- A comics adaptation of the story, illustrated by Peter Kuper, is included in Give It Up!.
- Introducing Kafka, a graphic novel written by David Zane Mairowitz and illustrated by Robert Crumb, examines Kafka's life and work and includes a retelling of "A Hunger Artist".
- The Hunger Artists Theatre Company staged an adaptation of the story entitled The Pledge Drive: Ruminations On The Hunger Artist, written by Jason Lindner. In the play, The Hunger Artist was the host of a pledge drive in which the guests were other people who were bound by their identities.[3]
- The music video for "Fly from Heaven" from Toad the Wet Sprocket's 1994 album Dulcinea was inspired by the story (though it changes the ending).
- A stop motion animated film The Hunger Artist by Tom Gibbons (2002, US, 16 minutes)
- A Japanese film adaption The Artist of Fasting by Masao Adachi (2016, Japan, 104 minutes)
- Sinking Ship Productions' theatrical adaptation of "A Hunger Artist", created by performer Jonathan Levin, director Joshua William Gelb, and writer Josh Luxenberg, premiered in NYC in 2017[4] and was nominated for two Drama Desk Awards (Outstanding Solo Performance and Outstanding Puppet Design).[5] The production played at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe[6] and continues to tour.[7]
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