Tag: Documenta
Documenta: Israeli artist leaves search committee – Culture
The problems in the Documenta search committee are expanding. At the weekend it was announced that the Israeli artist and philosopher Bracha Lichtenberg Ettinger had announced her resignation from the…
Claudia Roth on anti-Semitism and Documenta – Culture
Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth is threatening to withdraw funding from Documenta. The SZ reported on Thursday that a member of the Kassel art show’s search committee signed…
Art: documenta: There is a new accusation of anti-Semitism
Art documenta: There is a new accusation of anti-Semitism Documenta 2022 was overshadowed by an anti-Semitism scandal. photo © Uwe Zucchi/dpa After the anti-Semitism scandal surrounding documenta 15 last year,…
Documenta and anti-Semitism: BDS signatories in the search committee – Culture
There is, especially in Germany, this touching intention to learn from the past. You can find it in phrases like “Never again” or “Solidarity with Israel is German raison d’être”…
Exhibition “Forbidden Books” in the Literaturhaus – Munich
What unites works by Frank Wedekind, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie? An exhibition in the Literaturhaus shows how unpopular works were censored and destroyed by state or religious watchdogs worldwide…
Germany’s most important artist: Interview with Hito Steyerl – Kultur
Hito Steyerl has been letting things rip in her videos for 25 years: brightly colored, politically radical, she almost always appears in them herself. She has also been a star…
What’s next for the Documenta?: "Trees and the Documenta cannot be transplanted"
The documenta needs a repositioning after the anti-Semitism scandal. Kassel’s new mayor, Sven Schoeller, believes that direct participation by the federal government is not the solution. source site
It crunches at the Documenta and at the Berlin Biennale – culture
The anti-Semitism debate continues to haunt Documenta, while the art world wonders why the Berlin Biennale is being postponed. Who are the art experts who will be the artistic directors…
Jewish celebrities protect Claudia Roth – culture
After boos against Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth at the Jewish music competition “Jewrovision”, numerous Jewish celebrities have backed the Greens politician in an open letter. “Claudia Roth’s…
Art exhibition: No investigations into the anti-Semitism scandal at the documenta
art exhibition No investigations into the anti-Semitism scandal at the documenta In June 2022, Documenta employees dismantle the controversial large banner “People’s Justice” by the Indonesian artist collective Taring Padi.…