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RoseLee Goldberg, director of arts organization Performa, comes up with the most informed judgment: the evening is not so much about performance art; rather, it offers tableax vivants made by artists who were asked to do something for a party.

Erica Abeel: Getting Voluptuous With Robert Wilson at His Hamptons Gala Erica Abeel 2011

RoseLee Goldberg, director of arts organization Performa, comes up with the most informed judgment: the evening is not so much about performance art; rather, it offers tableax vivants made by artists who were asked to do something for a party.

Erica Abeel: Getting Voluptuous With Robert Wilson at His Hamptons Gala Erica Abeel 2011

I am completely antisocial and prefer my own company to any human contact that does not involve me standing in front of a happy, laughing crowd of respectable and intelligent bon vivants or drunks who read literature.

Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

Bringing the 19th-century tradition of tableaux vivants up to date in the age of T.Rex and the Bay City Rollers, they attempted at least to turn posing into a fine art.

This week's new exhibitions 2011

I am completely antisocial and prefer my own company to any human contact that does not involve me standing in front of a happy, laughing crowd of respectable and intelligent bon vivants or drunks who read literature.

Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

For the "tableaux vivants" he works with his camera on timer and performs in character, selecting the final shots from hundreds.

Meet the best new artists in Britain Kate Kellaway 2010

Midcareer artists Gail Albert Halaban and Holly Andres both have domestic tableaux vivants: In Ms. Halaban's "Untitled (Valentine's kitchen)" (1990-2003), a 30-ish woman prepares a meal; in Ms. Andres's "Abby" (2006), a dutiful young girl brings food to the table.

Taking Nature's Refuge William Meyers 2011

Some are just young and carefree, some are practiced bons vivants with the lovehandles to show for it and a few are just, well… Irish.

Golf's Yearlong Happy Hour Hannah Karp 2011

$8,500 Enter the glamorous French Riviera lives of expats Dick and Nicole Diver—modeled after real-life bon vivants Gerald and Sara Murphy—with a first-printing copy of the F.

Asset Allocation: First-Edition Fitzgerald or a Dick Diver-esque World? 2011

Yet such a feast is increasingly unusual in France, even for bons vivants.

Altar to French Cuisine Hungers for Aid Christina Passariello 2011