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Marina Abramović

Marina Abramović is an internationally renowned performance artist. Born in 1946 in Belgrade, her radical work draws upon her difficult childhood and oppression under the Tito regime.

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How shamanism is changing art - Arts Unveiled

The origins of shamanism, and how artists use these ancient practices.
CultureDecember 2, 202326:06 min
Podcast Inside Europe

Inside Europe 22.11.2019

French President Emmanuel Macron causes outrage amongst NATO allies – Can Venice be saved? - Prince Andrew steps down from royal duties – Serbia’s star of performance art – The exodus from southern Italy - Rick O'Shea drops in with a selection of books for Christmas - Oslo's annual Christmas gift to London – The decline of Scots Gaelic
PoliticsNovember 22, 201955:00 min
Euromaxx 18.05.2018 - Marina Abramovic

Inside Europe: Serbia's star of performance art

Marina Abramovic calls herself "the grandmother of performance art". She left Serbia in the 1970s and she's never staged a major exhibition in her home town, Belgrade - until now. The city's Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting a massive, career-spanning retrospective called The Cleaner. It's giving Serbia's young artists the chance to learn about the "Abramovic method". Guy De Launey reports.
PoliticsNovember 22, 201905:37 min
Deutschland, Brandenburger-Tor, Graffiti an der Berliner Mauer 1989

Far-out film project to be shown behind a fake Berlin Wall

Wrapped in mystery, the Dau project will have its visitors go through a replica of the Berlin Wall.
CultureAugust 28, 2018
Marina Abramovic Art Must Be Beautiful, Artist Must Be Beautiful

Marina Abramovic: A lifelong performance

She's renowned throughout the world for her performance art, a genre that she has influenced more than anybody else.
CultureApril 20, 201812 images
Marina Abramovic in The Cleaner

Eight hours with extreme performance artist Marina Abramović

Cult performer Abramović's art can be now experienced in Stockholm. Julia Hitz engaged with her latest work for a day.
ArtsMarch 1, 2017
Marina Abramovic

Encountering an icon: Marina Abramović

One of the world’s greatest and most radical artists turns 70: Marina Abramović.
CultureNovember 24, 2016
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Arts.21 - The Cultural Magazine | 19.11.2016

One of the greatest and most radical artists turns 70: Marina Abramović. An intense life.
CultureNovember 21, 2016