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Not for Sale: Forever Radical?
Originally aired on Monday, April 23rd, 2007
How do artists today give shape to radical notions in performance work? As more and more museums, galleries, and art fairs add performance to their programs, can this material still carry the provocative edge of its precedents? A panel of artists, writers, and curators discuss whether the term "radical" still holds today, in the art world and in the broader social and political sphere. This panel discussion, entitled Forever Radical? and sponsored by PERFORMA, was held April 12, 2007 at New York University.

Panelists:

Laura Hoptman - Senior Curator of the New Museum of Contemporary Art
Greil Marcus - author and cultural critic
Adam Pendleton - artist
Emily Sundblad - artist and Co-Director, Reena Spauldings Fine Arts

Moderated by RoseLee Goldberg, Director of PERFORMA

(1 hour 50 minutes)
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