Performa 17 commissions will investigate Dada's history of performance

Organisers of the seventh edition of the Performa biennial in New York have released an initial list of commissioned artists. This iteration of the show, which is on from 1-19 November, responds to the history of the Dada movement, which was more performance than object-making, says RoseLee Goldberg, the founding director and chief curator of the organisation.
The ten artists announced include William Kentridge, Kemang Wa Lehulere, Zanele Muholi, Tracey Rose, all from South Africa; the American