1938

Develops the idea of the Orgien Mysterien Theater, a 6-day festival based on the artist’s philosophy and which he has been developing down to the present day. The Orgien Mysterien Theater is a new form of the total work of art, one where reality is staged. All the senses are stressed and involved.

Cinématheque, New York, performance of the 25th and 26th actions; University of Cincinnati, 28th action; moves to Bavaria, Germany, and marries Beate König in Munich

numerous Actions, exhibitions and concerts in Austria and worldwide

Performance of the 96th action, San Martino, Naples; 38th painting performance, Schömerhaus, Klosterneuburg; Exhibitions: Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Wörlen, Passau; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome and Centre d´exposicions i documentació de l’Art Contemporani, Palma de Mallorca, Centre Cultural, La beneficencia, sala Parpalló, Valencia

130th action Museo Nitsch, Naples; Exhibitions: Masterpieces of the Duerckheim Collection, Hermann Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach; Musée d’Art Moderne, St. Etienne; Stella Art Foundation, Moscow; Bookproject Leviticus, Israel

147th Action, Villa Stuck, Munich; Exhibitions: Villa Stuck, Munich; AMO ARENA MUSEO OPERA, Verona;  Galerie 422, Gmunden; Art de Temple, Aschaffenburg; Dallas Biennial, USA; Grou exhibitions: mumok, Vienna; Concert: Symphony for Verona, Verona

Hermann Nitsch and His Artistic Pilgrimage UM Museum, Bongdam Hwaseong Korea; Museum CIAC
Foligno; IAGA Contemporary Art, Cluj; Graphics, nitsch museum Mistelbach;
149. Action, Pentecost feast, Prinzendorf; 150. Action, Dark Mofo Festival, Hobart, Tasmania;
Marc Straus; Parkview Green Museum, Beijing

155th action / action-symphony for the 80th birthday, nitsch museum, Mistelbach; Exhibitions: „Hermann Nitsch – Life and Work“, nitsch museum, Mistelbach; "reliti 152 azione“, 10 Anni Museo Hermann Nitsch, Naples; „Hermann Nitsch – A monographic show in Hagen“, Osthaus Museum Hagen; “Hermann Nitsch” Solo Show, Marc Straus Gallery, Armory Show, New York; “Hermann Nitsch – The Orgies Mysteries Theatre”, Massimo de Carlo, London; “Hermann Nitsch” , Galerie RX, Paris; “Hermann Nitsch – To the concept of the Orgies Mysteries Theatre”, Kulturhaus Hinterzarten;“Hermann Nitsch 80”, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna; “Drawings 1957-2017”, Büro Weltausstellung, Vienna; “Hermann Nitsch 80”, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill and Galerie Kunst&Handel, Graz; Galerie 422, Gmunden; Group shows: „Double Lives“, mumok, Vienna;  „Intriguing Uncertainties“, Park View Museum, Singapore; Lectures: “Hermann Nitsch meets Robert C. Morgan”, Armory Show, New York; “Nitsch&Gelitin”, Massimo de Carlo, London; artist talk with Hermann Nitsch, Sammlung Hoffmann, Berlin; „Hermann Nitsch – Matinée“, artist talk, Museum Niederösterreich, St. Pölten; “Nitsch trifft … Michael Fleischhacker”, nitsch museum, Mistelbach; workshop on the musik of the O.M. Theatre, Prof. Leopoldo Siano, nitsch museum, Mistelbach; Concerts: organ concert, mumok, Vienna

Exhibitions: “Hermann Nitsch – The total work of art”, Lechner Museum, Ingolstadt; “Hermann Nitsch – Rooms of Color”, Albertina, Wien; “Hermann Nitsch. Katharsis”, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua; “Hermann Nitsch”, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapur; “Hermann Nitsch”, Marc Straus Gallery, New York; “Hermann Nitsch. Pittura, Fotografie, Disegni”, Studio d’Arte Cannaviello, Mailand; “Hermann Nitsch – Life&Work”, The Culture Story, Singapore; Group shows: “Opéra Monde/Opéra Monde/Opera as the World – The quest for a total work of art”, Centre Pompidou, Metz; “Intriguing Uncertainties”, Park View Museum, Peking; “Disturbing Narrative”, Park View Museum, Singapore; “Dark Side”, Musja, Rome; “Ikonen”, Kunsthalle Bremen; 8. Internationale Biennale for Contemporary Art, New Tretjakov Gallery, Moscow; Concerts: organ concert, AngelicA Festival, Bologna; organ concert, Ars Electronica Festival, Stiftskirche St. Florian; “Albertina String Quartett”, Albertina, Vienna; “The music of the 6-day-play”, nitsch museum, Mistelbach; “Rarely heard music” (Attersee, Lüpertz, Nitsch, Rühm, Wiener) Belvedere21, Vienna; “Moscow Symphony”, New Tretjakov Gallery, Moskau; Lectures: “Nitsch meets Brus”, nitsch museum, Mistelbach;

158th action, Museo Hermann Nitsch, Naples; exhibitions: “Hermann Nitsch – New Works”, nitsch museum, Mistelbach; “Hermann Nitsch”, Galerie Bechter Kastowsky, Schaan; “rush of color”, Galerie Jahn Pfefferle, Munich; “The Shape of Color”, Galerie RX, Paris; “The Orgies Mysteries Theater”, Opera Gallery, Geneva; Group shows: “The Beginning. Art in Vienna from 1945 to 1980”, Albertina Modern; “Double Lifes”, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn; “Standing aside”, Gdansk City Gallery, Danzig; “Passion and Fervour. The Art of Powerful Emotions”, LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster; “Casper David Friedrich / hermann Nitsch”, Albertinum, Dresden; concerts: “Moscow Symphony for String Orchestra”, nitsch museum, Mistelbach; events: “Nitsch meets … Dr. Erwin Pröll”, nitsch museum, Mistelbach;

Painting Action “Valkyrie”, Bayreuth Festival; exhibitions: “Hermann Nitsch – Bayreuth Walküre”, nitsch museum, Mistelbach; “Hermann Nitsch – Sinfonia Napoli”, Museo Hermann Nitsch, Naples; “Bayreuth Prelude”, Galerie RX, Paris; “Bayreuth Stories”, Galerie RX, New York; “Farbe als Material”, Burg Vischering, Lüdingshausen; “Hermann Nitsch. The Orgies Mysteries Theatre”, Museum of decorative Art and Design, Riga; “Hermann Nitsch. Mythos – Passion” works from the Sammlung Jaegers, Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche, Aschaffenburg; group shows: “Odore – L’art, L’Odeur, e le Sacré”, Galerie Pauline Pavec, Paris; “Resistance”, Maruani Mercier, Brüssel; “Tense Conditions”, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart; “Radical Austria. Everything is Architecture”, Design Museum Den Bosch, s’Hertogenbosch; “Costa/Nitsch. Il Viaggio nell’Ancestrale”, Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venezia; concert: „Weinviertel Symphony“, nitsch museum, Mistelbach;

† Hermann Nitsch died on April 18, 2022 in the hospital of mistelbach.