999 (Thirteen Year Plan).' The article includes an interview with Hsieh discussing the retrospective and his philosophy of time and repetition.

Tehching Hsieh: ‘I didn’t try to be a superman, my work is not about heroism’

Tehching Hsieh, the pioneering performance artist known for his extreme durational works, has opened his first retrospective, 'Lifeworks 1978-99', at Dia Beacon. The exhibition follows his gift of 11 major works to the institution last year and features six spaces designed to convey the relative time of his performances—including his five one-year pieces (Cage Piece, Time Clock Piece, Outdoor Piece, Rope Piece, No Art Piece) and the Thirteen Year Plan—using spatial measurements to represent 'art time' and 'life time'.

'The Last Supper:' Boise Art Museum exhibits artist’s lifework on death row final meals

The Boise Art Museum is exhibiting Julie Green's "The Last Supper," a collection of nearly 1,000 hand-painted blue-and-white ceramic plates depicting the final meal requests of death row inmates. The project, which Green began in 2000 after reading a newspaper clipping about an execution, spans more than two decades and is on display for the first time in its entirety in the U.S. The plates show comfort foods like fried chicken, tater tots, and honey buns, painted in cobalt blue reminiscent of 18th-century Danish porcelain.

Lifework: An Exhibition by KCAT Studio Artists

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is presenting 'Lifework,' an exhibition featuring seven artists from the Kilkenny Collective for Arts Talent (KCAT) Studio. The show, opening at the Municipal Gallery, dlr LexIcon in May 2026, pairs each artist's earliest works with recent pieces to trace their artistic development. The artists included are Thomas Barron, Declan Byrne, Lorna Corrigan, Sinéad Fahey, Fergus Fitzgerald, Andrew Pike, and Jason Turner.

Lifework: An Exhibition by KCAT Studio Artists

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council presents "Lifework," an exhibition of artworks by seven artists from the Kilkenny Collective for Arts Talent (KCAT) Studio. The show runs from May 9 to August 26, 2026 at the Municipal Gallery, dlr LexIcon in Dún Laoghaire, featuring artists Thomas Barron, Declan Byrne, Lorna Corrigan, Sinéad Fahey, Fergus Fitzgerald, Andrew Pike, and Jason Turner. Curated by Dominic Thorpe, the exhibition pairs each artist's earliest work with recent pieces to highlight their long-term artistic development. A concurrent showcase of inclusive artwork from the county will be displayed in Gallery Two, accompanied by workshops programmed by Moran Been-noon and Rayne Booth.