Estate of Hermann Nitsch
CV

(b. 1946, Paris, France. d. 2021, New York, NY). 

 

EDUCATION AND NEWS


2009
- Inauguration: Nitsch Foundation (par Fondazione Morra, O.M. Theater), Vienna, Austria.
2008
- Inauguration: Museo Archivio Laboratorio Per Le Arti Contemporanee Hermann Nitsch Napoles, Italy. Permanent exhibition.
2007
- Inauguration: Museum Hermann Nitsch, Mistelbach, Austria. Permanent exhibition.
1957
- The idea of the Orgien Myterien Theater, consisting of six days of festivities, which continues until today to occupy full time and to bring all the artistic aspirations together.
1958
- Diploma at the Institution of Graphic Arts. 

 

AWARDS

2005 

- Grand Austrian Prize


SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2025

- 50 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP 1974-2024, Musée Hermann Nitsch, Naples, Italy

- Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch, Nitsch museum, Mistelbach, Austria

 - The 6-day play, Nitsch Foundation, Vienne, Austria

- Body-Sacred-Myth, Musée Diocésain de Brescia, Brescia, Italy

- Aderlass, Magazin 4, Bregenz; Austria

- Four Actions at the Vienna Actionism Museum, Hermann Nitsch's 3. Aktion, 1963, Wiener Aktionismus Museum, Vienne, Austria 

- Mein Nitsch, commissaire Karlheinz Essl, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, Austria 

