Wed 19 Nov
|Odeon, Screen 3
Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present
A documentary that follows the Serbian performance artist as she prepares for a retrospective of her work at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Time & Location
19 Nov 2025, 19:00 – 21:00
Odeon, Screen 3, East Parade, Harrogate HG1 5LB, UK
About the Event
Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present | 2012 | 15 | Dir. Matthew Akers & Jeff Dupre | US | 106 mins | IMDb 7.8 | Art Documentary
This feature-length documentary film follows the artist as she prepares for what may be the most important moment of her life: watch as Serbian artist Marina, self-proclaimed ‘grandmother of performance art’, performs every day for three months in preparation for a major retrospective of her work at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. To be given a retrospective at one of the world's premiere museums is, for any living artist, the most exhilarating sort of milestone. For Marina, it is far more - it is the chance to finally silence the question she has been hearing over and over again for four decades: 'But why is this art?
Seating limited to 64 so we recommend you book in advance.
Ticket price includes a glass of wine.
Screen 3.
One wheelchair space - get in touch to reserve this - at contact.harrogatefilmsociety@gmail.com
Doors open at 6.45pm and the film will start after the introduction @ 7pm.
All seating is unreserved.
Free parking in Odeon car park but you must display a parking voucher available from Odeon staff.