The transgressive, blood-loving Hermann Nitsch, a boundary defying artist who died this April at the age of 83, had his final hurrah at an Austrian castle in late July according to plans carefully ...

Hermann Nitsch, the Austrian artist who used blood, viscera, and splattered paint in ritualistic and often controversial artworks about religion, war, and metaphysics, died yesterday, April 18, 2022.

MEXICO CITY — On the eve of this city’s biggest art fair, Zona MACO, the Museo Jumex quietly decided to cancel its upcoming Hermann Nitsch exhibition. In a statement given to Artnet News, Nitsch ...

Nothing prepared me for the retch-inducing scent of gushing blood at Hermann Nitsch’s posthumous performance at the Prinzendorf castle, the late artist’s estate in Lower Austria. Even when paired with ...

Hermann Nitsch, “Schuttbild” (2011), acrylic on canvas and painting on vestment (image courtesy Marc Straus Gallery) The dual exhibitions of Hermann Nitsch’s work at the Hudson Valley Center for ...

An Austrian artist who became known as the 'enfant terrible' of art for shows that featured dead animals and lashings of blood has died aged 83. Hermann Nitsch died at a hospital in the Austrian town ...

Hermann Nitsch, the founding member of Viennese Actionism—a movement known for its violent, ritualistic performances that often confront moral taboos—died on 18 April at the age of 83. His death was ...

Vienna (AFP) – Austrian artist Hermann Nitsch, famous for his paintings and performances using human blood and animal carcasses, has died at age 83, his family said Tuesday. Nitsch died at a hospital ...

He was a founding father of a group of radical artists who used their bodies and other elements to upend art-making at the dawn of the 1960s. By Penelope Green Hermann Nitsch, the notorious Austrian ...

Hermann Nitsch, a leading artist of the Austrian avant-garde whose blood-splattered canvases and ritualistic performances involving animal slaughter and crucifixion sparked scandal and sensation in ...

Austrian artist, whose bloody installation for Dark Mofo has sparked protests and controversy, says he has never been interested in provocation “I was never interested to make provocation,” says ...

At the very beginning of 2026—when the new and the old had just completed their cycle of replacement—January arrived. Carl Freedman Gallery, MargateMunch, Bourgeois, Gormley and Baselitz go shoulder ...