This weekend, “Learning from Athens,” the Greek leg of documenta 14 comes to a close after a 100-day run. Adam Szymczyk’s decision to bring the exhibition to the debt-plagued country has been ...
The highly anticipated preview of documenta 14 in Kassel opened to members of the press yesterday, June 7, following an over-two-hour-long press conference heavy on political statements that amounted ...
Every five years since 1955, documenta and the Fridericianum Museum have organised the world’s most important exhibition of international contemporary art in the German city of Kassel. The documenta ...
Documenta is the biggest of the art world’s big regularly scheduled biennials, triennials, and international group exhibitions — the whale of them all, with more than 200 artists and scores of ...
ATHENS — The auspicious arrival of Documenta 14 in Greece earlier this year has so far met considerable controversy in a country still coming to terms with the 2008 financial crisis, social unrest, ...
The trajectory of Documenta, a once-every-five-years exhibition that carries huge weight in the contemporary art world, is highlighted in a new display in Berlin. By Catherine Hickley BERLIN — The ...
After the scandals surrounding documenta 15, the art show is once again under fire. The committee responsible for selecting a new artistic director has resigned following accusations of antisemitism.
The head of one of the world’s most prestigious art exhibitions has resigned after this year’s show became embroiled in a scandal over antisemitic imagery. Sabine Schormann, managing director of ...
On July 16, Sabine Schormann, managing director and CEO of Documenta 15, the world’s leading exhibition of contemporary art, resigned under massive political pressure. Previously, accusations of ...
In the latest blow to an exhibition roiled by controversy, artist and filmmaker Hito Steyerl has withdrawn from Documenta 15, citing the organizers' handling of antisemitism allegations and the ...
When American artist Mary Kelly saw the room where she was to place her installation -- a glowing house of glass and wood, lit from within -- at the Documenta art show, she panicked. Instead of the ...