We spoke with the artist Marina Abramović and the Ulay Foundation’s co-founder, Lena Pislak. 

Ulay was with us in spirit.

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ART VITAL – 12 Years of Ulay / Marina Abramović

On November 30, 2025 — the birthday of Ulay and Marina Abramović — one of the most internationally significant exhibitions about performance to date opened at Cukrarna in Slovenia. For the first time ever, all of their collaborative projects are brought together in one place. The exhibition goes beyond simply presenting art and documentation of their projects; In addition to showing their joint artistic practice it also includes material from their shared life — documents, written agreements with institutions, personal correspondence between the artists, photographs, and even playlists of the music they listened to. The exhibition will be on view until May 3, 2026.

Notes:

ART VITAL exhibition (Cukrarna/MGML, Ljubljana, SI): https://cukrarna.art/en/program/exhibitions/33/ulaymarina-abramovic/ 

Marina Abramović & Ulay: No Predicted End: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OnmjKWPEjQ 

AMA Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1jctbp/i_am_performance_artist_marina_abramovic_ask_me/ 

Tourmaline: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourmaline 

Ulay Interview: How I Stole a Painting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2E0J6J3KGI 

Huge thanks to Mojca Podlesek from CUKRARNA <3

Music: Ema Kobal, Urška Bajec Košmrlj

Foto: Tim Topić