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DARK MOFO - Hermann Nitsch, 150. Action: MONA, Hobart (Curated by Olivier Varenne, Michel Blancsubè and Jarrod Rawlins)

Past exhibition
8 - 21 June 2017
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DARK MOFO - Hermann Nitsch, 150. Action, MONA, Hobart (Curated by Olivier Varenne, Michel Blancsubè and Jarrod Rawlins)

  

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  • Tasmania's Dark Mofo gets darker as MONA influence expands

    Gabriella Coslovich, financial review, February 23, 2018
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  • Australians Have Beef with Hermann Nitsch Performance Involving Bull Carcass

    Claire Voon, hyperallergic, July 19, 2017
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  • Done to death The Hermann Nitsch experience

    Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore, the spectator, July 8, 2017
  • 900 Gather to Witness Hermann Nitsch’s Blood-Filled Performance Art

    Alanna Martinez, observer, June 21, 2017
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  • Things I Learned Watching People Tear a Bull Apart

    Julian Morgans, vice, June 21, 2017
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  • Eleven things at Dark Mofo that were worth the FOMO

    dee jefferson, time out, June 20, 2017
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  • Can blood, guts and gore in art be beautiful? Nitsch shows it can

    Stephanie Convery, the guardian, June 20, 2017
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  • Dark Mofo: Hermann Nitsch's bull slaughter show gets mixed reviews

    Elise Fantin, ABC News, June 20, 2017
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  • Weird, People Are Protesting An Art Performance Featuring 500 Liters Of Bull Blood

    Priscilla Frank, huffpost, June 19, 2017
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  • Despite protests, Tasmania gives Nitsch his biggest-ever audience

    tim stone, the art newspaper , June 19, 2017
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  • Dark Mofo: Hermann Nitsch's arty Hobart bloodbath not cowed by animal rights protesters

    Hannah Francis, The Sydney Morning Herald, June 18, 2017
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  • Dark Mofo’s Hermann Nitsch ‘action’ sparks controversy in Hobart

    JANE CORNWELL, the australian, June 3, 2017
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  • MONA's David Walsh defends 'slaughter' art show, says public outrage good for business, Tas economy

    James Dunlevie, ABC News, April 20, 2017
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  • Dark Mofo artist Hermann Nitsch's 'ritual' slammed by animal rights groups

    Hannah Francis, The Sydney Morning Herald, April 19, 2017
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  • Bloody Dark Mofo artwork using slaughtered bull 'crosses the line', RSPCA says

    Calla Wahlquist, The Guardian, April 19, 2017
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  • Dark Mofo's 'bloody, sacrificial ritual' blasted by animal rights group

    Rhiannon Shine and James Dunlevie, ABC News, April 19, 2017
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