Nitsch Foundation

Nitsch Foundation We represent the work of Hermann Nitsch and administer his legacy the Orgies Mysteries Theater.

Die Nitsch Foundation wurde im Jahr 2009 gegründet, um die bedeutende Position des Künstlers Hermann Nitsch und seines Gesamtkunstwerkes zu unterstützen und zu vermitteln.

Honoring Hermann Nitsch - his vision, his work, his legacy.A celebration of life, Art and Intensität. Happy Biethday, He...
29/08/2026

Honoring Hermann Nitsch - his vision, his work, his legacy.
A celebration of life, Art and Intensität.
Happy Biethday, Hermann Nitsch!

29/05/2026

What happens when performance refuses limits?
Thank you for joining us and Florentina Holzinger for a truly unforgettable experience.

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Dominika Li
Kramer & Kramer

13/05/2026

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𝙋𝙁𝙄𝙉𝙂𝙎𝙏𝙎𝙋𝙄𝙀𝙇
Florentina Holzinger
May 23, 2026
From Vienna to Schloss Prinzendorf

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TECTO


vienna

Dominika Li
Kramer & Kramer

Hermann Nitsch uses the familiar imagery of the Last Supper to create a physical, existential and cosmic worldview, wher...
28/04/2026

Hermann Nitsch uses the familiar imagery of the Last Supper to create a physical, existential and cosmic worldview, where art becomes ritual and life is experienced as a continuous cycle of death and renewal.

14/04/2026

Coming soon:
PFINGSTSPIEL
May 23, 2026
From Vienna to Schloss Prinzendorf

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TECTO


vienna

Dominika Li
Kramer & Kramer

Video Edit: Zoe Bassi

Meet Florentina HolzingerComing soon: PFINGSTSPIELMay 23, 2026From Vienna to Schloss PrinzendorfThanks to our partners: ...
09/03/2026

Meet Florentina Holzinger
Coming soon:
PFINGSTSPIEL
May 23, 2026
From Vienna to Schloss Prinzendorf

Thanks to our partners:


VERBUND
TECTO
Dorotheum
Redtenbacher Nikolaus
Max Stiegl
Kunsttrans
Dominika Li
Thomas Richter
Kramer & Kramer

Exhibition Opening I Hermann Nitsch -The Last SupperIn his exploration of the Last Supper, Hermann Nitsch did not refer ...
06/03/2026

Exhibition Opening I Hermann Nitsch -The Last Supper

In his exploration of the Last Supper, Hermann Nitsch did not refer to the Gospel of John, which Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting follows. He was primarily interested in the Eucharistic cultic and ritual practices because of their sensual intensity and the hermetic density of their symbolic meaning.

Chalices, monstrances, wine and water jugs, hosts, folded white cloths, gold and silver bowls, and above all, the ritual vestments, stoles, and chasubles exerted a powerful influence on him.

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Between 1976 and 1979, Nitsch worked on the drawing “The Last Supper,” which he created on a single sheet of paper. In 1983, this work was first published as a silkscreen print. In 2021, this work was revived on cloths sprinkled with bright colors, foreshadowing the resurrection of “the defeated hero”.

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The exhibition opening will take place on Thursday, 12 March 2026 at 19:00 at the Nitsch Foundation in Vienna.

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24/02/2026

PFINGSTSPIEL
Florentina Holzinger
May 23, 2026

Video: Zoe Bassi
Music: Petra Hermanova

Exhibition Opening I Kata Oelschlägel - PacificationThe Nitsch Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of Kata Oel...
31/10/2025

Exhibition Opening I Kata Oelschlägel - Pacification

The Nitsch Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of Kata Oelschlägel’s new solo show „Pacification“, opening on November 6th, 2025

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In her artistic practice, Oelschlägel engages with the tools and media of Vienna Actionism, with the intention of carrying the movement forward. Fragments, lines, and materials emerge in place of radical gestures.

Oelschlägel is concerned with both deconstruction and reconciliation – with an aesthetic that allows ambiguity and dissolves established connotations. Clarity is not asserted but undermined. Instead of radical gestures, her works reveal fragments, lines, and materials – traces of actions that may be read more as tender invitations than confrontations.

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Central elements such as blood, the cut, and the human body are translated into sculptural processes. The action remains present, but no longer as immediate gesture – it becomes a material echo: in fabric, stone, canvas, and digital display.

In her exhibition, corporeality, ritual, and form encounter one another in a new visual language. Oelschlägel unfolds an aesthetic that seeks to move rather than to shock – beyond clarity, right within the in-between.

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Opening:

November 6th, 2025, 6 p.m.
Hegelgasse 5, Vienna

On view until January 31st, 2026

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Hegelgasse 5
Vienna
1010

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0043 1 513 55 30

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