The officers are becoming quite the connoisseurs, we hear. Police officers walk pass the "Parthenon of Books" created by the Argentinian artist Marta Minujin during the official opening of the ...

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“Documenta is inextricably linked with Kassel,” the city’s mayor, Christian Geselle, said in a statement. “We want Documenta to continue in Kassel as a world-class exhibition of contemporary art.” The ...

Olu Oguibe, “Monument to Strangers and Refugees” (all images courtesy the artist) KASSEL, Germany — After months of negotiations, the city of Kassel has opted to remove Olu Oguibe’s obelisk “Monument ...

The governments of the German state of Hesse and the area’s largest city, Kassel, are planning to spend more than German President Joachim Gauck speaks with the artistic director of documenta Carolyn ...

Every five years, hundreds of thousands of art fans converge on the industrial town of Kassel, Germany, for Documenta, a grand quinquennial art exhibition inaugurated by the German government in 1955 ...