She’s sat in silence opposite spectators for more than 700 hours. She invited members of the public to do whatever they wanted to her body, using nails, matches and even a loaded gun. She laid down ...

Rich and intriguing piece from the legendary performance artist, drawing on Balkan traditions This is the largest show in the decade-spanning career of legendary performance artist Marina Abramović.

Marina Abramović’s Balkan Erotic Epic: ‘A jolly lady carrying out a purification rite pours milk over a pregnant woman in a scarlet slip’ - Marco Anelli Did someone spike my drink last night?

Did someone spike my drink last night? Or did I really watch five naked men relentlessly hump a patch of artificial turf for four hours while, nearby, a bunch of nude women caressed their breasts and ...

There are giant pink penises erupting from the ground like old oaks. In front of me, seven women in traditional Balkan dresses scream and bare their vaginas to the sky. Behind me, stony-faced men hump ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Marina Abramović needs a new adjective. “Epic”, the one she has chosen to crown her new performance work, ...

The Serbian performance artist Marina Abramović, who, over the course of her career has pushed herself and her body to extremes, calls her latest work – Balkan Erotic Epic – her most ambitious yet.

The artists Peter Doig and Marina Abramović were honoured at a star-studded ceremony in Tokyo yesterday, celebrating them as the recipients of this year’s Praemium Imperiale Awards, known as the ...