New York Memorial - Waiting List Notice for Oct. 4

Please note that we have received an overwhelming amount of messages in response to our posting from last week, and the Memorial on October 4 in New York is now already overbooked.

Over the course of this week, we will be sending email confirmations for seats at the Memorial or places on the waiting list to everyone who has already RSVP'ed.

At this point we are not accepting further RSVP’s. You may still e-mail us, but your request will automatically be added to the waiting list at this point. To those on the waiting list, we will only reach out if something opens up. Thank you for your understanding. We are doing our best to accommodate as many guests as possible.

Memorials - Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson passed away on July 31, 2025, at the age of 83. In the final weeks of his life, he outlined four public “Memorials”: communal ceremonies he wanted to be held in four cities that were particularly significant to his life and career. The Memorials are open to the public. Attendance is limited, and reservations are required. Please visit this page regularly, as we will be adding further information such as locations, dates, times, and links for reservations.

Photograph © Bronwen Sharp

 

New York City

Saturday, October 4, 2025
4:00 PM
BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) – Harvey Theater

New York reservations: please send an e-mail to: memorial@robertwilson.com.

 

Berlin

Sunday, November 23, 2025
3:00 PM
Akademie der Künste - Hanseatenweg Studio

Berlin reservations: Link to be published soon.

 

Milan

Monday, December 1, 2025
6:30 PM
Piccolo Teatro Strehler

Milan reservations: Link to be published soon.

 

Paris

Date and time to be announced soon
Théâtre de la Ville  -  Venue to be announced soon

Paris reservations: Link to be published soon.

 

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a gift in Bob's memory to the Robert Wilson Arts Foundation, to support their work and The Watermill Center. Click here to make a gift. - Thank you.

In memoriam Robert M. Wilson (1941—2025)

Robert Wilson (Oct. 4, 1941 — July 31, 2025)

We are heartbroken to announce the passing of Robert M. Wilson, artist, theater and opera director, architect, set and lighting designer, visual artist, and founder of The Watermill Center.

Robert Wilson died peacefully today in Water Mill, New York, at the age of 83, after a brief but acute illness.

While facing his diagnosis with clear eyes and determination, he still felt compelled to keep working and creating right up until the very end. His works for the stage, on paper, sculptures and video portraits, as well as The Watermill Center, will endure as Robert Wilson’s artistic legacy.

There will be memorials for Robert Wilson held in the near future in locations that were especially meaningful to him. We will announce those in time.

Once Upon A Time: Christian Dior fashion show in Paris

Robert Wilson designed the scenography and staging for the Dior Women Ready-to-wear Winter 2025-2026 Collection. It was presented live in Paris at the Tuileries Garden on March 4, 2025.

“Maria Grazia asked me to stage the [Dior] fashion show, and we talked about it being loosely based on Virginia Woolf’s Orlando. Orlando is a journey that takes us to foreign lands, landscapes of ice and landscapes of fire. I divided this work into five acts. I worked with sound, I worked with light. Light is what creates space. Light is what helps us hear and see. I am not trying to tell a story. It is something that we experience, with the freedom to think and dream.”
— Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson and Maria Grazia Chiuri (Photograph: Laura Sciacovelli)

Robert Wilson’s Scenography for ONCE UPON A TIME - © Christian Dior Couture

“... the most mesmerizing show—or rather, performance—of the international runway season so far.”
— Godfrey Deeny / Fashion Network

Teaser / RW Interview for ONCE UPON A TIME - © Christian Dior Couture

Mary and Victoria: Two Wilson Queens in New York

Tonight, Feb. 27, at NYU’s Skirball Theater, Mary Said What She Said, the stirring monologue, performed by French icon Isabelle Huppert, and produced by the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris and EDM Productions, will make its long-awaited New York debut. Additional performances on Feb. 28, Mar. 1 (2x) and 2. For more information and tickets, please click here.

Another queen from Robert Wilson’s theatrical cosmos, Victoria, will make an appearance at Raisonné (16 Crosby Street), in the shape of a version of the “Queen Victoria Café Chair.” For his 1974 play A Letter for Queen Victoria, ten café chairs were made from industrial materials. Now, Wilson and Raisonné present an exclusive edition of ten Queen Victoria Café Chairs, reimagined in polished brass and plated steel.

And what’s more, this spring, Raisonné will publish the book “Robert Wilson Chairs,” a comprehensive volume featuring all of Wilson’s chair designs, including several works never previously exhibited. The book can be pre-ordered from artbook.