Peres Projects

Hermann NITSCH (b. 1938 in Vienna, AT)

• Lives and works between Prinzendorf Castle, AT and Asolo, IT

Education

1953-1958

• Graphic Education and Research Institute, Vienna, AT

Current Solo Exhibitions

• Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
• Hermann Nitsch - Mythos Passion: Works from Sammlung Jaegers, Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche, Aschaffenburg, DE
• Hermann Nitsch: Sinfonia Napoli 2020, Museo Hermann Nitsch, Naples, IT

Current Group Exhibition

• Tense Conditions: A Presentation of the Contemporary Art Collection, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany, DE

Upcoming Group Exhibitions

• Richard Gerstl: Inspiration - Legacy, Kunsthaus Zug, Zug, CH
• Avant-Garde and the Contemporary: The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl, Belvedere 21, Vienna, AT

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2021

• Hermam Nitsch: Legend of Viennese Actionism, Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, LV
• Hermann Nitsch, Galerie Jahn und Jahn, Munich, DE
• Opera Gallery, London, UK
• Caspar David Friedrich/Hermann Nitsch: Intervention, Albertinum, Dresden, DE
• Hermann Nitsch: Paint as Material, Burg Vischering, Lüdinghausen, DE
• Hermam Nitsch: New Works, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, AT
• Bayreuth Prelude, Galerie RX, Paris, FR; Galerie RX, New York, US
• Hermann Nitsch: Color as material, Burg Vischering, Berenbrock, DE
• Works from the 86. painting action, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, AT
• Hermann Nitsch: New Works (new installation 2021), Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, AT

2020

• Bechter Kastowsky Gallery, Schaan, LI
• Hermann Nitsch: The Shape of Colour, Galerie RX, Paris, FR
• Nitsch – Color Rush, Jahn Pfefferle Gallery, Munich, DE
• Hermann Nitsch – New Works, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, AT
• Action Painting in the Open Color Spectrum, Zimmermann-Kratochwill Gallery, Graz, AT
• Cycles to Ressurrection, Nitsch Foundation, Vienne, AT
• Hermann Nitsch – The Orgies Mysteries Theater, Opera Gallery, Geneva, CH
• MARe Muzeul de Artă Recentă, Bucharest, RO
• Hermann Nitsch, Geuer & Geuer, Dusseldorf, DE

2019

• Reliques de 152ème action, Museo Hermann Nitsch, Naples, IT
• Hermann Nitsch: pittura, fotografia, disegni, Milan, IT
• Hermann Nitsch – La vie et le travail, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, AT
• Hermann Nitsch 80, Fondation Nitsch, Vienna, AT
• Hermann Nitsch: L’œuvre d’art totale, Lechner Museum, Ingolstadt, DE
• Marc Straus, New York, US
• Albertina, Vienna, AT
• Nitsch: Spaces of Color, Albertina, Vienna, AT
• Galerie Elisabeth and Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck, AT
• Richard Koh Fine Art, SG

2018

• Gallery 442 margund Iösel, Gmunden, AT
• Ausstellung Hermann Nitsch, memorial against the war, Osthaus Museum, Hagen, DE
• RX Gallery, Paris, FR
• Hermann Nitsch – life and work, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, AT
• Kurhaus, Hinterzarten, DE
• Massimo de Carlo Gallery, London, UK
• Hermann Nitsch - Solo Presentation, Marc Straus, Armory Show, New York, US
• Hermann Nitsch: Paintings 1957-2017, Büro Weltausstellung, Vienna, AT

2017

• Galerie Navrátil, Prague, CZ
• Tools and Relics of the Orgies Mysteries Theaters, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, AT
• Marc Straus, New York, US
• Kunsthalle Arlberg 1800, Innsbruck, AT
• Galerie Geuer, Dusseldorf, DE
• Hermann Nitsch and His Artistic Pilgrimage, UM MUSEUM, Bongdam Hwaseong, KR
• Hermann Nitsch – O.M.T. Colore dal Rito, Museum CIAC, Foligno, IT
• IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj-Napoca, RO
• Hermann Nitsch – das druckgrafische Werk, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, AT; Marc Strauss, New York, US
• Museum for printed graphics, Rankweil, AT
• Parenthesis, organized by the Goss-Michael Foundation as part of Dallas Biennial, The Box, Dallas, US

2016

• Feast of Existence: Hermann Nitsch and the Theatre, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, DE
• Posters from 5 Decades, Daniel Löwenbrück, Berlin, DE
• Paintings, Drawings, Print, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, DE
• Hermann Nitsch: Passion – Resurrection, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, AT
• Arena - Opere dall'Opera, Museo Hermann Nitsch, Naples, IT
• Rituals, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, AT

2015

• Marc Straus, New York, US
• Leviticus, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York, US
• ZAC, Palermo, IT
• Theatermuseum, Vienna, AT

2014

• Aktionsmalerei, Dirimart, Istanbul, TR
• New York 2011, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, AT
• Arena–Opera Dell’opera, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, AT
• Malaktionismus, Museo Hermann Nitsch, Naples, IT
• Das orgien mysterien theater, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, SK
• Carne e luce, Fondazione Ducci, Rome, IT
• Culture Industries Association, Hong Kong, HK
• Maculations, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, AT

2013

• Sinne und Sein: Retrospektive, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, AT
• World Metamorphosis, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, AT
• Hermann Nitsch, Studio Morra, IT; Alnitak Art Agency, Berlin, DE; Art Berlin Contemporary, Berlin, DE
• Performance Photography – 1960 to 1979, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, AT

2012

• Utopie Gesamtkunstwerk, 21er Haus, Vienna, AT
• Levitikus, Kunstkulturkirche, Frankfurt, DE
• Levitikus, Thoman modern, Innsbruck, AT
• Explosion! Painting as action, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
• Personale, Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, Klagenfur, AT
• Aus dem Gesamtkunstwerk, Galerie Walker, Schloss Ebenau, Feistritz, AT
• In vivo Hermann Nitsch, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR
• Galerie 422, Gmunden, AT

