Marina Abramović has for decades pushed the boundaries of performance art—hurling herself against walls, cutting herself with razor blades, sitting motionless for 750 hours. Though she started with fringe shows, she eventually worked her way up to premier venues, such as the Venice Biennale and New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Her memoir, Walk Through Walls, is out now.
A version of this article appeared in the November 2016 issue (p.116) of Harvard Business Review.