2024

- Hermann Nitsch. Gesamt/Kunst/Werk, first solo exhibition in Lithuania

2023
- Bayreuth : Postlude, Galerie RX, Paris, France.
- The 6-day-play, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, Austria.
- Cathartic Aversion, ABC-ARTE, Gênes, Italy. 
- World of Colours, Museum St Peter an der Sperr, Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
- Gesamtkunstwerk, K&L Museum, Londres, United Kingdom.
2021
- Hermann Nitsch, Legend of Viennese Actionism, Mdad Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia.
- Hermann Nitsch, Bayreuth Prelude, Galerie RX, Paris, France.
- Hermann Nitsch,Bayreuth Stories, Galerie RX, New York, USA.
- Hermann Nitsch – Mythos Passion (Works from the Collection Jaegers), Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche Aschaffenburg, Germany.
- Hermann Nitsch, Galerie Jahn und Jahn, Munich, Germany.               
- Hermann Nitsch, Opera Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
- Hermann Nitsch, Color as material, Burg Vischering, Berenbrock, Germany.
- 88. painting action, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, Austria.
- Works from the 86. Painting Action, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, Austria.
- Hermann Nitsch - New Works (new installation 2021), Nitsch museum, Mistelbach, Austria.    
2020
- Hermann Nitsch, Bechter Kastowsky Gallery, Schaan, Liechtenstein.
- Hermann Nitsch – The shape of Colour, Galerie RX, Paris, France.
- Nitsch – Color Rush, Jahn Pfefferle Gallery, Munich, Germany.
- Hermann Nitsch – New Works, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, Austria.
- Action Painting in the Open Color Spectrum, Zimmermann-Kratochwill Gallery, Graz, Austria.
- Cycles to Ressurrection, Nitsch Foundation, Vienne, Austria.
- Hermann Nitsch – The Orgies Mysteries Theater, Opera Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Hermann Nitsch, MARe Muzeul de Artă Recentă, Bucharest, Romania.
- Hermann Nitsch, Geuer & Geuer, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2019
- Reliques de 152ème action, Museo Nitsch, Naples, Italy.
- Hermann Nitsch : pittura, fotografia, disegni, Milan, Italy.
- Hermann Nitsch – La vie et le travail, Museum Hermann Nitsch, Mistelbach, Austria.
- Hermann Nitsch 80, Fondation Nitsch, Vienna, Austria.
- Hermann Nitsch – L’œuvre d’art totale, Lechner Museum, Ingolstadt, Germany.
- Hermann Nitsch, Marc Straus Gallery, New York, USA.
- Hermann Nitsch, Albertina, Vienna, Austria.
- Nitsch : Spaces of Color, Albertina, Vienna, Austria.
- Hermann Nitsch. Galerie Elisabeth and Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck, Austria.
- Hermann Nitsch, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore.
2018
- Hermann Nitsch, Gallery 442 margund Iösel, Gmunden, Austria.
- Ausstellung Hermann Nitsch, memorial against the war, Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany.
- Hermann Nitsch, RX Gallery, Paris, France.
- Hermann Nitsch – life and work, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, Austria.
- Hermann Nitsch, Kurhaus, Hinterzarten, Germany. 
- Hermann Nitsch, Massimo de Carlo Gallery, London, United Kingdom. 
- Hermann Nitsch - Solo Presentation, Marc Straus Gallery, Armory Show, New York, USA.
- Hermann Nitsch – paintings 1957-2017, Büro Weltausstellung, Vienna, Austria.
2017
- Hermann Nitsch and his artistic pilgrimage, Um Museum, Bongdam hawseong, South Korea; CIAC Museum, Foligno, Italy; Laga Contemporary Art, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
- Hermann Nitsch–das druckgrafische work, Museum Hermann Nitsch, Mistelbach, Austria; Kunsthalle Arlberg 1800, St. Anton Am Arlberg, Austria; Marc Straus Gallery, New York, USA.
2016
- Feast of Existence. Hermann Nitsch and the Theatre, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany.
- Posters from 5 Decades, Daniel Löwenbrück, Berlin, Germany.
- Paintings, Drawings, Print, Fred Jahn Gallery, Munich, Germany.
- Hermann Nitsch Passion – Resurrection, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, Austria.
- Arena –opere dall’opera, Museo Nitsh, Naples, Italy.
- Rituals, Museum Hermann Nitsch, Mistelbach, Austria.