2011

• Hermann Nitsch in Munich, Galerie Thomas Modern, Munich, DE
• Hermann Nitsch Die Apotheke / The Pharmacy, Leo Koenig Inc. (in collaboration with Mike Weiss Gallery), New York, US
• 60.Painting Action // 60.Malaktion, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, US
• Bloodlines: Paintings by Hermann Nitsch, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, US
• Obsession and Intimacy: The body in contemporary Austrian drawings - from Alfred Kubin to Birgit Jürgenssen, B&M Theocharakis Foundation, Athens, GR
• Violenza, fruut, fiori e redenzione: Un discorso poetico su Caravaggio e Hermann Nitsch, Museo Hermann Nitsch, Naples, IT
• Das Sein ESSERE, Fondazione Alario, Ascea, IT

2010

• Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Étienne, Saint-Etienne, FR
• Hermann Nitsch Masterpieces of the Deuerkheim Collection, Museumszentrum Mistlebach (MAMUZ), Mistlebach, AT
• Personal Structures. Time-Space Existence, Künstlerhaus Bregenz, Bregenz, AT
• Pentecost celebration: 130. Aktion, Museo Hermann Nitsch, Naples, IT
• Das Orgien Mysterien Theater, Stella Art Foundation, Moscow, RU
• Smelling, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, AT

2009

• Opening, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, AT
• The Past, the Present, and the Disciples of Nitsch, Box Art Galleria d’Arte, Verona, IT
• Galleria Sant’Agostino Casa d’Aste, Turin, IT
• Dirimart Gallery, Istanbul, TR
• Works of the 56. Action Painting by Hermann Nitsch, Museumszentrum Mistlebach (MAMUZ), Mistlebach, AT
• Hermann Nitsch: Installation Roma 2009, Galleria Hofficina d'Arte, Rome, IT
• I paesaggi e la natura dell'arte, Museo Arcos, Benevento, IT
• Richard Wagner – Hermann Nitsch, l'estasi dell'immanenza, dall'opera totale all'O.M. Theater, Museo Hermann Nitsch, Naples, IT

2008

• Form as Strategy, Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture, Columbia University, New York, US
• Opening, Museo Hermann Nitsch, Naples, IT
• Herzlichen glückwunsch, buon compleanno Nitsch (per I 70 anni), Punta Campamella, Torre di Fossa Lo Papa – Tenuta Del Genio, Naples, IT
• Hermann Nitsch: Opere Recenti, Fondazione Morra, Naples, IT

2007

• The Orgies Mysteries Theater, Galleria de’ Foscherari, Bologna, IT
• Galerie beaumontpublic + königbloc, Remich, LU
• Galeria Box Art, Verona, IT
• Relitti 122.aktion Burgtheater Wien 2005, Fondazione Morra, Naples, IT
• Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuberg, DE
• Selected Works, 1960 – Present, Nitsch Museum, Museums Zentrum Mistelbach, Mistelbach, AT

2006

• Hermann Nitsch: New Paintings and Video, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, US
• Retrospective, Nationalgalerie Staaliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, DE
• Spac Villa Toppoflorio, Udine, IT
• Hermann Nitsch / Yang Shaobin, Alexander Ochs, White Space, Beijing, CN
• H-Aktivism, Galleria Primo Piano Livingallery, Lecce, IT

2005

• The Orgies Mysteries Theater, The Station Museum, Houston, US

2004

• New Paintings, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, US
• Graphische Sammlung im Städelmuseum, Frankfurt, DE

2003

• Art Scarplin, Merano, IT
• Fondazione Morra, Naples, IT
• Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, DE
• Living Theatre: Labirinti dell'Immaginario, Castel Sant'Elmo, Naples, IT
• Punta Campanella, Torre di Fossa lo Papa – Tenuta Del Genio Massa Lubrense, Naples, IT
• Della Ferita: Corpi e volti dell'Azionismo, Lattuada Studio, Milan, IT

2002

• 08.lehraktion Roma. Relitti-foto-video-documenti, Fondazione Morra, Naples, IT
• Gallery Fortlaan, Ghent, BE

2001

• Oberes Belevedere, Vienna, AT
• Hürlimannareal, Zurich, CH
• Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE

2000

• Palazzo Steline, Milan, IT
• Galleria Communale D’Arte Moderna e Contemoranea, Rome, IT

1999

• Mumok, Vienna, AT
• Kiscelli Museum, Budapest, HU

1998

• Galerie Frank Hänel, Frankfurt, DE

1997

• Retrospective, Konsthallen Göteborg, Gothenburg, SE
• Retrospective, Musée D’Art et D’Histoire, Luxembourg City, LU
• St. Peter an der Sperr, Wiener Neustadt, AT
• Galerie Beaumont, Luxembourg City, LU
• Neue Galerie der Stadt, Linz, AT
• Underwoodstreet Gallery, London, UK
• Sammlung Morra (1962-1997), Kunstraum, Innsbruck, AT
• Galerie Prantl, Oberlech, AT

1996

• Galerie Stefania Miscetti, Rome, IT
• Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Wörlen, Passau, DE
• Retrospective, Palazzo delle Exposizioni, Rome, IT
• Kunstverein Gmunden, Gmunden, AT
• Retrospective, Sala Parpalló, Valencia, ES
• Malaktion U. Ausstellung, Schömerhaus, Klosterneuburg, AT
• Galerie Giuseppe Morra, Fondazione Morra, Naples, IT
• Retrospective, Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca, ES
• Opera nella Collezione Contemporanea Permanente del Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, IT
• Relitti, partitura, foto, e film della 96.aktion Pfingstfest Festa di Penecoste, Fondazione Morra (Palazzo dello Spagnuolo), Naples, IT

1995

• Retrospektivausstellung, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, AT
• Galerie Barlach, Halle-K, Hamburg, DE
• Ausstellung und Aktion in der Trinitatiskirche, Cologne, DE

