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.

Hermann Nitsch, “135.Action part 2” at the Havana Biennial (photo © Fondazione Morra, courtesy Museum of Old and New Art) “We are opposed to this event, which ...

Hermann Nitsch’s 150.Action performance on June 17 at the MONA Museum’s Dark Mofo Festival in Hobart, Australia. @christianbishopstudio/Instagram Prior to the weekend’s show, Nitsch’s plans to ...

Half a century after the initial transgressions of Viennese Actionism, Hermann Nitsch is still able to shock audiences with the mere thought of his blood drenched, carcass-filled art actions. Italian ...

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 ...

Dark Mofo, a festival hosted at the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), announced today it is cancelling tickets to a performance by the Austrian Actionist Hermann Nitsch in Hobart next month.

Hermann Nitsch pictured in front of one of his works at a 2006 retrospective. Gero Breloer/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images The performance art of Hermann Nitsch, a man ...

During a sacrifice, King Attalus presses two words into the liver of the slaughtered animal. Engraving by Bernhard Rode, ca. 1780. Wikimedia Commons Now 78 years old, Hermann Nitsch is a founding ...

Hermann Nitsch, ‘Vienna Aktionist’ who shocked with his gore-soaked performance art – obituary His work involved the ‘lacerating of raw meat, disembowelment of slaughtered animals, trampling on the ...

More than 1000 people had signed up to be in the audience on June 17 when Austrian artist Hermann Nitsch presents bloody “performance ritual” 150. Action. But Dark Mofo has announced ticket bookings ...