- Hermann Nitsch, Galerie 422, Gmunden, Austria.
2015
- Das o.m. theater, Zac Palermo, Italy.
- Existenzfest. Hermann nitsch und das theater, Theatermuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria.
-12 works on Paper, Thoman Gallery, Innsbruck, Austria.
2014
- Aktionsmalerei, Dirimart, Istanbul, Turkey.
- New York 2011, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, Austria.
- Arena–Opera Dell’opera, Museum Hermann Nitsch, Mistelbach, Austria.
- Malaktionismus, Museo Nitsch, Napoli, Italy.
- Das orgien mysterien theater, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia.
- Carne e luce, Fondazione Ducci, Rome, Italy.
- Hermann Nitsch, Culture Industries Association, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
- Maculations, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, Austria.
2013
- Sinne Und Sein – Retrospektive, Museum Hermann Nitsch, Mistelbach, Austria.
- World Metamorphosis, NitschFfoundation, Vienna, Austria.
- Hermann Nitsch, Studio Morra, Italy; Alnitak Art Agency, Berlin, Germany; Art Berlin Contemporary, Berlin, Germany.
- Performance Photography – 1960 to 1979, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, Austria.
2012
- Utopie Gesamtkunstwerk im 21er haus, Vienna, Austria ; Levitikus, Innsbruck/Vienna, Austria ; Kunstkulturkirche, Frankfurt, Germany ; Thoman Modern, Innsbruck, Austria ; 5 Jahre Museum Hermann Nitsch, Mistelbach, Austria.
- Explosing Painting as Action, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Hermann Nitsch Personale, Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Austria.
- Hermann Nitsch : Aus Dem Gesamtkunstwerk, Walker Gallery, Schloss Ebenau, Feistritz im Rosental, Austria.
- In Vivo Hermann Nitsch, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; Galerie 422 Margund Lössl, Gmunden, Austria.
- Explosion Painting as Action, Fundació Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain.
- A Bigger Splash: Painting After Performance Art, Tate Modern, London.
2011
- Solo show, Frühere Werke Aus Der Duerckheim Collection, Mzm, Mistelbach, Austria.
- Hermann Nitsch, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria.
2010
- Solo show, Stella Art Foundation, Moscow, Russia.
2009
- Exposition d’inauguration de Nitsch Foundation, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria; Kavernen, Salzburg, Austria; De Pont Museum Tilburg, Netherlands ; Incubate Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands; GAM, Turin, Italy; Dirimart, Istanbul, Turkey.
- First representation Egyptian symphony, Museum Hermann Nitsch, Mistelbach, Austria.
2008
- Inauguration Exhibition of Museo Archivio Laboratorio Per Le Arti Contemporee Hermann Nitsch, Naples, Italy.
2006
- Exhibition, White Space Gallery, Bejing, China; Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, USA.
- Retrospective, Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany.
2005
- The Triumph of Painting, Saatchi & Saatchi, London, United Kingdom.
2003
- Retrospective, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
2001
- Festspielhaus, St. Pölten, Austria.
1999
- Exhibition, Relict installations et video documentation de 100th action : 6-days-play, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria; Stifftung ludwig, Palais Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein ; Vienna, Austria; Kiscelli Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
1996
- Museum Moderner Kunst Stiffung Wörlen, Passau, Germany; Palazzo Delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy ; Centre d’Exposicions I Documentació de L’art Contemporani, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
1994
- Exhibition, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems an der Donau, Austria.
1993
- Exhibition, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
1992
- Exhibition, National Gallery, Seville, Spain.
1991
- Exhibition, Calleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trieste, Italy.
1983
- Exhibition, Stedelijk Van-Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Netherlands.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2025 