1987

• Hermann Nitsch: Das Orgien Mysterien Theater 1960-1987, Museo Diego Aragona Pignatelli Cortez, Naples, IT

1986

• Opere 63.aktion Triest 1978, Studio Morra, Naples, IT
• Opere e fotographie di azioni 1960 – 1980, Casa Morra, Naples, IT

1985

• Hermann Nitsch: Opere 1960-1985, Mercato del Sale, Milan, IT

1979

• Book Fair – Presentation of new books, stand Edizioni Morra, Frankfurt, DE

1977

• Hermann Nitsch: Documenti, foto, reperti 1974-1977, Naples, IT

1975

• Hermann Nitsch, Kunstmesse Wein, stand Studio Morra, Vienna, AT

1974

• Hermann Nitsch: Foto delle azioni 1962-1974, Studio Morra, Naples, AT
• Hermann Nitsch: Fotographie della 45.aktion, Galleria Diagramma Luciano Inga Pin, Milan, IT
• Fotodokumentation 45.aktion Napoli, 47.aktion Düsseldorf, stand Studio Morra, Art 6 '75 International Art Basel, Basel, CH
• Hermann Nitsch, stand Studio Morra, Düsseldorfer Kunstmarktes, Dusseldorf, DE

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021

• Radical Austria: Everything is Architecture, Design Museum den Bosch, Den Bosch, NL
• Claudio Costa | Hermann Nitsch, Il Viaggio nell'Ancestrale, Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venise, IT
• Grenzenlos, Galerie Jahn, Munich, DE
• Resistance, Maruani Mercier, Knokke, BE
• Radical Austria: Everything is Architecture, Design Museum Den Bosch, Bois-le-Duc, ES
• Tense Conditions, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, DE
• Cultura in movimento. Merano 1965-1990, Merano Arte, Merano, IT
• Odore l'art, l'odeur et le sacré, Galerie Pauline Pavec, Pris, FR

2020

• The beggining. Art in Vienna from 1945 to 1980, Albertina Modern, Vienna, AT
• Double lives, Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn, DE
• Standing Aside, Gdansk City Gallery, Gdansk, PO
• Passion Ferventness: The Art of Grand Emotions, LWL-Museum for Art and Culture, Munster, DE

2019

• Opera as the World: The Quest for a Total Work of Art, Centre Pompidou-Metz, FR
• Intriguing Uncertainties, Parkview Green Museum, Beijing, CN
• Hermann Nitsch/Julian Schabel, Galerie Elisabeth and Klaus Thoman, Vienna, AT
• Anne Frank: Holocaust Diaries, Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow, RU
• The Dark Side, Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, IT

2018

• Hermann Nitsch/ Elgar Esser/ Lee Bae/ Bae Bien-u, RX Gallery, Paris, FR
• Das Orgien Mysterien Theater, Massimo De Carlo, London, UK

2017

• Psycho Drawing: Art Brut and the 60s and 70s in Austria, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, AT
• Germischter satz Hermann Nitsch und Vroni Schwegler, Verein für Originalradierung, Munich, DE
• Hermann Nitsch/Julian Beck Shozo Shimamoto/Joseph Beuys, Casa Morra, Naples, IT
• Reinheit und Ritual – Hans Karl Kandel und Hermann Nitsch, Galerie Fürth, Furth, DE

2016

Feast of Existence. Hermann Nitsch and the Theatre, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, DE

• Crocifissi-kreuzigungen, Françis Bacon – Hermann Nitsch – Concetto Pozzati, Galerie 422, Gmunden, AT
• Body, Psyche and Taboo, Palazzo Montanari, Bologna, IT
• Closed Universe? New Forms of Vienna Actionism in Contemporary Art?, Mumok, Vienna, AT
• Feast of Pentecost, Museum villa Stuck, Munich, DE

2015

• Allegories & Existence, Summerhall Edinburgh, UK
• Sleepess, 21er haus – Museum for Contemporary Art, Vienna, AT
• Leviticus, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York, US
• Vienna for Art’s Sake, Winterpalais, Vienna, AT
• My Body is the Event, Mumok, Vienna, AT
• Theatermuseum, Vienna, AT

2014

• Aktionsmalerei, Galerie Dirimart, Istanbul, TR
• Made in Austria, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, AT
• I’m dialog-wiener aktionismus, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, AT
• Fleisch und Licht (Carne e Luce), Fondazione Ducci, Rome, IT
• Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, SK
• Hermann Nitsch: Orgien Mysterien Theater, Culture Industries Association (ICA) Gallery, Hong Kong, HK

2013

• Personal Structures, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, IT
• La perversión de lo clásico : anarquía de los relatos, Museo Archeologico, Naples, IT; Cuba Pavillon, Seville, ES
• 55th Venice Biennial, Venice, IT
• Flesh and Blood, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, IL
• Faces Past and Present, Ernst Museum, Budapest, HU
• Seeing Wagner, K.u.k. post-and Telegraphenamt, Vienna, AT
• Ernesto Balducci and the ‘Mass of the Artists’, Fondazione Ernesto Balducci, Palazzo Medici Ricardi, Florence, IT
• Duetto per Napoli (attersee e nitsch), Castel Dell’ovo, Naples, IT

2012

• Explosion: Painting as Action, Moderna Musee, Stockholm, SE
• About Caravaggio, Scuderie Aldobrandini, Frascati, IT
• Explosion: The legacy of Jackson Pollock, Fondation Joan Miró, Barcelona, ES
• A Bigger Splash: Painting after Performance Art, Tate Modern, London, UK

2011

• Blood lines, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Colorado, US
• Staging Action: Performance in Photography Since 1960, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, US
• Obsession and Intimacy: the Body in Contemporary Austrian drawings- from Alfred Kubin to Birgit Jürgenssen, B&M Theocharakis Foundation, Athens, GR
• Personal Structures, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, IT

