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Artribune Magazine Issue 40 Focuses on Performance Art

publication · 2026-05-05

The 40th issue of Artribune Magazine, available from November 2 at Artissima in Turin and at 700 points across Italy, features a comprehensive focus on performance art, examining its origins, developments, and key figures. The issue includes interviews with Hermann Nitsch and Marina Abramović, who discuss their most famous works—Nitsch's Theatre of Orgies and Mysteries and Abramović's The Artist is Present—and share their views on the paths taken by new generations of performers. The magazine also covers other sections: Incanti (weekly art market), Render (biweekly urban regeneration), and PAX (biweekly cultural tourism).

Key facts

  • Artribune Magazine issue 40 focuses on performance art.
  • The issue will be available from November 2 at Artissima in Turin and 700 points across Italy.
  • Includes interviews with Hermann Nitsch and Marina Abramović.
  • Nitsch discusses his Theatre of Orgies and Mysteries.
  • Abramović discusses the importance of audience interaction in works like The Artist is Present.
  • The focus covers proto-performance from Futurists and Dadaists to Anne Imhof at the 2017 Venice Biennale.
  • Other magazine sections include Incanti, Render, and PAX.
  • Artribune Magazine was launched in 2011.

Entities

Artists

  • Hermann Nitsch
  • Marina Abramović
  • Anne Imhof
  • Jackson Pollock
  • John Cage
  • Allan Kaprow

Institutions

  • Artribune Magazine
  • Artissima

Locations

  • Turin
  • Italy
  • Vienna
  • Belgrade
  • Venice

Sources