- Énormément bizarre - Sammlung Jean Chatelus, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. 

- Naturae. Ambienti di arte contemporanea, Museo Storico el il Parco del Castello di Miramare, Trieste, Italy

- Pace: 65 Years, Pace Gallery, Genève, Switerland 

- DU SOLLST DIR EIN BILD MACHEN, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria

- Faith No More. Rituals for Uncertain Times, Abby Kortrijk, Courtrai, Belgium

- Nitsch & Georg Bernsteiner, "Der zweite Teil der Nacht", Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, Austria

2024 

- The Photographic Eye of Alberto Garcia-Alix, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville, Spain

2023
- Gesture and line, The British Museum, Londres, United Kingdom. 
2022
- Richard Gerstl. Inspiration – Legacy, Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland.
2021
- Claudio Costa | Hermann Nitsch, Il Viaggio nell'Ancestrale, Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venise, Italy.
- Grenzenlos, Galerie Jahn, Munich, Germany.
- Resistance, Maruani Mercier, Knokke, Belgium.
- Radical Austria: Everything is Architecture, Design Museum Den Bosch, Bois-le-Duc, Basque Country.
- Tense Conditions, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany.
- Cultura in movimento. Merano 1965-1990, Merano Arte, Merano, Italy.
- Odore l'art, l'odeur et le sacré, Galerie Pauline Pavec, Pris, France.
- The beggining. Art in Vienna from 1945 to 1980, Albertina Modern, Vienne, Austria.
- Double lives, Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republig of Germany, Bonn, Germany.
- Standing Aside, Gdansk City Gallery, Gdansk, Poland.
- Passion ferventness. The Art of Grand Emotions, LWL-Museum for Art and Culture, Münster, Germany.
2020
- The beggining. Art in Vienna from 1945 to 1980, Albertina Modern, Vienna, Austria.
- Double lives, Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republig of Germany, Bonn, Germany.
- Standing Aside, Gdansk City Gallery, Gdansk, Poland.
- Passion ferventness. The Art of Grand Emotions, LWL-Museum for Art and Culture, Münster, Germany.
2019
- Opera as the World: The Quest for a Total Work of Art, Centre Pompidou-Metz, France.
- Intriguing Uncertainties, Parkview Green Museum, Beijing, China.
- Hermann Nitsch/Julian Schabel, Galerie Elisabeth and Klaus Thoman, Vienna, Austria.
- Anne Frank: Holocaust Diaries, Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow, Russia.
- EXPO Chicago, Galerie RX, Chicago, USA.
2018
- Hermann Nitsch/ Elgar Esser/ Lee Bae/ Bae Bien-u, RX Gallery, Paris, France.
2017
- Psycho Drawing. Art brut und die 60er und 70er in österreich, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria.
- Germischter satz Hermann Nitsch und Vroni Schwegler, Verein für Originalradierung, Munich, Germany.
2016    
- Crocifissi-kreuzigungen, Françis Bacon – Hermann Nitsch – Concetto Pozzati, Galerie 422, Gmunden, Austria.
- Body, Psyche and Taboo, Palazzo Montanari, Bologna, Italy.
- Closed Universe? New Forms of Vienna Actionism in Contemporary Art?, Mumok, Vienna, Austria.
- Synästhesieraum (permanent exhibition), Galerie Martinetz, Cologne, Germany.
- Feast of Pentecost, Museum villa Stuck, Munich, Germany.
2015
- Allegories & Existence, Summerhall Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 
- Sleepess, 21er haus – Museum for Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria.
- Vienna for Art’s Sake, Winterpalais, Vienna, Austria.
- My Body is the Event, Mumok, Vienna, Austria.
2014
- Made in Austria, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
- I’m dialog-wiener aktionismus, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
- Biennial di Disegno, Rimini, Italy.
2013
- Personal Structures, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy.
- La perversión de lo clásico : anarquía de los relatos, Museo Archeologico, Naples, Italy ; Cuba pavillon, Seville, Spain.
- 55th Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy.
- Flesh and Blood, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel.
- Faces Past and Present, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
- Seeing Wagner, K.u.k. post-and Telegraphenamt, Vienna, Austria.
- Ernesto Balducci and the ‘Mass of the Artists’, Fondazione Ernesto Balducci, Palazzo Medici Ricardi, Florence, Italy.
- Duetto per Napoli (attersee e nitsch), Castel Dell’ovo, Naples, Italy.
2011
- Blood lines, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Colorado, USA.
- Obsession and Intimacy: the Body in Contemporary Austrian drawings- from Alfred Kubin to Birgit Jürgenssen, B&M Theocharakis Foundation, Athens, Greece.
- Group show, Eroi/Gam, Turin, Italy.
- Personal Structures, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy.
2010
- Personal Structures. Time – Space – Existence, Masterpieces from the Duerckheim collection, Museum Hermann Nitsch, Mistelbach, Austria.
- Exhibition of drawings, Cabinet des dessins, Museum Hermann Nitsch, Naples, Italy; Musée d’art moderne, St. Etienne, France.
- New Museum installation, Museum Hermann Nitsch, Naples, Italy.


ACTIONS (PERFORMANCES)