2010

• Personal Structures. Time – Space – Existence, Masterpieces from the Duerckheim Collection, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, AT
• Exhibition of Drawings, Cabinet des dessins, Museo Hermann Nitsch, Naples, IT; Musée d’art moderne, St. Etienne, FR

2009

• An Open Window on the World of Art, Galleria Civica D'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, IT
• Stations of the Cross, De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, Tilburg, NL
• Quinta triennale d'arte sacra Contemporanea, Seminario Arcivescovile, Lecce, IT
• Cose mai viste. The Road to Contemporary, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, IT
• Madre Coraggio, Villa Rufolo, Ravello, IT

2008

• Five Year Anniversary Show, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, USA
• Ebb and Flow, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, USA

2007

• Ultime Ultime Cene, Galleria Gruppo Credito Valtellinese, Milan, IT

2006

• Eye on Europe: Prints, Books and Multiples/1960 to Now, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, US
• Twice Drawn, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, US
• Into Me/Out of Me, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, US
• Realm of the Spirit, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, US
• Reverence, Hudson Valley Centre for Contemporary Art, Peeksill, US
• Intensive Painting, Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva, CH
• Hermann Nitsch and Erika Schmied, Galerie 422 Margund Lössl, Gmunden, AT

2005

• Entourage, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, US
• The Giving Person. Il dono dell'artista, Palazzo Delle Arti Napoli, Naples, IT

2004

• Site Santa Fe Biennial, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, US
• Tango, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, US

2001

• Le tribù dell’Arte II, GAM, Rome, IT

2000

• Paradise Lost, Stephansstift, Hannover, DE
• Faith, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, US
• Arco Fiera d'arte Madrid, stand Studio Morra, Madrid, ES

1999

• White Box Gallery, New York, US

1998

• Out of Actions, Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, US
• Beyond The Pink (video presentation), Art Centre, Pasadena, US

1997

• Die Epoche der Moderne, Kunst im 20. Jhdt, Gropiusbau, Berlin, DE
• Sinnlicher Sommer, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, AT
• Body, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU
• Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
• Dadaismo Dadaismi. Da Duchamp a Warhol, Palazzo Forti, Verona, IT

1996

• Artisti Austriaci a Roma, Palazzo Braschi, RomE, IT
• Malerei in Österreich 1945-95, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, AT
• Mysterium Wein, Historisches Museum de Pflaz, Speyer, DE
• Chaos, Wahnsinn, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, DE
• L'Art au Corps, Musée D'Art Contemporain, Marseille, FR
• Tight: Sphincteric Arhatship, Tans-Hudson Gallery, New York, US

1995

• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
• Drawing on Chance: Selections from the Collection, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, US
• Kunsthalle, Budapest, HU
• L'Art Contemporain Autrichien, Rouen, FR
• Nutrimenti dell'Arte, Fondazione Orestiadi, Gibellina, IT

1994

• L’Incanto e la Transcendenza, Castel Ivano, Trento, IT
• Master Prints from the Collection, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, US
• Il Paese Della Meraviglie e le Tavole Della Legge, Castello di Volpaia, Volpaia, IT

1993

• Akademie Der Künste, Berlin, DE

1992

• Hors Limits, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR
• L'Incanto e la Transcendenza, Castel Ivano, Trento, IT
• Il Paese Della Meraviglie e le Tavole Della Legge, Castello di Volpaia, Volpaia, IT
• Casula, Kunststation St. Petri, Cologne, DE

1991

• Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, SE
• Galleria Civica di Trento, Trento, IT

1990

• Gegenwart-Ewigkeit, Groupiusbau, Berlin, DE
• Opere recenti e relitti della 84.aktion, Galleria Stefania Miscetti, Rome, IT

1989

• Luhring Augustine & Hodes, New York, US

1988

• Teilnahme an der Biennale, Sydney, AU
• Luhring Augustine & Hodes, New York, US
• Europe, America: A Selection from the Collection, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, US
• Gallerie Krinzinger for the artist's 50th birthday, Vienna, AT

1987

• Hirschhorn Museum, Washington DC, US
• Sei artisti Viennesi, Pari & Dispari, Cavriago, IT

1986

• Austrian Drawing, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, US
• Rennweg, Sala Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Madrid, ES
• Dal Profondo. Brus, Nitsch, Rainer. Contemplazione, energismo e mito, PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, IT
• Beuys zu Ehren, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, DE
• Arte Santa, Pinacoteca Comunale Loggetta Lombardesca, Ravenna, IT
• Recent Acquisitions: Contemporary Prints, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, US

1985

• Brus, Rainer, Nitsch, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, US

1984

• Arte Austriaca 1960 – 1984, GAM Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, IT

1983

• Der Hang zum Gesamtkunstwerk, Ausstellung von HaraldSzeemann u. a., Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, AT

1982

• Documenta VII, Kassel, DE

1980

• Art Basel, stand Studio Morra, Basel, CH

1976

• ArteFiera Bologna Prima edizione, stand Studio Morra e Pari & Dispari, Bologna, IT

1972

• Documenta V, Kassel, DE

1970

• Happening und Fluxus, Kunstverein, Cologne, DE

Selected Performances

2021

• Hermam Nitsch: 88. painting action, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, AT
• 87., 88., painting actions, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT
• 90. painting action, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT
• 89., 91., 92., 93., 94. painting actions, Bayreuther Festspiele, Bayreuth, DE

2020

• 157. action (private), Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT
• 158. action, Museo Hermann Nitsch, Naples, IT
• 82. painting action, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT
• 83. painting action, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, AT
• 84. painting action, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT
• 85. painting action, Museo Hermann Nitsch, Naples, IT
• 86. painting action, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT

2019

• 156. action, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT
• 80. painting action, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT
• 80. malaktion, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT
• 81. painting action, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT

2018

• Pfingstfest, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT
• 155. action, for the 80th anniversary of Hermann Nitsch, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, AT

2017

• Pfingstfest (Feast of Pentecost), Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT
• 150. action, Dark Mofo Festival, Hobart, AT
• 151. action for the film On Vladirmir Mayakovsky, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT
• 151. action, Casa Morra, Naples, IT

