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 ...

Despite the fact that he’s been making art for almost six decades, has three museums dedicated to his work, and is an influence on scores of younger artists, Hermann Nitsch is not a household name—at ...

Hermann Nitsch (1938-2022) is remembered in the arts of the second half of the 20 th century for his decisive role in Viennese Actionism. In 1957, he formulated the principles of what he called ...

For the two large paintings, the assistants paced down the median of the two parallel canvases. The consistent patter of footsteps seem to have lasted for 10 minutes. It was almost trance-inducing, ...