2021
- 159th action – in process of planning, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, Austria.
- 160th action – in process of planning, Prinzendorf Castle and Surrounds, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, Austria.
2020
- 157th action (private), Prinzendorf Castle, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, Austria.
- 158th action, Hermann Nitsch Museum, Naples, Italy.
- 82nd painting performance, Prinzendorf Castle – Winter Studio, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, Austria.
- 83rd painting performance, Hermann Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, Austria.
- 84th painting performance, Prinzendorf Castle, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, Austria.
- 85th painting performance, Hermann Nitsch Museum, Naples, Italy.
2019
- 156th action, Prinzendorf Castle, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, Austria.
- 80th painting performance, Prinzendorf Castle – Winter Studio, Prinsendorf an der Zaya, Austria.
- 80th Malaktion, Schloss Prinzendorf, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, Austria.
- 81st painting performance, Prinzendorf Castle, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, Austria.
2018
- Pfingstfest, Prinzendorf, Vienna, Austria.
- 155ème action, for the 80th anniversary of Hermann Nitsch, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, Austria.
2017
- Pfingstfest (Feast of Pentecost), Prinzendorf, Vienna, Austria.
- 150th action, Dark Mofo Festival, Hobart, Austria.
- 151th action for the film On Vladirmir Mayakovsky, Prinzendorf, Vienna, Austria.
- 151th action, Casa Morra, Naples, Italy.
2016
- 147th Action, Museum, Mistelbach, Austria.
2015
- Inauguration’s action, Theatermuseum Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
- Feast of Pentecost, Prinzendorf, Vienna, Austria.
2014
- 142nd action, Feast of Pentecost, Prinzendorf castle, Vienna, Austria.
- 77th painting performance, Galerie Thoman, Vienna, Austria.
2013
- 138th action : 3-days-play, Centraltheater Leipzig, Germany.
- 140th action (teaching action), Abc berlin, Berlin, Germany.
- 66th painting action, Istanbul Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey.
- 141st action (teaching action), Nitsch foundation, Vienna, Austria.
2012
- 135th action Hanava, Cuba.
- 64th painting performance, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea, Mart Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy.
2011
- 131st teaching action, Leo Könin Inc, New York, USA.
- 60th painting action, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, USA.
2010
- 130th action, Künstlerhaus Bregenz, Austria; Pentecost Feast, Austria.
2009
- 56th painting performance, Hermann Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, Austria.
2008
- 20th painting action, Hermann Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, Austria.
2005
- 122th action, Burgtheart, Vienna, Austria.
2004
- 120th action: 2-day-play, Prinzendorf, Austria.
2003
- 115th action, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
2002
-110th lehraktion (teaching action), Whitechapel art Gallery, London, United Kingdom. 
2001
-107th action, Prinzendorf, Austria.
1998
- 6-days-play, Prinzendorf, Austria.
1997
- 40th painting performance, Museum of the 20th century, Berlin, Germany ; Vienna, Austria ; Kunsthallen, Gothenburg, Sweden.
1996
- 96th action, San Martino, Naples, Italy.
- 38th painting performance, Schömerhaus, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
1987
- 20th painting performance, Wiener secession, Vienna, Austria.
1984
- 80th action: 3-days-play, Prinzendorf, Austria.
1975
- 50th action: 24-hours, Prinzendorf, Austria.
1972
- 40th action: 12-hour-action, the Mercer art center, New York, USA.
1970
- Aktionen, New York, USA; Munich, Germany; Cologne, Germany.
1968
- 25th, 26 th action, New York, USA.
- 26th action, University of Cincinnati, USA.
1966
- 20th action, Vienna, Austria.
1962
- 1st Aktion, Vienna, Austria.


CONCERTS

2021
- Weinviertel Symphony, Nitsch museum, Mistelbach, Austria.
- Organ Concert, Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, St. Pölten, Austria.
2020
- Moscow Symphony for String Orchestra, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, Austria.
- Organ Mystery, Sankt Pölten Cathedral, Sankt Pölten, Austria.
2019
- Attersee matinee, with Nitsch, Rühm, Vienna, Belvedere21, Vienna, Austria.
- Orgelkonzert, Basilique Santa Maria dei Servi, Bologna, Italy.
- Albertina String Quartett, Albertina, Vienna, Austria.
- Nitsch Concert with Acousmonium, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, Austria.
- Attersee Matinee, Belvedere 21, Vienna, Austria.
- Organ Recital for Gunter Jaegers, Collegiate Basilica St. Florian, Sankt Florian, Austria.
- Organ Recital for Ars Electronica, Collegiate Basilica St. Florian, Sankt Florian, Austria.
- Organ Concert, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, Austria.
- Moscow Symphony for String Orchestra, New Tretyakow Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
2018
- Die arianische (musik der 155. aktion), Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, Austria.
- Organ concert for the exhibition « Dopelleben », Mumok, Vienna, Austria.
- Orgelkonzert, Stiftskirche St. Florian, Santk Florian, Austria.
2017
- Traubenfleisch 2007-2017, Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, Austria.
- Orgelkonzert, Marc Straus Gallery, New York, USA.
- Orgelkonzert Bern, Saint Ghetto Festival, Bern, Switzerland; Heiliggeistkirche, Heidelberg, Germany.
2016
- Orgelkonzert Berlin, Epiphanienkirche, Berlin, Germany.
- Orgelkonzert Brussels, Begijnkerk, Brussels, Belgium.
- Chamber Concert for Action 147, Museum villa Stuck, Munich, Germany.
- String quartet, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, Austria.
2015
- Sinfónia für Mexico City, Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico.
2014
- Selten gehörten music, Theater Casino Zug, Zug, Switzerland; Musikakademie Basel, Switzerland.
2013
- Strichquinteet “1938”, Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, Switzerland.
- Leipzig symphony, Centralitheater, Leipizg, Germany.
- Composition for organ, Jesuitenkirche, Vienna, Austria.
- Duetto per napoli (attersee/nitsch), Teatrino di Corte, Naples, Italy.
2012
- Sinfonie for 100 pianists and 33 pianos and 1 synthesizer/ Tag der tausend finger, Ö Kulturquartier, Linz, Austria.
2011
- Organ Concert, Mozarteum Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
2010
- Nitsch quintett, Musée d’art moderne, St. Etienne, France.


