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After Venice, Florentina Holzinger brings a 9-hour performance to Vienna

Still sopping from "Seaworld Venice," Holzinger opened "Pfingstspiel" (Pentecost Play) near Vienna.

Florentina Holzinger’s 9-Hour Spectacle Pushes the Limits of Body Art

The choreographer-provocateur followed a hit show at the Venice Biennale with one in Vienna. “Violence is something we’re ...

A Year Without Summer review – Florentina Holzinger’s all-nude, orgy-filled, poo-pocalypse musical

Arts Centre Melbourne, Rising festivalExploring medical science, nature and humanity, the Austrian artist’s show is chaotic and not always coherent – and a thrilling vision of what theatre can be ...

‘How can nudity be so provocative?’ Florentina Holzinger on rocking Venice with naked jetskiers, human bells and urine divers

The artist’s Austrian Pavilion, which features a performer ringing a bell with her body and another immersed in the audience’s own urine, is the talk of the biennale. Why is she so surprised by people ...
Hyperallergic

Performance Cuts Through the Noise at the Venice Biennale

Florentina Holzinger and Miet Warlop transform the Austrian and Belgian pavilions into immersive spectacles of endurance, ecological dread, and controlled collapse.
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No Such Thing as a Small Thing: Florentina Holzinger in Venice

Louise Trueheart reviews Florentina Holzinger’s ‘SEAWORLD VENICE’ at the 61st Venice Biennale as part of our featured topic ...
The Art Newspaper

‘We are complicit’: Austrian artist Florentina Holzinger’s immersive Venice Biennale pavilion brings apocalypse to the city

In Kevin Costner’s 1995 sci-fi blockbuster Waterworld, melting polar ice caps and rising sea levels have forced humanity to live on improvised makeshift floating junk islands in the ocean. The movie’s ...
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Premiere of Florentina Holzinger opera in Germany sold out

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Performance star Florentina Holzinger stands before the start of a rehearsal in a rehearsal room at the Mecklenburg State Theater.
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Who is Florentina Holzinger? Austrian performance artist shocks Venice Biennale 2026 with explicit Seaworld Venice spectacle

Florentina Holzinger is an Austrian choreographer and performance artist known for explicit, physically intense productions. Her Venice Biennale 2026 project has reignited debate over whether her ...
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FPÖ Rages After Holzinger's Nude Performance at the Biennale

After the viral nude performance by Florentina Holzinger at the Venice Biennale, the FPÖ reacts sharply. The criticism is mainly directed against the public funding. The viral performance by ...
Artnet

Subversive Feminist Artist Florentina Holzinger Will Represent Austria at 2026 Venice Biennale

Austria has announced that it will be represented by performance artist Florentina Holzinger at the next Venice Biennale in 2026. The artist is known for her surprising and subversive twists on ...