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Hermann Nitsch

(Austrian, 1938–2022)

Hermann Nitsch

Untitled

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Hermann Nitsch

Schüttbild / action painting, 2002

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Hermann Nitsch

Schüttbild mit Malhemd / action painting with painters smock, 2006

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Hermann Nitsch

untitled, 2011

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Hermann Nitsch

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Biography

Timeline

1938: Born in Vienna
1953 - 1954: Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Vienna
1957: Assistant at the Technical Museum, Vienna
: Creates the concept of the Orgies Mysteries Theater, a six day event that continues to captivate him throughout his career
1960 - 1966: Actions and exhibitions resulting in various court trials and three prison sentences, Vienna, Austria
1985: Würdigungspreis für Kunst by the Austriam Ministry of Education and Art
: Visiting Professor at the Academy of Art, Hamburg
1989 - 2003: Teaches at the Städelschule in Frankfurt (class for interdisciplinary art)
1989: Since 1989 teaches at the summer-academy, Salzburg
: Teacher at the Academy of Visual Arts, Frankfurt
2022: Died at the age of 83

Exhibitions

2013: Through a Glass Darkly: Faces Past and Present, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
: Senses and Being—Retrospective, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, Austria (solo)
: Personal Structures, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy
: East Building Opening, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
: Flesh and Blood, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel
: The Nature of Disappearance: Part 2 (Curated by Dieter Buchhart), Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
: About Caravaggio, Visioni & Illusioni Contemporanee, Scuderie Aldobrandini, Museo Tuscolano Frascati, Rome, Italy
: A Bigger Splash: Painting After Performance, Tate Modern, London, England
: Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
: Levitikus, Thoman modern, Innsbruck, Austria (solo)
: Gold, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
: Explosion: Painting as Action, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
: 135th Action at the 11th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba (forthcoming)
2012: Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation New Acquisitions and Prints, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2011 - 2012: Strukturen, Leopold Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria
: Bloodlines: Paintings by Hermann Nitsch, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, Colorado (solo)
: 60.Painting Action // 60.Malaktion, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
: L'Insoutenable Legerete de l etre, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York and Paris
: Staging Action: Performance in Photography since 1960, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: Hermann Nitsch Die Apotheke / The Pharmacy, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, NY (in collaboration with Mike Weiss Gallery) (solo)
: Staging Action: Performance in Photography since 1960, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: Personal Structures, 54. Venice Biennial, Palazzo Bembo, Venice
2011: Hermann Nitsch in Munich, Galerie Thomas Modern, Munich, Germany (solo)
: Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, Jersey City, NJ
2010: New Acquisitions, Musee d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, France
: Hermann Nitsch, Musee d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, France (solo)
: Personal Structures. Time-Space Existence, Kunstlerhaus Bregenz, Austria (solo)
: Hermann Nitsch Masterpieces of the Duerckheim Collection, Museumszentrum, Mistlebach, Austria (solo)
: Pentecost celebration: 130. Aktion, Hermann Nitsch Museum, Naples, Italy (solo)
: Das Orgien Mysterien Theater, Stella Art Foundation, Moscow, Russia (solo)
: Smelling, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, Austria (solo)
: Hermann Nitsch, Galleria Sant Agostino Casa d'Aste, Turin, Italy (solo)
: Stations of the Cross, De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, Tilburg, The Netherlands
: An Open Window on the World of Art, Galleria Civica dArts Moderna e Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
: The Past, the Present, and the Disciples of Nitsch, Box Art Galleria d'Arte, Verona, Italy
: Dirimart Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (solo)
: Works of the 56. Action Painting by Hermann Nitsch, Museumszentrum Mistlebach, Austria (solo)
: Stations of the Cross, De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, Tilburg, Netherlands
: 45 Jahre Hermann Nitsch, Nitsch Foundation in den Kavernen 1595, Salzburg, Austria
2009: Opening, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, Austria (solo)
: Ebb and Flow, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
: Five Year Anniversary Show, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
: Form as Strategy, Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture, Columbia University, New York
: Fondazione Morra, Neapel (solo)
: Opening of Museo Archivio Labratorio Hermann Nitsch Neapel (solo)
: Yamamoto Gendai, Tokio (solo)
: Galerie Weihergut, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