2016

• 147. action, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, AT

2015

• *Inauguration’s action, Theatermuseum Vienna, Vienna, AT
• *Feast of Pentecost, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT

2014

• *142. action, Feast of Pentecost, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT
• 77. painting action, Galerie Thoman, Vienna, AT

2013

• 138. action : 3-days-play, Centraltheater Leipzig, DE
• 140. action (teaching action), Abc berlin, Berlin, DE
• 66. painting action, Istanbul Contemporary, Istanbul, TR
• 141. action (teaching action), Nitsch foundation, Vienna, AT

2012

• 135. action, Havana, Cuba
• 64. painting action, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea, Mart Rovereto, Rovereto, IT

2011

• 131. teaching action, Leo Könin Inc, New York, US
• 60. painting action, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, US

2010

• 130 action, Künstlerhaus Bregenz, Austria; Pentecost Feast, AT

2009

• 56. painting action, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, AT

2008

• 20. painting action, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, AT

2005

• 122. action, Burgtheart, Vienna, AT

2004

• 120. action: 2-day-play, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT

2003

• 115. action, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, AT

2002

• 110. lehraktion (teaching action), Whitechapel art Gallery, London, UK

2001

• 107. action, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT

1998

• 6-days-play, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT

1997

• 40. painting action, Museum of the 20th Century, Berlin, DE; Vienna, AT; Kunsthallen, Gothenburg, SE

1996

• 96. action, San Martino, Naples, IT
• 38. painting action, Schömerhaus, Klosterneuburg, AT

1987

• 20. painting action, Wiener secession, Vienna, AT

1984

• 80. action: 3-days-play, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT

1980

• 69. action (3 hours), New York Art Fair, New York, US

1975

• 50. action: 24-hours, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, AT

1972

• 40. action: 12-hour-action, the Mercer art center, New York, US

1970

• aktionen, New York, USA; Munich, Germany; Cologne, DE

1968

• 25. and 26. action, New York, US
• 26. action, University of Cincinnati, US

1966

• 20. action, Vienna, AT

1962

• 1. action, Vienna, AT

Awards

2005

• Grand Austrian State Prize

Permanent Collections

• Metropolitan Museum, New York, US
• Tate Modern, London, UK
• The National Gallery of Art, Washington, US
• Reina Sofia, Madrid, ES
• Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
• The Museum of Modern Art (MoMa), New York, US
• Belvedere Museum, Vienna, AT
• Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), Brisbane, AU
• Albertina Museum, Vienna, AT
• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
• Städel Museum, Frankfurt, DE
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, CA
• Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Los Angeles, US
• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US
• Neue National Gallery, Berlin, DE

Selected Publications

2021

• Essl, Helmut (ed.), Hermann Nitsch, Berlin: Kerber Verlag, 2021

2019

• Schröder, Klaus A., Lahner, Elsy, Ellegood, Anne, Moebus-Puck, Julia, Zalkind, Nitsch: Spaces of Color, Vienna: Hirmer Verlag, 2019
• Spadoni, Claudio, Hermann Nitsch. Immagine, Argenta, Mercato Centro Culturale, 2019
• Assmann, Peter, Pajola, Sergio, Benedetti, Beatrice, Nitsch, Hermann, Hermann Nitsch. Katharsis, Mantova: Associazione Culturale Moz-art, 2019
• Karrer, Michael, Mclaughlin, Daniel, Nitsch, Hermann and Glozer, Laszlo, Hermann Nitsch. Das Gesamtkunstwerk, Dortmund: Kettler Verlag, 2019
• Belgin, Tayfun, Möbus-Puck, Julia, Hermann Nitsch. Eine Werkschau in Hagen, Hagen: Osthaus Museum, 2019

2018

• Herman Nitsch: Zeichnungen, Prinzendorf: Verlag Verein zur Förderung des Orgien Mysterien Theaters, 2018
• Zeichnungen 1957-2017, Vienna: Weiner Art Foundation, 2018

2017

• Herman Nitsch: Atlas, Foligno: Edizioni Viaindustriae, 2017
• Hermann Nitsch: O.M. Theater, colore dal rito’, Foligno: Edizioni Viaindustriae, 2017
• Hermann Nitsch: Celebrating Life, Cluj-Napoca: Iaga Contemporary Art Gallery, 2017

2016

• Hermann Nitsch e il teatro, Verona: Manfredi Edizioni, 2016
• Badura-Triska, Eva, Body, Psyche, and Taboo. Vienna Actionism & Early Vienna Modernism, Cologne: Verlag Walther König, 2016
• Möbus, Julia, Hermann Nitsch. Art de Temple, Aschaffenburg: Günther de Temple, 2016
• Hermann Nitsch. Ritual, Mistelbach: Metro Verlag, 2016

2015

• Karrer, Michael, Nitsch. Das Gesamtkunstwerk Des Orgien Mysterien Theaters', Cologne: Walther König Verlag, 2015
• Hermann Nitsch. Das Orgien Mysterien Theater, Palermo: Gilfo Edizioni, 2015
• Klocker, Hubert, Trabitsch, Thomas and Buhrs, Michae, ExistenzFest. Hermann Nitsch und das Theater, Theatermuseum Vienna, Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2015
• Rite of Passage, The Early Years of Vienna Actionism 1960-1966, New York: Hauser & Wirth, 2015

2014

• Karrer, Michael, Hermann Nitsch. arena - werk aus dem werk, Vienna: Metro Verlag, 2014
• Karrer, Michael, Hermann Nitsch. Sinne und Sein - Retrospektive, Mistelbach: Nitsch Museum, 2014

2013

• Edinger, Nikolaus, Karthartische Exzesse: eine reise durch die empfindungswelten des orgien mysterien theaters von Hermann Nitsch, - Hamburg: Disserta Verlag, 2013
• Karrer, Michael, Hermann Nitsch, Sinne und Sein. Retrospektive, Vienna: Metroverlag, 2013
• Haubenhofer, Dietmar (ed.), Das Konzept des orgien Mysterien Theaters - Malaktionen, Frankenthal: Verlag Vescon, 2013

