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Saturday, August 22, 2026 · No. 233

Marina Abramovic

All Marina Abramovic news curated by The Cultural Signal — real-time press release coverage across the global art world.

5 stories across Contemporary, Marina Abramović, Attendance, and Jeffrey Gibson. Latest: Kunsthaus Zürich Reports 539,500 Visitors in 2025, Second-Highest Attendance in History.

Kunsthaus Zürich Reports 539,500 Visitors in 2025, Second-Highest Attendance in History

Kunsthaus Zürich Reports 539,500 Visitors in 2025, Second-Highest Attendance in History

Kunsthaus Zürich attracted over 539,500 visitors in 2025, the second-highest total in its history, making it the most visited art museum in Switzerland. The Marina Abramović exhibition drew nearly 120,000 visitors, the museum's best-attended show in twelve years.

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Kunsthaus Zürich Draws 513,162 Visitors in 2024, Extends Abramović Exhibition Hours

Kunsthaus Zürich Draws 513,162 Visitors in 2024, Extends Abramović Exhibition Hours

On February 5, 2025, Kunsthaus Zürich announced it recorded 513,162 visitors in 2024, one of the highest annual attendance figures in its history and up from 504,349 in 2023. The most popular exhibition of the year was 'Matthew Wong – Vincent van Gogh.

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Kunsthaus Zürich Reports 539,953 Visitors in 2025, Led by Marina Abramović Retrospective

Kunsthaus Zürich Reports 539,953 Visitors in 2025, Led by Marina Abramović Retrospective

Kunsthaus Zürich attracted 539,953 visitors in 2025, ranking among the museum's most-visited years. The Marina Abramović retrospective drew 118,903 total attendees (59,490 in 2025), while the permanent collection logged 363,588 visits.

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Fondation Louis Vuitton Features Marina Abramović’s 'The Kitchen V, Carrying the Milk' in Collection Display

Fondation Louis Vuitton Features Marina Abramović’s 'The Kitchen V, Carrying the Milk' in Collection Display

Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris is presenting Marina Abramović's 2009 video work The Kitchen V, Carrying the milk. The color video with sound, lasting 12 minutes 42 seconds in a loop, was filmed in the abandoned kitchen of the Laboral University of Gijón in Asturias, Spain.

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Lisson Gallery Announces Global Autumn Programming Including Major Institutional Shows for Abramović and Akomfrah

Lisson Gallery Announces Global Autumn Programming Including Major Institutional Shows for Abramović and Akomfrah

Lisson Gallery artists appear in multiple exhibitions and events this season. Christopher Le Brun participates in 'The Long Now: Saatchi Gallery at 40' at Saatchi Gallery in London and holds a book launch for 'The Speech of Light' at The Chancery Rosewood Hotel in London on 3 October.

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