According to a new blog – Marina Abramovic Made Me Cry – “some people couldn’t handle the heat” of sitting across from (and staring at) the artist during her show “The Artist Is Present”.

(via Buzzfeed, photos via MoMA’s Flickr)

Previously: Touching Harms The Abramovic Performers

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