Marina Abramović has opened a major solo exhibition, "Balkan Erotic Epic. The Exhibition," at Berlin's Gropius Bau, marking her first solo show in the city since the 1990s. The expansive presentation features historical and recent works across film, installation, sculpture, and live performance, focusing on themes of ritual, eroticism, death, and the body as a site of political and spiritual intensity. The opening included a live performance by Svetlana Spajić and a video work, Tito’s Funeral (2025).
The exhibition is significant for its scale and its shift from Abramović's earlier focus on the solitary, enduring body to an exploration of the collective body and shared ritual. Co-curated by Agnes Gryczkowska and Jenny Schlenzka, the show represents a major institutional presentation that reframes Abramović's long-standing themes within a broader cultural and folkloric context, specifically drawing on Balkan heritage. It underscores the artist's continued relevance and the curatorial challenge of translating live performance's visceral energy into a museum setting.