Whose Nothing Is It Anyway?

“Art star Marina Abramović and London’s Serpentine Gallery have become embroiled in a row over ‘nothing’. A prestigious group of curators and art historians have written to the gallery questioning why Abramović’s latest performance piece — due to open 11 June and about which she has repeatedly emphasised the importance of ‘nothing’ — fails to acknowledge the influence of another contemporary artist who has also made ‘nothing’ central to her work.”