: Galerie Lelong, Zurich (solo)
: Triennale Yokohama, Tokio (group)
2008: Galerie Fortlaan, Ghent, Belgium (group)
: Fondazione Morra, Neapel, Italy (solo)
: Galerie Fortlaan 17, Ghent, Belgium (solo)
: Fondazione Morra, Naples, Italy (solo)
: Marina di Ravenna, sale espositive Park Hotel, Ravenna, Italy (solo)
2007: Opening of Hermann Nitsch Museums, Mistelbach, Austria (solo)
: Galerie publicbeaumont, Paris (solo)
: The Orgies Mysteries Theater, Galleria de foscherari, Bologna, Italy (solo)
: Galerie Hilger, Vienna (solo)
: Box art galleria d' arte, Verona, Italy (solo)
: Eye on Europe: Prints, Books and Multiples / 1960 to Now, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: Hermann Nitsch and Erika Schmied, Galerie 422 Margund Lossl, Gmunden, Austria
: Intensive Painting, Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva
: Reverence, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
: Retrospective, Nationalgalerie Staaliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany
: Twice Drawn, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, NY
: Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg (group)
: Realm of the Spirit, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
: Galerie Yamamoto Genday, Tokyo (solo)
: Mike Weiss Gallery, New York (solo)
: Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (solo)
: Galerie White Space, Peking (solo)
: Galerie Weihergut, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
: Primo Piano Livingallery, Lecce, Italy (solo)
2006: Galerie Curtze, Vienna (solo)
: Neue Galerie Graz, Graz, Austria
: Station Museum of Contemporary Art Houston, Texas, USA (solo)
: Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, USA
: Arte contemporaneo austriaco y pintura de la posguerra, Mexico City (group)
: Saatchi Gallery, London (solo)
: Le renard, Staatoper Wien, Vienna (solo)
: The Orgies Mysteries Theater, The Station Museum, Houston TX (solo)
2005: Entourage, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
: Performance: Burgtheater, Vienna
: Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
: Tango, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
: Site Santa Fe Biennial, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
: Graphische Sammlung im Stadelmuseum, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
: Galerie Curtze, Vienna
: Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien
: Haus der Musik, Vienna
: Performance: 2-Tages-Spiel des Orgien Mysterien Theaters, Schloss Prinzendorf, Austria
2004: Mike Weiss Gallery, New York (solo)
: Brucknerhaus, Linz, Austria
2003: Art Scarplin, Merano, Italy (solo)
: Fondazione Morra, Naples, Italy (solo)
: Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Germany (solo)
: Good Morning Balkan, Athens, Greece
: Retrospective, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg (solo)
: 20 years Galerie Steinek, Vienna (group)
2002: Fondazione Morra, Naples, Italy (solo)
: Gallery Fortlaan, Ghent, Belgium (solo)
: Hurlimannareal, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
: Haburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2001: Oberes Belevedere, Vienna, Austria (solo)
2000: White Box Gallery Philadelphia
: Palazzo Steline, Milan, Italy
: Galleria Communale D'Arte Moderna e Contemoranea, Rome, Italy (solo)
: Paradise Lost, Stephansstift, Hannover, Germany
: Faith, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CN
: 6 Views of the 6-Day-Play, Video Presentation, Barnsdall Art Park
: Gallery Theater, Los Angeles, CA
1999 - 2000: Das. 20 Jahrhundert - Ein Jahrhundert Kunst in Deutschland, Nationalgalerie Berlin
: Kiscelli Museum, Budapest, Hungary
1999: Mumok, Vienna, Austria
: White Box Gallery, New York, NY
1998: Out of ActionsÃ¢â‚¬â€Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979, MoCA, Los Angeles, CA
: Beyond the Pink, Video Presentation, Art Center, Pasadena, CA
: Galerie Frank Hanel, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
: Sinnlicher Sommer, KÃ¼nstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
: Galerie Beaumont, Luxembourg (solo)
: Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England
: Die Epoche der Moderne, Kunst im 20. Jhdt., Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
: Body, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
: Galerie Prantl, Oberlech, Austria (solo)
: St. Peter an der Sperr, Wiener Neustadt, Austria (solo)
: Underwoodstreet Gallery, London, England (solo)
: Neue Galerie der Stadt, Linz, Austria (solo)
: Retrospective, Musee D'Art et D'Histoire, Luxembourg (solo)
1997: Retrospective, Konsthallen Goteborg, Sweden (solo)
: Kunstraum, Innsbruck, Austria (solo)
: Galerie Giuseppe Morra, Fondazione Morra, Naples, Italy (solo)
1996: Galerie Stefania Miscetti, Rome, Italy (solo)
: Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Worlen, Passau, Germany (solo)
: Palazzo delle Exposizioni, Retrospective, Rome, Italy (solo)
: Kunstverein Gmunden, Hipp-Halle, Austria (solo)
: Retrospective, Sala Parpallo, Valencia, Spain (solo)
: Retrospective, Sala Parpallo, Valencia, Spain (solo)
: Retrospective, Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (solo)
: Galerie Barlach, Halle-K, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
1995: Retrospektivausstellung, Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria (solo)
: Ausstellung und Aktion in der Trinitatiskirche, Koln, Germany (solo)

