Hermann Nitsch
in memoriam
August 29, 1938 — April 18, 2022
Hermann Nitsch passed away in peace on April 18, 2022 after serious illness at the age of 83.
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Hermann Nitsch painting action "Walküre" Bayreuth Festival 2021
Film Premiere
April 9, 2022, 4pm — 9.20pm
The nitsch museum presents a film of Hermann Nitsch’s complete painting action for Richard Wagner’s “Die Walküre” staged at the Bayreuth Festival 2021.
nitsch museum
Waldstraße 44-46
2130 Mistelbach
Austria
www.nitschmuseum.at
Exhibition opening and Cocktail
Hermann Nitsch's 20th painting action
April 21, 2022, 4pm — 8pm
Helmut Essl, Galerie Kandlhofer and PACE Gallery request the pleasure of your company at the opening of the exhibition “Hermann Nitsch’s 20th painting action. Vienna Secession, 1987″
Oficine 800
Fondamenta S. Biagio, 800
30133 Venice
Italy
Nitsch und Wagner – Zwei Giganten des Gesamtkunstwerks
Lecture by curator Julia Kuon
April 30, 2022, 6pm
Both Richard Wagner and Hermann Nitsch have significantly shaped the concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk, Wagner in the field of opera and Nitsch with his Orgien Mysterien Theater.
nitsch museum
Waldstraße 44-46
2130 Mistelbach
Austria
www.nitschmuseum.at
Hearing colours - painting sounds
Workshop
May 15, 2022, 2pm — 3.30pm
The sensitization of the five senses represents an important component in Nitsch’s oeuvre. Particular attention is paid to synaesthetic perception, i.e. the interplay of several senses, which is what makes the experience of his Gesamtkunstwerk possible in the first place.
nitsch museum
Waldstraße 44-46
2130 Mistelbach
Austria
www.nitschmuseum.at
Art Basel 2022
Hermann Nitsch at Pace
June 14 — 19, 2022
Pace is showing Nitsch at the 2022 edition of Art Basel.
The gallery’s booth will reflect the breadth of its program as well as its strong relationships with distinguished collectors, featuring 20th century masterpieces, contemporary painting and sculpture, and cutting-edge digital works that underscore Pace’s commitment to supporting its artists’ advanced studio practices.
Hermann Nitsch
commemoration fest
June 16, 2022, 2pm
“i know neither beginning nor end – eternity and infinity are my beliefs.” – Hermann Nitsch
Rita Nitsch and the nitsch museum invite you to join a memorial celebration for Hermann Nitsch. In the spirit of the artist’s philosophy, it is going to be a life-affirming festival for all in memory of Hermann Nitsch.
nitsch museum
Waldstraße 44-46
2130 Mistelbach
Austria
www.nitschmuseum.at
Hermann Nitsch and his music
Radio Ö1 | Opus
June 16, 2022, 10.05pm
Join Hermann Nitsch and Alfred Hosp for an evening about the art of sound. In addition to their dialogue (recorded 2016/17), the listener is offered samples of great variety among with Nitsch’s own compositions and his favourite pieces as Tibetan temple chant,
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Making of the 6-day-play
panel discussion
July 27, 2022, 6pm
24 years after the first staging of Nitsch’s opus magnum the “6-day-play” in 1998, the first two days of the 2nd version will be performed in Prinzendorf this July. The preparations in Prinzendorf offer an ideal opportunity to invite actors of the big action performance to a panel discussion at the closely located nitsch museum in Mistelbach.
nitsch museum
Waldstraße 44-46
2130 Mistelbach
Austria
www.nitschmuseum.at
THE 6-DAY-PLAY 2nd version
Performance of the 1st and 2nd day
July 30 — 31, 2022
24 years after the first realization of the 6-DAY-PLAY (1998), the total work of art in Prinzendorf is to be condensed again in 2022 into a concentrated interplay of all its components.
The performances of Day 1 and Day 2 will take place on 30 and 31 July 2022.*
Atelier Hermann Nitsch
Schlossstraße 1
2185 Prinzendorf
Austria
www.nitsch.org
6-day-play installation
PREVIEW & OPENING
October 15, 2022, 6pm
The nitsch museum in Mistelbach invites to a sneak preview of the annual exhibition 2023 in the chapel on the museum grounds. The exhibition will be dedicated to this summer’s great performance – the 6-day-play of the Orgies Mysteries Theater.
nitsch museum
Waldstraße 44-46
2130 Mistelbach
Austria
www.nitschmuseum.at
Bayreuth Walküre e relitti 158. aktion
Exhibition opening
October 22, 2022, 6pm
Director Giuseppe Morra invites to the great biennial exhibition opening at the Museo Hermann Nitsch in Naples on Saturday, October 22!
Museo Hermann Nitsch
Vico Lungo Pontecorvo, 29/d
80135 Napoli
Italia
www.museonitsch.org
Vienna Art Week 2022
Open House
November 23, 2022, 6pm — 10pm
The Nitsch Foundation explores with another exhibition the ideas of synaesthesia in the Orgies Mysteries Theater and traces the meaning and significance of the interplay between the various sensory impressions in Hermann Nitsch’s work. The centerpiece is the installation “synaesthesia room” created in 2016, a collaborative work by Hermann Nitsch and Frank Gassner, which invites visitors to a sensual audio-visual experience.
Nitsch Foundation
Hegelgasse 5
1010 Vienna
Austria
www.nitsch-foundation.com
Winter break
Nitsch Foundation & Studio Hermann Nitsch
December 24, 2022 — January 9, 2023
The Nitsch Foundation and the studio Hermann Nitsch in Prinzendorf will be closed from December 24, 2022 until January 6, 2023.
We will be back in our offices on Tuesday January 10, 2023.
Season’s Greetings with all good wishes for the New Year!
Nitsch Foundation
Hegelgasse 5
1010 Vienna
Austria
www.nitsch-foundation.com