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The grandiose and oldest international art event, La Biennale di Venezia (Venice Biennale), opened its 61st edition under the theme "In Minor Keys" by artistic director Koyo Kouoh. The events that built up to the opening last month were far from minor due to various protests that trumpeted loud ripple…

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A Year Without Summer review – Florentina Holzinger’s all-nude, orgy-filled, poo-pocalypse musical

Arts Centre Melbourne, Rising festival Exploring medical science, nature and humanity, the Austrian artist’s show is chaotic and not always coherent – and a thrilling vision of what theatre can be

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‘How can nudity be so provocative?’ Florentina Holzinger on rocking Venice with naked jetskiers, human bells and urine divers

The artist’s Austrian Pavilion, which features a performer ringing a bell with her body and another immersed in the audience’s own urine, is the talk of the biennale. Why is she so surprised by people’s reaction?

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Baby dolls, whale songs and swimming in urine: The Venice Biennale’s must-see national pavilions

The national pavilions that chime with Kouoh’s core values of nurture, intimacy and reflection are those that quietly steal this year’s spotlight.

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OPINION - The posturing over the inclusion of Russia and Israel is a betrayal of Venice’s vision

It feels wrong to cancel artists because you disapprove of what their countries are up to, writes Melanie McDonagh

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What not to miss at the 2026 Venice Biennale

Barenaked bell ringers, banned opera singers and mind-boggling dog-owner relationships … the art at this year’s biennale has people calling the cops

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Rapper Lil’ Kim to headline both Vivid Sydney and Melbourne’s 2026 Rising festival

Pioneering artist returns to Australia for first time in 15 years, with poet Kae Tempest and Afrobeat musician Seun Kuti also on lineups of winter festivals

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Moon review – gripping thriller follows an ex-cage fighter standing up to injustice

An Austrian trainer goes to Dubai to work with three teenage sisters, and realises they are trapped. But there is no hero-saviour narrative in Kurdwin Ayub’s film

The Guardian - UK

A Berlin audience has fake faeces thrown at them – and is moved to tears. So am I

We’re surrounded by news images of death and violence. Why do Florentina Holzinger’s visceral stage productions still have such impact?, asks Guardian columnist Fatma Aydemir

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Audience Members Require Medical Attention After Attending Sexually Explicit Opera as Theater Warns Visitors to 'Avert Your Gaze'

Despite its warning message listing potential triggers, a new opera about a nun's sexual awakening is still leaving theatergoers hurling toward the nearest restroom.

Latin Times

“This Is Disturbing”: 18 People Require Medical Attention After Watching R-Rated Opera

"Things happen on stage here that we are not otherwise used to in the opera house." The post “This Is Disturbing”: 18 People Require Medical Attention After Watching R-Rated Opera first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Opera of live sex and piercing leaves 18 theatregoers ill with severe nausea in Germany

Sancta by Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger has been criticised by Catholic leaders as ‘a disrespectful parody of the Holy Mass’

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Afternoon Update: Trump demands CBS be stripped of licence; man rescued clinging to esky; and a bear has brain surgery

The chair of the Federal Communications Commission says broadcasting licences cannot be revoked because a candidate dislikes coverage

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Eighteen treated for severe nausea in Stuttgart after opera of live sex and piercing

Florentina Holzinger’s bloody Sancta was criticised by Austrian bishops and is now a sellout in Germany

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Bring on the naked rollerskating nuns! The wild visions of Florentina Holzinger

Live tattooing, non-simulated sex, flesh hook body hoisting and an ejaculating helicopter – these are commonplace in the astonishing shows of Europe’s hottest director. But is her latest just too shocking?

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Tanz review: nudity, vomit and walkouts – yet this bloody ballet is beautiful, too

Austrian performance artist Florentina Holzinger’s exploration of ballet’s dark side is not just provocative but surprisingly thoughtful and hilarious

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Tanz review – gross-out body-horror ballet is an unlikely laugh

Florentina Holzinger’s show has inspired audience walkouts but others stay and cheer at its bloody-minded audacity

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A much-needed good times romcom or an exhibition that elevates rebellion into art? Our critics have you covered for the next seven days

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