2012

• Viola, Eugenio and Tolve, Antonello, Hermann Nitsch: 135.Aktion La Habana Cuba, Naples: Edizioni Morra, 2012
• Wetzlinger-Grundnig, Christine, Personale, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee: MMKK Museum Moderner Kunst Klagenfurt, 2012
• Wood, Catherine, Bigger Splash: Painting after performance, London: Tate Publishing, 2012

2011

• Aigner, Carl, Hermann Nitsch Strukturen – Architekturzeichnungen, partituren und realisationen des o.m. Theaters, Vienna: Brandstätter Verlag, 2011
• Hermann Nirtsch. Das Frühe Werk Die Essenz der Duerckheim Collection, Vienna: Residenz Verlag, 2011
• Hermann Nitsch. Das Orgien Mysterien Theater, Moscow: Stella Art Foundation, 2011

2010

• Meisterwerke aus der Duerckheim Collection,Vienna: Residenz Verlag, 2010
• Nitsch, Hermann, Essere. Teorie dell’Orgien Mysterien Theater, Naples: Edizioni Morra, 2010

2009

• Nitsch, Hermann, Das Sein - zur Theorie des Orgien Mysterien Theaters, Graz: Styria Verlag, 2009
• Zevola, Giuseppe (ed.), Das Malhemd, Verona: Position Plotting, 2009
• Eccher, Danillo, Il Teatro della Performance, Turin: Umberto Allemandi, 2009
• Hermann Nitsch. Das Orgien Mysterien Theater. Videos-Photographs-Paintings, Istanbul: Drimart, 2009

2008

• Hermann Nitsch. Retrospektive, Salzburg: Galerie Weihergut, 2008
• Koch, Wolfgang, Blut In Den Mund. Hermann Nitsch Am Wort A bis Z, Klagenfurt: Weiser Verlag. 2008
• Levy, Aaron, Blood Orgies: Nitsch in America, Philadelphia: Slought Foundation, 2008
• Freya, Martin, Der Nitsch und Seine Freunde, Graz: Styria Verlag, 2008
• Nitsch, Hermann, Museum Nitsch Naples, Naples: Edizioni Morra, 2008

2007

• Aigner, Carl, Die Farblehre des Orgien Mysterien Theaters, Vienna: Residenz Verlag, 2007
• Denk, Wolfgang, Museum Hermann Nitsch, Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007
• Martin, H., Winterreise: from Asolo to New York and vice versa 1974, Verona: Francesco Conz, 2007
• Schmied, Erika, Wieland, Schmied and Nitsch, Hermann, Nicht nur Farbe, sondern auch Blut, Weitra: Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, 2007

2006

• Sacquegna, Dores, H-aktivism. Hermann Nitsch, Lecce: Primo Piano Livin Gallery, 2006
• Hermann Nitsch. Neue Arbeiten, Salzburg: Galerie Weihergut, 2006
• Schmitz, Britta, Hermann Nitsch. Orgien Mysterien Theater Retrospektive, Berlin: Walther König Verlag, 2006
• Rychlik, Otmar (ed.), Herman Nitsch: 2005 Burgtheater Wien, Das Orgien Mysterien Theater, 122 Aktion 19 November 2005, Vienna: Edition Kunst Agentur, 2006

2005

• Hermann Nitsch. The Orgies Mysteries Theater’, Houston: Station Museum of Contemporary Art Houston, 2005
• Hüttler, Michael (ed.), Hermann Nitsch: Weiner Vorlesungen, Vienna and Cologne: Böhlau Verlag, 2005
• Spera, Danielle, Hermann Nitsch, Leben und Arbeit, Vienna and Munich: Brandstätter Verlag, 2005
• Partitur 122. Aktion, Prinzendorf: Das O.M.Theater, 2005

2004

• Morgan, Robert C., Hermann Nitsch: Paintings, New York: Mike Weiss Gallery, 2004
• Schütt, Jutta, Hermann Nitsch. Utopien auf Papier, Frankfurt: Städelsches Kunstinstitute, 2004

2003

• Hermann Nitsch. Eine Retrospektive, Klosterneuburg: Sammlung Essl Privatstiftung, 2003
• Rychlik, Otmar (ed.), Das Sechstagespiel, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2003

2000

• Rychlik, Otmar, L’Ultima Cena, Baden: Galerie Jünger, 2000

2001

• Cuma König Ödipus III. Fest, Prinzendorf: Das O.M.Theater, 2001
• Edipo re - una teoria di rappresentazione del dramma 1964, Naples: Edizioni Morra, 2001

1999

• Hermann Nitsch. Das 6-Tage-Spiel in Prinzendorf 1998, Vienna: Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, 1999

1998

• Partitur des 6-tage-spiels teil 1, Vienna: Freibord Verlag, 1998
• Partitur des 6-tage-spiels teil 3, Vienna: Freibord Verlag, 1998
• Partitur des 6-tage-spiels teil 2, Vienna: Freibord Verlag, 1998
• Aktionsmalerei und Relikte 1963-64, Vienna: Galerie Kalb, 1998

1997

• Green, Malcolm, The Fall of Jerusalem, London: Atlas Press, 1997
• Hermann Nitsch - Neue galerie der Stadt Linz 1997, Linz: Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, 1997
• Rychlik, Otmar, 20. Malaktion - Sammlung Mitterbauer, Vienna: Sammlung Mitterbauer, 1997

1996

• Hermann Nitsch – Das Orgien Mysterien Theater, Vienna: Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, 1996
• Die Wortdichtung des o.m. Theaters II, Vienna: Freibord Verlag, 1998
• El Teatro de Orgías y Misterios, Valencia: Edicions Alfons el Magnanim, 1996
• Das Orgien Mysterien Theater: Aktionsmalerei – Relikte – Aktionsfotos, Passau: Museum Moderner Kunst Passau Stiftung Wörlen, 1996

