Marina Abramović Free Online Talk with Sotheby's Talks
Sotheby's Talks will present a complimentary online event titled 'Marina Abramović Celebrating (Women) Artists' on May 20, 2021, featuring notable figures such as Marina Abramović, Will Gompertz, Zoe Whitley, and Marina Ruiz Colomer. Attendees must register and are encouraged to submit questions. Born in Belgrade in 1946, Abramović is a celebrated performance artist famous for her collaboration with Ulay and for receiving the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 1997. Her retrospective at MoMA in 2010 included a remarkable 700-hour performance. In 2016, she published her autobiography, 'Walk Through Walls.' The 2017 exhibition 'The Cleaner' toured Europe, and in September 2020, '7 Deaths of Maria Callas' debuted. A 2023 exhibition at the Royal Academy will display her works throughout the venue.
Key facts
- Free online talk with Marina Abramović on May 20, 2021
- Part of Sotheby's Talks series in collaboration with Intelligence Squared
- Participants include Will Gompertz, Zoe Whitley, Marina Ruiz Colomer
- Focus on women artists
- Registration required; participants can submit questions
- Abramović won Golden Lion at 1997 Venice Biennale
- 2010 MoMA retrospective 'The Artist Is Present' featured 700-hour performance
- 2023 exhibition 'After Life' at Royal Academy will be first to use all spaces for a female artist
Entities
Artists
- Marina Abramović
- Ulay
- Maria Callas
Institutions
- Sotheby's
- Intelligence Squared
- Barbican Centre
- BBC
- Chisenhale Gallery
- MoMA
- Moderna Museet
- Palazzo Strozzi
- Bayerische Staatsoper
- Royal Academy
- Artribune
Locations
- Belgrade
- New York
- Stockholm
- Florence
- Venice