Marina Abramovic: Why I Had 3 Abortions

Artist Marina Abramovic has had three abortions because, she says in a new interview picked up by the Guardian, having kids would have been "a disaster for my work." "One only has limited energy in the body, and I would have had to divide it," Abramovic tells German newspaper Tagesspiegel in an interview translated by ArtNet. Abramovic, who turns 70 this year, continued: "In my opinion that’s the reason why women aren’t as successful as men in the art world. There’s plenty of talented women. Why do men take over the important positions? It’s simple. Love, family, children—a woman doesn’t want to sacrifice all of that. ... I have no husband, no family, I’m totally free." (More Marina Abramovic stories.)