Marina Abramović
23 September 2023 - 1 January 2024
Main Galleries | Burlington House
Tues–Sun: 10am–6pm
Fri: 10am–9pm
Tickets £25.50-27.50
(including donation)
Friends of the RA go free
An art world icon and a performance art pioneer – Marina Abramović has captivated audiences by pushing the limits of her body and mind, for the past 50 years.
Marina Abramović Hon RA has earned worldwide acclaim as a performance artist. She has consistently tested the limits of her own physical and mental endurance in her work, subjecting herself to exhaustion, pain and even the possibility of death.
In her early work Rhythm 0, Abramović invited audiences to freely interact with her however they chose – famously resulting in a loaded gun being held to her head. Her later work The House with the Ocean View saw the artist live in a house constructed in a gallery for 12 days. Held in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, the performance invited audiences to witness and share in the simple act of living.
This major exhibition presents key moments from Abramović’s career through sculpture, video, installation and performance. Works such as The Artist is Present will be strikingly re-staged through archive footage while others will be reperformed by the next generation of performance artists, trained in the Marina Abramović method.
Live performance art can be both startling and intimate. For Abramović it also has the power to be transformative. Experience this yourself through performances of Imponderabilia, Nude with Skeleton, Luminosity and The House with the Ocean View.
Different works will be reperformed during the run of the exhibition, so no two visits will be the same.
Before you visit the exhibition, please note:
A full schedule of performances is available. Please note, these timings are subject to change.
Photography and filming of the live performances is not allowed. Find out more about our photography policy.
This exhibition contains nudity and art works relating to mortality and the threat of harm. Please contact us for more information.
This exhibition will be closed 24–26 December 2023. It will be open from 10am–9pm on Saturday 30 December 2023. It will be open from 10am–6pm on Monday 1 January 2024. Find out our full Christmas opening times.
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Tues–Sun: 10am–6pm
Fri: 10am–9pm
Tickets £25.50-27.50
(including donation)
Friends of the RA go free
Reviews
"Epic"
Evening Standard
“Vital”
The Guardian
“Powerful enough to endure, to forge connections, maybe even to bring you to tears”
Time Out
“Performance art at its finest”
Culture Whisper
“Brave, brilliant retrospective”
The i
“Once-in-a-lifetime show”
The Independent
Supporters
Lead Supporter
Supported by
With additional support from
Simon Morris and Annalisa Burello
The Marina Abramović Supporters Circle
With additional support from
Hotel partner
The Marina Abramović Supporters Circle: Brook Brown Barzun and Matthew Barzun, Mrs Jennifer Esposito, The Orentreich Family Foundation, Mr Stuart and Mrs Bianca Roden, Anders and Yukiko Schroeder, Sian and Matthew Westerman
Image gallery
Four Crosses: The Evil (positive), 2019
Imponderabilia, 1977/2023
The Artist is Present, 2010
Balkan Baroque, 1997
Nude with Skeleton, 2002/2005/2023
The Current (detail), 2017
Rhythm 0, 1974
The House with the Ocean View, 2002
Luminosity, 1997/2023
Watch the trailer
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Start here: Marina Abramović
Find out more about the life and work of performance art pioneer Marina Abramović.
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Buy the exhibition catalogue
Take the exhibition home with you with our exhibition catalogue, a record of the first UK exhibition to include works from Abramović's entire career.
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