1995

• Zur Theorie des Orgien Mysterien Theaters - Zweiter Versuch, Salzburg: Residenz Verlag, 1995

1994

• Veit, Peter, La Composizione testuale del Teatro delle Orge e dei Misteri 1957-62, Naples: Edizioni Morra, 1994
• Cuma, I. und II. Band, Prinzendorf: Das O.M.Theater, 1994
• Oliva, Achile Bonito, Das Orgien Mysterien Theater – casina vanvitelliana del fusaro, Naples, Edizioni Morra, 1994
• Nitsch, Hermann, Veit, Peter, La Composizione Testuale del Teatro delle Orge e dei Misteri 1957-1962, Naples, Edizioni Morra, 1994
• Hermann Nitsch – Das Orgien Mysterien Theater, Klagenfurt: Kärntner Landesgalerie u. Internationales Grafikzentrum, 1994
• Hermann Nitsch, Torun: Fundacja Tumult, 1994

1993

• Die Architektur des Orgien Mysterien Theaters bd.2, Munich: Verlag Fred Jahn, 1993
• Denk, Wolfgang, Nitsch/Schwarzkogler – Rany a Mysteria/Verwundungen und Mysterien (pozice ve vídeňském akcionismu / positionen im wiener aktionismus), Prague: National Gallery, 1993

1992

• Hermann Nitsch. Pabellón de las Artes. Sevilla 01-20.09.1992, Vienna: Bundesministerium für Unterricht und Kunst, 1992

1991

• Hermann Nitsch, Trento: Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, 1991
• Passionen 1960-90. Aktionsmalerei und Relikte, Lübeck Kunst pro St. Petri, Lübeck: Kunst pro St. Petri, 1991

1990

• Das Orgien Mysterien Theater - Manifeste, Vorträge, Aufsätze, Salzburg: Residenz Verlag, 1990

1989

• Cuma König Ödipus III. Fest, Naples: Edizioni Morra, 1989
• Noever, Peter, Aktionsmalerei – Aktionismus Wien 1960 – 1965, Vienna: Museum für Angewandte Kunst, 1989

1988

• Tunner, Wolfgang, Kampf und Aggression im Gefügre der Schöpfung, Munich: Universität München, 1988
• Das Orgien Mysterien Theater, 80. Aktion, Munich: Fred Jahn Verlag, 1988
• Gargele, Christian, Witsch. das Bildnerische Werk, Salzburg: Residenz Verlag, 1988

1987

• Rychilk, 20. malaktion, Vienna: Rema Print
• Hermann Nitsch 1960-1987. Museo Diego Aragona Pignatelli Cortes, Naples: Edizioni Morra, 1987
• Gachnang, Johannes, Die Architektur des Orgien Mysterien Theaters bd.1, Munich: Verlag Fred Jahn, 1987

1986

• Knoblauch, Jochen (ed.), König Ödipus - eine spielbare Theorie des Dramas, Berlin: Edizion Kalter Schweiß, 1986
• harmating - ein fest, Naples: Edizioni Morra, 1986
• Asolo - 2. Fest, Naples: Edizioni Morra, 1986
• Das Orgien Mysterien Theater - Die Partituren aller aufgeführter Aktionen. 1960-1979 (33.-65. Aktion) bd. 2, Naples: Edizioni Morra, 1986

1985

• Hermann Nitsch. Der Gesichtssinn im Orgien Mysterien Theater, Graz, 1985
• Jaschke, Gerhard (ed.), Das Orgien Mysterien Theater, Vienna: Freibord Verlag, 1985
• Puliafito, Isabella, Hermann Nitsch 1985. Chisel Book XI, Genoa: Edizioni Chisel, 1985

1984

• Das Orgien Mysterien Theater - Die Partituren aller aufgeführter Aktionen. Band 4: 27-30. Juli 1984. 80. Aktionen in Prinzendorf. vom Sonnenaufgang des 27. Juli bis zum Sonnenaufgang des 30. Juli 1984, Vienna: Freibord Verlag, 1984

1983

• Das Orgien Mysterien Theater – Die Partitur des 1. Tages und der 1. Nacht des 6-Tages-Spieles, Prinzendorf: Das O.M. Theater, 1983
• Jaschke, Gerhard (ed.), Das Orgien Mysterien Theater – Lesebuch, Vienna: Freibord Verlag, 1983
• Das Orgien Mysterien Theater – 1960-1983, Eindhoven: Stedelijk Abbe Museum, 1983

1982

• Veit, Peter (ed.), Die Wortdichtung des Orgien Mysterien Theaters, Prinzendorf: Das Orgien Mysterien Theater, 1982

1981

• Wunderlich, Wolfgang, Projekt Prinzendorf. das Orgien Mysterien Theater von Hermann Nitsch. Entwürfe, Partituren, Bedingungen der Realisation, Graz: Kulturhaus, 1981
• Meifert, Arnulf (ed.), Behauptungen und Beschreibungen zum Projekt des Orgien Mysterien Theaters (Ordensregeln), Altona, Hohengebebraching, Vienna: Das Hohe Gebrechen, 1981

1980

• Nitsch, Hermann, Weiermeier, Peter, Neapolitanische Aktion, Innsbruck: Allerheiligenpresse, 1980

1979

• Frühe Aktionen, Naples, Munich: Chiessi Verlag; Naples: Edizioni Morra, 1979
• Das Orgien Mysterien Theater – Partituren aller aufgeführter Aktionen 1960-79 (1.-32. Aktion) bd. 1, Naples: Edizioni Morra, 1979

1978

• Hermann Nitsch. Retrospektive 1966-77, Vienna: Modern Art Galerie, 1978

1977

• Brus, Günter (ed.), Die Eroberung von Jerusalem, Berlin: Die Drossel; Naples: Edizioni Morra, 1977
• Partitur zur 56. Aktion, Requiem für meine Frau Beate, Naples: Edizioni Morra, 1977

