Thank God Kendall Jenner Is Here To Explain The History Of Performance Art

At least she's not teaching us ballet.

Do you know what performance art is? Because Kendall Jenner does. Sort of.

In a recent video for W Magazine, the supermodel pays homage to a few decades of performance art by cheekily reenacting memorable pieces by Yoko Ono, Marina Abramovic and the like. Along the way, she admits that her soul (no name provided) is an artist.

The video ― narrated by curator RoseLee Goldberg, who’s kind of a big deal in the performance art world ― is not quite as bad as Jenner’s attempt to impersonate a ballerina. (At least this one seems self-aware.) But it does feature a near-nude Jenner flailing in blue paint like a beached porpoise. So.

You can read the entire article that accompanies the video here (Jenner and her pal Gigi Hadid were apparently “transformed” by artists Lizzie Fitch and Ryan Trecartin for the cover, a celebration of W Magazine’s 10th anniversary).

Or you can watch the entirety (read: a very small portion) of performance art history in four easy GIFs starring Jenner, Hadid, and a shredded $10,000 dress. Kendall + Karl 4ever.

Yoko Ono’s “Cut Piece” (1965)

Yves Klein’s “Anthropometries” (1960)

Saburo Murakami’s “Passing Through” (1994)

Marina Abramović and Ulay’s “AAA AAA” (1978)

For a more comprehensive ― but equally silly ― history of performance art, check out our brief survey of confusing performance art here.

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