More on the subject Documenta Fifteen
100 days, 100 nights
Mixed feelings arise when thinking back on the last hundred days. The documenta attracted more criticism than probably ever before. Certainly, many artists made contributions to the »world art exhibition«. But the »spirals of escalation, « as Kulturzeit presenter Cécile Schortmann calls the incidents, cast a long shadow over documenta fifteen. The Hessenschau even asks, »Was it the last one? «
Sabine Schormann: an overdue step?
In contrast to previous events, documenta fifteen made almost exclusively negative headlines with its opening. The banner installation People's Justice by the Indonesian collective Taring Padi shocked with anti-Semitic imagery. Excuses, apologies and restraint on the part of those involved now culminate in the resignation of (ex-)general director Schormann. Was this long overdue?
Dive deeper into the art world
The quiet documenta
The creative processes of Ingres and Delacroix
A journey into the personal worlds of two famous artists: the Musée National Eugène-Delacroix presents objects owned by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Eugène Delacroix, two competing art stars of the 19th century. Ingres and Delacroix. Artists' Objects offers insights into their creative processes from March 27 in Paris.