PRESENTATIONS/REPRESENTATIONS

2000
- Video Presentation (extended version in several venues, 6-day-play), Los Angeles, USA; Portikus, Germany; Frankfurt et Mönchengladbach, Germany.
1990
- First representation, 8 symphonies, Museum Für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria.
1990
- First representation, 8 symphonies, Museum Für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria.


PARTICIPATIONS

2011
- Set and costume design for Saint François d’Assise by Olivier Messiaen, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, Germany.
2007
- Set and costume design for szenen aus goethes faust by Robert Schumann, Opera House, Zurich, Switzerland.
2001
- Set and costume design, Opera Satyagraha by Philip Glass.
1995
- Set and stage direction for the Opera Hérodiade by Jules Massenet, Opera House, Vienna, Austria.
1982
- Participation in Documenta 7, Kassel, Germany.
1972
- Participation in Documenta 5, Kassel (curated by Harald Szeemann), Germany.
 


PUBLICATIONS


2018
- Zeichnungen, Verein zur Förderung des Orgien Mysterien Theaters, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, Austria.
2013
- Das konzept des orgien mysterien theaters – malaktionen, Vescon, Germany.
2010
- Essere teorie del orgien mysterien theater, Ed. Morra, Naples, Italy.
2009
- Das sein. Zur theorie des orgien mysterien theaters, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria.
- Das malhemd, position plotting verona, Verona, Italy.
2008
- Nitsch Museum Naples, Ed. Morra, Naples, Italy.
2006
- Das orgien mysterien theater, 122. aktion, burgtheater 2005, edition Kunst / Agentur, Germany.
2005
- Wiener vorlesungen, coécrit avec Hubert Klocker et Michael Hüttler, Böhlau, Cologne, Germany.
- Partitur der 122. Action, Das O.M. Theater, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, Austria.
2003
- Das sechstagespiel, Hatje Cantz, Otsfildern, Germany.
2001
- Edipo Re – Una Teoria di Rappresentazione del Dramma 1964, Ed. Morra, Naples, Italy.
- Cuma König Ödipus lll. Fest. 
1998
- Partitur des 6-Tage-Spiels Teil 2, Freibord, Vienna, Austria.
- Partitur des 6-Tage-Spiels Teil 3, Freibord, Vienna, Austria.
- Partitur des 6-Tage-Spiels Teil 1, Freibord, Vienna, Austria.
1997
- The Fall of Jerusalem, Atlas Press, London, UK.
1996
- Die Wortdichtung des O.M. Theaters ll, Freibord, Vienna, Austria.
1995
- Zur Theorie des O.M. Theaters – Zweiter Versuch, Residenz Verlag, Salzburg, Austria.
1994
- Cuma, l. und ll. Band, O.M. Theater, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, Autriche.
- La composizione testuale del Teatro delle Orge e dei Misteri 1957-1962, Ed. Morra, Naples, Italy.
1990
- Das O.M. Theater – Manifeste, Vorträge, Aufsätze, Residenz Verlag, Salzburg, Austria.
1989
- Cuma König Ödipus lll. Fest, Ed. Morra, Naples, Italy.
1988
- Das Orgien Mysterien Theater, 80. Aktion, Fred Jahn, München, Germany.
- Kampf und Aggression im Gefügre der Schöpfung, Universität München, München, Germany.
1986
- Das O.M. Theater – Partituren aller aufgeführten Aktionen 1960-79 (33.-65. aktion) Bd. 2, Ed. Morra, Naples, Italy.
