NITSCH FOUNDATION

The Nitsch Foundation was founded in 2009 to support and promote the position of the artist Hermann Nitsch. Since the artist s passing in April 2022 the Foundation administers his work and legacy: THE ORGIES MYSTERIES THEATER. All of the Foundation s activities are undertaken in close cooperation with Rita Nitsch. Among the key tasks serving this goal are raising awareness for the intellectual superstructure to his work, the publishing of books and editions, the organizing of exhibitions and lecture series, the performing of archival and documentation tasks, as well as the development of the catalogue raisonne. The ongoing and cooperative pursuit of these tasks is the principle guiding the activities of the Nitsch Foundation. In terms of its own self-understanding, the Nitsch Foundation is an institution that, as a registered association, performs these tasks to realize the goals defined in the mission statement.