Marina Abramovic: ’warrior of performance art’ on Royal Academy exhibition

She’s the woman who put performance art on the map - with thousands and thousands queuing up to sit opposite her in silence - and even getting her work featured on the original Sex and the City. (Subscribe: ) Now, Marina Abramovic’s anthology of endurance is centre stage at London’s Royal Academy - the first time in the academy’s 250-year history that its main galleries have been devoted solely to a female artist. The exhibition was postponed for three years due to Covid - but it finally opened to the public this weekend. Kiran Moodley has been speaking to the Serbian-born performance artist. ------- Watch more of our explainer series here - Get more news at our site - Follow us: Facebook - Twitter - TikTok - @c4news Instagram -