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Documenta 15 Closes With Strong Attendance Despite Controversy

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu September 28, 2022September 29, 2022

Though roiled by antisemitism allegations, 738,000 people attended, a modest 17% decline from the previous, pre-pandemic edition.

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Europe’s Extreme Heat Waves Bring Art to a Standstill

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie July 20, 2022July 22, 2022

A floating art project can’t reach Documenta because the Weser River is too low and museums in the UK shutter galleries to keep workers and collections cool.

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Documenta Director Resigns Amid Antisemitism Row

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia July 18, 2022July 19, 2022

Her resignation comes a week after artist Hito Steyerl withdrew artwork from the exhibition and consultant Meron Mendel also stepped down.

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Documenta Controversy Continues as Hito Steyerl Withdraws Work

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia July 11, 2022July 11, 2022

The artist cited the organizers’ handling of antisemitism allegations and the ensuing fallout. Meron Mendel, head of the Anne Frank Educational Institute in Frankfurt, stepped down from his position as a consultant for the exhibition.

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Queer Arts Space Cancels Documenta Programming After Harassment Incidents

by Renée Reizman July 8, 2022July 12, 2022

The New Delhi-based gallery and performance space Party Office wants Documenta to offer a public apology after artists reported incidents of racism and transphobic harassment in Kassel.

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Beyond the Controversies, Documenta Is a Remarkable Gathering of Voices

Avatar photo by Hakan Topal June 28, 2022June 29, 2022

The 15th edition of the international art exhibition is a gathering of potentialities, a careful alignment of militant particles, and an assembly of thousands of diverse voices.

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Documenta Covers Artwork Criticized for Antisemitic Depictions

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jasmine Liu and Valentina Di Liscia June 21, 2022July 11, 2022

The Indonesian collective behind the work, Taring Padi, denied antisemitic intent and issued an apology, adding that it was the first time it was shown in “a European and German context.”

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Vandals Graffiti Documenta Exhibition Space of Palestinian Artist Group

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu May 31, 2022June 1, 2022

The show’s curators called it “a politically motivated threat” toward the artist collective The Question of Funding, members of whom have been the target of antisemitism accusations.

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Documenta Curators Rebut “Bad-Faith” Antisemitism Allegations

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu May 9, 2022May 15, 2022

“It became clear that the accusations made against documenta fifteen and the forum itself currently render a free and productive discussion impossible,” the group ruangrupa wrote in a missive.

Olu Oguibe, "Das Fremdlinge und Flüchtlinge Monument" ("Monument for strangers and refugees," 2017), concrete, Königsplatz Kassel (photo by Mathias Voelzke; courtesy Olu Oguibe and KOW, Berlin)
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Dispute Erupts Over Artist’s “Monument for Strangers and Refugees” in Germany

Avatar photo by Dorian Batycka May 31, 2018May 31, 2018

The city fo Kassel wants to relocate Olu Oguibe’s public sculpture, commissioned for last year’s Documenta.

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Artists Affiliated with Documenta Speak Out Against the Exhibition Becoming a “Commercial Enterprise”

by Claire Voon December 13, 2017December 13, 2017

Artists Hans Haacke, Sanja Ivekovic, Walid Raad, Annette Messager, and many other have been vocal about their objections to changes at the world’s foremost art quinquennial.

Andreas Angelidakis, "Polemos" (2017), foam and vinyl seating modules, installation view at the Fridericianum, Kassel, for documenta 14 (photo by Nils Klinger, courtesy Documenta)
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Documenta Organizers Call Report of €7M Deficit “Speculations and Half-Truths” [UPDATED]

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton September 14, 2017September 15, 2017

The organizers of Documenta 14 claim that allegations of overspending are not based on facts and may be used to compromise the exhibition’s independence.

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