Anti-Semitism and Kitsch at the Documenta – Culture

Of the Scandal with the anti-Semitic motifs at the Documenta Fifteen not only reveals the political ignorance of those responsible. It exposes major gaps in the understanding of how anti-Semitism actually works. The statement by General Director Sabine Schormann, which speaks of hurt feelings, the concerns of the “Global South” and “respect for the diversity of cultural experiences”, misses the actual problem. So far, neither the artists nor the management have been able to prove which special Indonesian traditions the combination of sidelocks and SS runes, the Star of David and the pig’s head are supposed to refer to.