Marina AbramovićHistorical Works and Transforming Energy

For Abramović’s 80th birthday, landmark performance works shown with her Transitory Objects, mineral beds and seats for visitors to use.

The show comes to Rome enlarged from the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice, where it ran during the 2026 Biennale. The Historical Works section, curated by Andrea Tarsia, includes Imponderabilia (1977), Balkan Baroque (1997) and The Artist is Present (2010).

At the center are Transitory Objects, a series she has worked on for more than thirty years: beds, structures and forms of quartz, amethyst and agate on which visitors lie, sit or stand. Shai Baitel of the Modern Art Museum in Shanghai curated the show with the artist.

Full details at gnamc.cultura.gov.it