Public Collections

: Guggenheim, New York
: Museo Capodimonte, Naples
: Museum Ludwig KÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¶ln Lenbachhaus, Munich
: Museum Moderner Kunst-Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
: Museum Neue Galerie, SaarbrÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¼cken
: Nationalgalerie, Berlin
: Nationalgalerie, Munich
: Musee Centre George Pompidou, Paris
: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
: Castello di Rivoli, Turin
: Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, New York
: Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, New York
: Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck
: Galleria DÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢Arte Moderna, Bologna
: Graphische Sammlung, Munich
: Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Boston
: MoMA, New York
: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
: Kunstmuseum, Winterthur
: Kunstmuseum, Winterthur
: The Richard Massey Foundation, New York
: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
: Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum, Linz
: Yale University Art Gallery, Connecticut
: Rupertinum, Salzburg
: Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg
: Sammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, DÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¼sseldorf
: Schloss Moorsbroich, Leverkusen
: Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart
: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
: Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
: Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
: Tate Gallery, London
: The Marino Golinelli Collection, Bologna
: Kunsthalle, Hamburg
: Kunstmuseum, Bern

Literature

2012: Ponce, Mildry. Action 135: Proposal of Austrian Artist Hermann Nitsch at the Havana Biennial, Cubanow.net, May 21, 2012
: Hosch, Rainer. Hermann Nitsch 60. Malaktion Part 1, In case you were wondering…, February 24, 2011
: Hermann Nitsch: Extension 1, Contemporaneousextension.com, February 16, 2011
: Hermann Nitsch: Extension 2, Contemporaneousextension.com, February 24, 2011
: Gusky, Bill. Hermann Nitsch, Artblog Comments, February 19, 2011
: Vartanian, Hrag. A Few Moments at Hermann Nitsch’s Chelsea Event, Hyperallergic, February 17, 2011
: Maliszewski, Lynn. Experiencing Hermann Nitsch’s First Live Action in the US, Hyperallergic, February 16, 2011
: Miller, Leigh Anne. Hermann Nitsch Takes Action, With Help From Friends, Art in America, February 16, 2011
: Schultz, Charlie. Maestro in Action, ArtSlant, February 20, 2011
: Kalm, James. Hermann Nitsch 60 Painting Action at Mike Weiss Gallery, Art Review, February 17, 2011
: Best Events, ReadyMade, February 24, 2011
: Rosenberg, Judy; Corrado, Damen. Eternal Laughter: Hermann Nitsch 60. Painting Action, Imperium Pictures, March 4, 2011
: Mulvihill, Evan. Bash Compactor: Gutsy Art, New York Press, March 30, 2011
: Kuspit, Donald. Hermann Nitsch - Mike Weiss Gallery, ARTFORUM, May 2011
: McClemont, Doug. Hermann Nitsch - Mike Weiss Gallery, ARTnews, May 2011
: Vaeth, Sarah. Hermann Nitsch at MCA Denver, ARTWRIT, May 2011
: Haden-Guest, Anthony. High Performance, The Art Economist , May 2011
2011: Hermann Nitsch's graphic art at the Vienna Leopold Museum, Yahoo News, November, 2011
: Rothberg, Rebecca. Hermann Nitsch Rises Again, On-Verge, February 21, 2011
2007: Hermann Nitsch get his own museum, The Art Newspaper, June 2007, illus.
2006: Ayers, Robert. The AI Interview: Hermann Nitsch, www.artinfo.com, November 2006, illus.
: Föl, Heike. Hermann Nitsch, Martin-Gropius-Bau, ARTFORUM, January 2007, illus
2005: Cotter, Holland. Walker Art Center Probes Created Fringes and Finds New Stars, The New York Times, Friday, April 15, 2005, illus.
: Riding, Alan. Powerful Collector Changes Course, The New York Times, Saturday, January 29, 2005, illus.
2004: Raymond, Jonathan. Hermann Nitsch, Mike Weiss Gallery, ARTFORUM, May 2004, illus.
1998: Smith, Roberta. When Art Became a Stage and Artists Actors, The New York Times, April 5, 1998, illus.

Hermann Nitsch

(Austrian, 1938–2022)

Hermann Nitsch

Hermann Nitsch

Hermann Nitsch

Hermann Nitsch

Hermann Nitsch

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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