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The week in classical: Jephtha; 7 Deaths of Maria Callas; Perfection, of a Kind: Britten vs Auden – review

Handel’s majestic final oratorio holds its own in Oliver Mears’s searching new production; Marina Abramović channels Maria Callas; and a well-told tale of when Britten met Auden

The Guardian - UK

I loved the Marina Abramović show – but the most shocking moment came in the giftshop

The work of the grandmother of performance art is intense, moving and baffling. Nonetheless, I wasn’t prepared for the wares on sale, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

7 Deaths of Maria Callas review – Marina Abramović dreams up a diva’s greatest hits

With murderous cameos from Willem Dafoe and live renditions of arias by a clutch of sopranos, the performance artist pays somewhat tame homage to the extraordinary singer

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Marina Abramović: 'Take care? No, have guts! Be warrior! Take risk! Fail!'

The world’s foremost performance artist is no stranger to an enraptured audience, but after cheating death it’s taking on new meaning for Marina Abramović, whose UK opera premiere raises the bar in a long, salient career. Richard Godwin meets her backstage

Evening Standard

Global artists feature on 2024 Adelaide Festival bill

The first Adelaide Festival with new artistic director Ruth Mackenzie brings work from big name global artists to the city.

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Why is no one else worried about being sandwiched between naked people?

Germ warfare season is upon us. I, for one, don’t plan to get ill by squeezing past a pair of models at the Marina Abramović exhibition

The Guardian - UK

Intimacy with strangers: Marina Abramović puts the squeeze on

The artist’s Royal Academy retrospective revives her 1977 live work in which visitors pass through a naked couple in a doorway – and reveal something of themselves

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Marina Abramović retrospective celebrates the grand dame of performance art – but questions the genre's future

In 1974, Marina Abramović performed a career-defining work at a small experimental gallery in Naples, Italy. The Serbian artist stood naked next to a table on which she had arranged 72 objects associated with pleasure and pain. They included a bunch of grapes, a jar of honey, a feather, a…

The Conversation

Marina Abramović’s shocking Rhythm 0 performance shows why we still cannot trust people in power

In 1974, Marina Abramović dared an audience to use chains, lipstick and knives on her body – and their willingness to abuse her revealed frightening truths about misogyny

The Guardian - UK

Marina Abramović review – the artist is strangely absent

Knives, arrows, guns, nakedness… the performance art pioneer’s blockbuster 50-year retrospective underlines her bravery, yet sells it short with off-key re-enactments by stand-ins

The Guardian - UK

From Expend4bles to Marina Abramović: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether you’re after Hollywood beefcakes or intense performance art, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

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Marina Abramović has broken a 255-year-old glass ceiling. Why did it take so long?

The Serbian performance artist is the first woman to have a solo show in the Royal Academy’s main galleries – a telling indictment of the hurdles faced by female artists today

The Guardian - UK

Marina Abramović’s RA retrospective is terrifying and vital

Show documents vast legacy of brave artist who has turned her life into a relentless performance

The Guardian - UK

Marina Abramović at the Royal Academy review: nudity, danger and a whiff of woowoo

The later works in this survey get a bit crystals-and-trees, but the restaged historic performances have lost none of their power

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‘I wake up happy! I’m singing all day’: Marina Abramović on pain, love – and her recent brush with death

The pioneer of extreme performance art is exploring the possibilities of happiness as, at 76, she becomes the first woman to have a full Royal Academy retrospective

The Independent UK

Marina Abramović says she will ‘definitely not’ be dying for her art

Abramovic, 76, has previously created several conceptual art pieces that tested the limits of her body and mind

The Week

Book now: 20 must-see exhibitions in the UK

The largest exhibition of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s work in decades is on show at Tate Britain along with paintings by his wife, Elizabeth Siddal. Fans of pre-Raphaelite art will be thrilled with “The Rossettis”, which features splendid loans alongside much-loved paintings from our national collections. Until 24 September 2023, Tate…

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30 autumn arts highlights, chosen by Observer critics

From Scorsese and Madonna to a Philip Guston retrospective, a Maria Callas tribute and Armando Iannucci’s play on Tory chaos, our writers pick the best things to see this autumn

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The Guardian - UK

Sarah Lucas, Philip Guston and women revolt: the best art and architecture of autumn 2023

An American great for the age of Trump, a baroque master’s feminine side and 20 contentious years for women’s art are among the highlights ahead

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‘Why would anyone put themselves through this?’ Melati Suryodarmo’s 12 hours of hell – review

Whether hand-crushing charcoal in break-free stints or dancing on bricks of butter, the Javanese performance artist engages full-on with soul crushing and seemingly futile punishment

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EXPO Chicago 2023 is an indoor-outdoor art extravaganza, from witches to unicorns

As the landmark 10th edition of EXPO Chicago kicks off, Jessica Klingelfuss explores the fair and this citywide art spectacle, from Derrick Adams’ unicorns to a witch-themed group show

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Willem Dafoe describes being the only actor ‘Inside’ for film about trapped thief

In the new film “Inside,” Willem Dafoe goes it alone as an art thief who breaks into a billionaire’s luxury penthouse with only seven minutes to get in, snatch a few multimillion-dollar paintings, and get out.

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‘It’s like going from a storm into a sunny room’: Idris Khan and Annie Morris on art and marriage

After 16 years as a couple, Idris Khan and Annie Morris are exhibiting their work together for the first time. They talk to Chloe Ashby about what it’s like being in a relationship with another artist

Bangkok Post

Marina Abramović returns for a special talk on Jan 25

Thumbnail picture courtesy of the Marina Abramović Archives. “History Of Long Durational Work And MAI” is the title of an upcoming lecture to be conducted by performance and conceptual artist Marina Abramović. It's scheduled for Jan 25 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre from 6-8.15pm, as part of the ongoing…

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The best art and design shows to visit in 2023

Queer Renaissance sculptor Donatello, Marina Abramović, David Hockney and a long-delayed mega-museum in Manchester – your art-design to-do list for the year ahead

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