- Asolo – 2. Fest, Ed. Morra, Naples, Italy.
- Harmating – Ein Fest, Ed. Morra, Naples, Italy.
- König Ödipus – Eine spielbare Theorie des Dramas, Edizion Kalter Schweiß, Berlin, Germany.
1985
- Das O.M. Theater – Lesebuch, Freibord, Vienna, Austria.
- Hermann Nitsch. Der Gesichtssinn im Orgien Mysterien Theater, Graz, Austria.
1984
- Das O.M. Theater – Partituren aller aufgeführten Aktionen. Band 4. 27.-30. Juli 1984. 80. Aktionen in Prinzendorf. Vom Sonnenaufgang des 27. Juli bis zum Sonnenaufgang des 30. Juli 1984., Freibord, Vienna, Austria.
1983
- Das O.M. Theater – Lesebuch, Freibord, Vienna, Austria.
- Das O.M. Theater – Die Partitur des 1. Tages und der 1. Nacht des 6-Tages-Spieles, O.M. Theater, Prinzendorf, Austria.
1982
- Die Wortdichtung des O.M. Theaters, O.M. Theater, Prinzendorf, Austria.
1981
- Behauptungen und Beschreibungen zum Projekt des O.M. Theaters (Ordensregeln), Arnulf Meifert, Hamburg / Vienna.
- Projekt Prinzendorf. Das O.M. Theater von Hermann Nitsch. Entwürfe, Partituren, Bedingungen der Realisation, coécrit avec Wolfgang Wunderlich, Jörg Drews, Reinhard Priessnitz, Günter Brus et Wolfgang Tunner, Kulturhaus, Graz, Austria.
1980
- Neapolitanische Aktion, cowritten with Peter Weiermeier, Allerheiligenpresse.
1979
- Das O.M. Theater – Partituren aller aufgeführten Aktionen 1960-79 (1.-32. Aktion) Bd. 1, Ed. Morra, Naples, Italy.
- Frühe Aktionen, Chiessi / Morra, Naples / München.
1977
- Partitur zur 56. Aktion, Requiem für meine Frau Beate, Edizioni Morra, Naples, Italy.
- Die Eroberung von Jerusalem, Günter Brus, Die Drossel / Ed. Morra, Berlin, Naples.
1976
- Partitur zur 50. Aktion, Günter Brus, Berlin / Naples.
- König Ödipus. Eine spielbare. Theorie des Dramas, Chiessi / Morra, Naples / München.
- 1., 2., 3. und 5. Abreaktionsspiel, Urfassungen, Polizeiberichte, Gerichtsakten, Chiessi / Morra, Naples / München.
- Das O.M. Theater 2, Chiessi / Morra, Naples / München.
1975
- O.M. Theater, Action 48 – Paris 1975, Galerie Stadler, Paris, France.
- O.M. Theater 1975, Ed. Hermann Nitsch, Dießen am Ammersee, Germany.
- Die Eroberung von Jerusalem, Edizioni Morra, Naples, Italy.
1974
- NITSCH – O.M. Theater l, Edizioni Morra, Naples, Italy.
1969
- O.M. Theater. 3-Tage-Fest. 6. Abreaktionsspiel, Avant Art Galerie Casa, München, Germany.
- Das O.M. Theater, coécrit avec Oswald Wiener et Peter Gorsen, Ed. März Verlag, Darmstadt, Germany.


PUBLIC AND PRIVAE COLLECTIONS (selection)

- MoMA, New York, United States.
- Metropolitan Museum, New York, United States.
- Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom.
- Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
- Museo Hermann Nitsch, Naples, Italy.
- Museo Capodimonte, Naples, Italy.
- Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany.
- Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany.
- Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland.
- Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria.
- Albertina, Vienna, Austria.
- Belvedere, Vienna, Austria.
- Nitsch Museum, Mistelbach, Austria.