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Marina Abramović retrospective celebrates the grand dame of performance art – but questions the genre's future

In 1974, Marina Abramović performed a career-defining work at a small experimental gallery in Naples, Italy. The Serbian artist stood naked next to a table on which she had arranged 72 objects associated with pleasure and pain. They included a bunch of grapes, a jar of honey, a feather, a…

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Marina Abramović’s shocking Rhythm 0 performance shows why we still cannot trust people in power

In 1974, Marina Abramović dared an audience to use chains, lipstick and knives on her body – and their willingness to abuse her revealed frightening truths about misogyny

The Guardian - UK

Marina Abramović review – the artist is strangely absent

Knives, arrows, guns, nakedness… the performance art pioneer’s blockbuster 50-year retrospective underlines her bravery, yet sells it short with off-key re-enactments by stand-ins

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From Expend4bles to Marina Abramović: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether you’re after Hollywood beefcakes or intense performance art, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

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Marina Abramović has broken a 255-year-old glass ceiling. Why did it take so long?

The Serbian performance artist is the first woman to have a solo show in the Royal Academy’s main galleries – a telling indictment of the hurdles faced by female artists today

The Guardian - UK

Marina Abramović’s RA retrospective is terrifying and vital

Show documents vast legacy of brave artist who has turned her life into a relentless performance

The Guardian - UK

Marina Abramović at the Royal Academy review: nudity, danger and a whiff of woowoo

The later works in this survey get a bit crystals-and-trees, but the restaged historic performances have lost none of their power

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‘I wake up happy! I’m singing all day’: Marina Abramović on pain, love – and her recent brush with death

The pioneer of extreme performance art is exploring the possibilities of happiness as, at 76, she becomes the first woman to have a full Royal Academy retrospective

The Guardian - UK

Marina Abramović says she will ‘definitely not’ be dying for her art

Abramovic, 76, has previously created several conceptual art pieces that tested the limits of her body and mind

The Independent UK

Book now: 20 must-see exhibitions in the UK

The largest exhibition of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s work in decades is on show at Tate Britain along with paintings by his wife, Elizabeth Siddal. Fans of pre-Raphaelite art will be thrilled with “The Rossettis”, which features splendid loans alongside much-loved paintings from our national collections. Until 24 September 2023, Tate…

The Week

30 autumn arts highlights, chosen by Observer critics

From Scorsese and Madonna to a Philip Guston retrospective, a Maria Callas tribute and Armando Iannucci’s play on Tory chaos, our writers pick the best things to see this autumn

The Guardian - UK

Sarah Lucas, Philip Guston and women revolt: the best art and architecture of autumn 2023

An American great for the age of Trump, a baroque master’s feminine side and 20 contentious years for women’s art are among the highlights ahead

The Guardian - UK

‘Why would anyone put themselves through this?’ Melati Suryodarmo’s 12 hours of hell – review

Whether hand-crushing charcoal in break-free stints or dancing on bricks of butter, the Javanese performance artist engages full-on with soul crushing and seemingly futile punishment

The Guardian - UK

EXPO Chicago 2023 is an indoor-outdoor art extravaganza, from witches to unicorns

As the landmark 10th edition of EXPO Chicago kicks off, Jessica Klingelfuss explores the fair and this citywide art spectacle, from Derrick Adams’ unicorns to a witch-themed group show

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Willem Dafoe describes being the only actor ‘Inside’ for film about trapped thief

In the new film “Inside,” Willem Dafoe goes it alone as an art thief who breaks into a billionaire’s luxury penthouse with only seven minutes to get in, snatch a few multimillion-dollar paintings, and get out.

The Independent UK

‘It’s like going from a storm into a sunny room’: Idris Khan and Annie Morris on art and marriage

After 16 years as a couple, Idris Khan and Annie Morris are exhibiting their work together for the first time. They talk to Chloe Ashby about what it’s like being in a relationship with another artist

Bangkok Post

Marina Abramović returns for a special talk on Jan 25

Thumbnail picture courtesy of the Marina Abramović Archives. “History Of Long Durational Work And MAI” is the title of an upcoming lecture to be conducted by performance and conceptual artist Marina Abramović. It's scheduled for Jan 25 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre from 6-8.15pm, as part of the ongoing…

The Guardian - UK

The best art and design shows to visit in 2023

Queer Renaissance sculptor Donatello, Marina Abramović, David Hockney and a long-delayed mega-museum in Manchester – your art-design to-do list for the year ahead

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The Guardian - UK

Lucian Freud: New Perspectives; Marina Abramović: Gates and Portals – review

Lucian Freud’s dispassionate work speaks for itself in a liberating show without wall texts, while Marina Abramović pushes our critic to the brink

The Guardian - UK

Marina Abramović’s Gates and Portals review – why surrender your liberty to these wafer-thin ideas?

The artist is not present in her latest show. Instead, visitors are shuffled about by volunteers trained in her Method, with a hint of Blair Witch ritual

The Guardian - UK

A wave of Korean art, the sound of Turner and Freud goes to the races – the week in art

The V&A’s new show is a dazzling historical remix, Tate Liverpool sets an English master to music, while Lucian Freud’s love for the turf is revealed – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Marina Abramović’s cultural highlights

The artist on an exhibition made by spiders, cryptocurrency activism and her love of astrology

The Guardian - AU

Christian Thompson, the Australian artist taking over London’s streets: ‘I can be my own worst critic’

Thompson has worked with Marina Abramović, been among the first Aboriginal students at Oxford – and is now the first artist on display in Soho’s new Photography Quarter

The Guardian - UK

Socks, squats and sex workers: The Woman in the Window review

This thoughtful exhibition shows how artists have utilised windows for more than just voyeuristic thrills. But it has a Vermeer-shaped hole

The Guardian - UK

Marina Abramović: ‘I don’t want to have my life in control’

The performance artist is known for putting herself in challenging situations. Now, she says, it’s your turn, with a set of instruction cards aiming to ‘reboot your life’

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