Celebrated Viennese actionist Hermann Nitsch, know for his 6-days play, celebrates his 70th birthday on August 29, 2008, with the inauguration of a new museum devoted to his work: the Museo Nitsch in Naples, Italy. Officially titled the Museo Archivio Laboratorio per le Arti Contemporanee Hermann Nitsch and officially opening on September 13, 2008, the museum is headed by Giuseppe Morra, an Italian art dealer and Nitsch’s longtime friend and patron. The Museo Nitsch collection features relics, paintings and installations, as well as a video archive and a music archive, from Nitsch’s OM Theatre performance actions, staged since 1974 in cooperation with the Fondazione Morra. For more details, see www.museonitsch.org
