The Royal Academy of Art

As the dawn of 2024 breaks, it brings to a close Marina Abramović's retrospective at The Royal Academy of Arts in London, a half-century culmination that epitomises a transformative era in Western performance art. Announced back in 2020, this collaboration heralded Abramović as the first female solo exhibitionist in the venerable 255-year history of the Academy. Originally envisaged as a retrospective, the exhibition, beleaguered by pandemic-induced postponements, evolved under Abramović's visionary guidance into a dialogue between her artistic epochs, challenging the very notion of retrospection. In the intervening years, a maelstrom of creativity and introspection swirled around Abramović. Boris Miljković’s 2020 film “Homecoming - Marina Abramovic and Her Children” offered a cine...