1976

• Das Orgien Mysterien Theater 2, Munich: Chiessi Verlag; Naples: Edizioni Morra, 1976
• 1., 2., 3. und 5. Abreaktionsspiel, Urfassungen, Polizeiberichte, Gerichtsakten, Munich: Chiessi Verlag; Naples: Edizioni Morra, 1976
• König Ödipus. Eine spielbare Theorie des Dramas, Munich: Chiessi Verlag; Naples: Edizioni Morra, 1976
• Brus, Günter (ed.), Partitur zur 50. Aktion, Berlin: Die Drossel, 1976

1975

• Die Eroberung von Jerusalem, Naples: Edizioni Morra, 1975
• Das Orgien Mysterien Theater 1975, Diessen/Ammersee: Verlag des Künstlers, 1975
• Das Orgien Mysterien Theater, Action 48 – Paris 1975, Paris: Galerie Stadler, 1975

1974

• Nitsch – Das Orgien Mysterien Theater l, Naples: Edizioni Morra, 1974

1972

• Brus, Günther (ed.), harmating – ein fest, Bozen: Interfunktionen, 1972

1969

• Das Orgien Mysterien Theater, Darmstadt: März Verlag, 1969
• Das Orgien Mysterien Theater. 3-Tage-Fest. 6. Abreaktionsspiel, Munich: Avant Art Galerie Casa, 1969

Selected Bibliography

2021

• Wagner-Festspiele: Aktionskünstler Hermann Nitsch will einen “Farbrausch” in Bayreuth, Monopol Magazin, July 19, 2021
• “Blutkünstler” Hermann Nitsch in Bayreuth, Zeit Online, July 19, 2021
• La chevauchée wagnérienne d’Hermann Nitsch, Le Journal des Arts, June 23, 2021
• Stone, Tim, Despite protests, Tasmania gives Nitsch his biggest-ever audience, The Art Newspaper, June 19, 2017
• MacAdam, Alfred, Hermann Nitsch: Bayreuth Stories, The Brooklyn Rail, May 2021
• Blood Tracks Through Art: Hermann Nitsch, Trebuchet Magazine, April 7, 2021

2019

• Taccone, Stefano, Hermann Nitsch, Segno, no. 272, April/May 2019

2018

• The Artists’ Artists - Best of 2018, Artforum, no. 57, December 2018
• Bradley, Kimberly, When Visual Artists Make Music, New York Times, October 31, 2018
• Rebhandl, Manfred, Jeder zusätzliche Tag ein Geschenk – Hermann Nitsch im großen WIENER-Interview, Wiener, August 24, 2018
• Welty, Ute, Ich habe durch die Kunst das Wesen des Seins erfahren, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, August 08, 2018
• Jovanovich, Alex, Hermann Nitsch, Artforum, May 15, 2018

2017

• Menard, Kate, Hermann Nitsch at Marc Straus Gallery, Arte Fuse, September 28, 2017
• Laster, Paul, I Think Art Is a Way of Intensity. Interview with Hermann Nitsch, ArtPulse Magazine, July 2017
• Stephanie, Convery, Hermann Nitsch: I show everything that is ... I don’t know what is bad or good, The Guardian, June 17, 2017
• Imogen, Elliott, Hundreds attend Hermann Nitsch’s 150.Action despite protest, The Advocate, June 2017
• Katz, Brigit, Tasmanian Art Festival to Host Controversial Hermann Nitsch Performance, Smithsonian, May 2, 2017
• Schlieth, Oliver, Hermann Nitsch: An Intense Existence, Whitelies Magazine, September 06, 2017

2016

• Burkhardt, Susanne, „Ich möchte ausbrechen aus der ekeligen Normalität“, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, January 30, 2016

2015

• Greenberger, Alex, Seeing Red: Hermann Nitsch on His Violent Paintings at Marc Straus, ArtNews, September 23, 2015
• Indrisek, Scott, Intensity is the Best Politics: Hermann Nitsch in New York At MARC STRAUS, Blouin ARTinfo, September 10, 2015
• Rosenthal, Emerson, Reign of Blood, the creators project, September 10, 2015
• Munro, Cat, Are Hermann Nitsch’s Actionist Paintings the Answer to Zombie Formalism?, artnet news, September 10, 2015
• Kupper, Oliver, The Sacred and the Profane an Interview with Legendary Actionist Hermann Nitsch, Autre Magazine, July 24, 2015

2014

• Uklański, Piotr, Hermann Nitsch: Interview, Spike Art Magazine, Issue 41, Autumn, 2014
• Pearlman, Ellen, Blood, Guts, and Splattered Gore: Hermann Nitsch Hits Hong Kong, Hyperallergic, May 30, 2014

2013

• Nitsch, Hermann, Hermann Nitsch on Otto Mühl, ArtForum, vol. 52, no. 2, October 2013

2011

• Daub, Adrian, The Opera and the Opera: Hermann Nitsch Stages Olivier Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise, The Opera Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 4, Autumn 2011
• Koelbl, Herlinde, Ich Bin Wiener und habe getrunken, Zeit Magazin, no. 43, October 20, 2011
• Kuspit, Donald, Hermann Nitsch: Mike Weiss Gallery, Artforum, May 2011

2006

• Föll, Heike, Critics’ Picks: Hermann Nitsch - Gropius Bau, Artforum, December 12, 2006

2004

• In Conversation: Hermann Nitsch with Robert C. Morgan, The Brooklyn Rail, April 2004

2003

• Schneider, Caroline, Vienna: Hermann Nitsch, Artforum, vol. 42, no. 1, September 2003

2000

• Duguid, Brian, Hermann Nitsch: Das 6-Tage-Spiel Des Orgien Mysterien Teaters Day 5, The Wire Magazine, Issue 198, August 2000

1984

• Groot, Paul, Hermann Nitsch, Artforum, February 1984