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France and Watermill Center Plan Tributes to Experimental Theatre Pioneer Bob Wilson

High-profile figures including France’s culture minister have lauded his boundary-pushing work as institutions organize commemorative performances.

Bob Wilson est décédé « paisiblement à l’âge de 83 ans après une brève mais sévère maladie », a annoncé le Centre d’art qu’il avait créé à Watermill dans l’État de New York.
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Overview

  • Bob Wilson died on July 31, 2025 at age 83 in Water Mill, New York, after a brief illness, the Robert Wilson Arts Foundation announced.
  • France’s culture minister Rachida Dati and former minister Jack Lang praised his visionary stagecraft and singular contributions to contemporary theatre and opera.
  • The Watermill Center, founded by Wilson in 1992 as an interdisciplinary arts laboratory, is set to host upcoming homage events along with other key venues.
  • Wilson’s landmark 1976 opera “Einstein on the Beach,” created with composer Philip Glass, exemplified his radical melding of music, visual art and performance.
  • Over five decades, he redefined the language of the stage with a visual and gestural grammar characterized by slowness, light and sculptural scenography.