For her first New York solo show since 1995, French multimedia artist ORLAN is reminding viewers of what she’s best known for: The unusual plastic surgeries that transformed her face by adding ...

French performance artist Orlan, who has undergone numerous plastic surgeries to transform her face and body to challenge traditional perceptions of beauty, says art “has to shock.” And with her ...

Orlan has kissed patrons for cash, photographed herself as a saint, undergone cosmetic surgery, turned her cells into a living artwork and transformed her wardrobe into a room-filling patchwork piece ...