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Hermann Nitsch Show Canceled in Mexico City

Thursday, February 26th, 2015

The Museo Jumex in Mexico City is facing criticism after canceling an exhibition on the work of Hermann Nitsch, the Vienna Actionist painter whose frequent use of blood and animal viscera led to the institution calling off the show.  “This is a different kind of shocking,” Nitsch said.  “They wasted a lot of money. They wasted my time.  I was very, very sad.” (more…)