Documenta
“Today, documenta’s independence from the art market is a given – at least, on the formal level, but this has not always been the case. There was a time when documenta was at the centre of a web of vested interests as diverse as the need for funding, the desire to democratize art, and the … Continued
https://youtu.be/MFvKZXxR1Sk?si=q5syrPtqmitmydbE How was documenta funded, what role did galleries play in this, and how did the “world exhibition” position itself within the East-West conflict? The workshop discussion (in German) “documenta East/West: Art Policy and the Art Market” by Alexia Pooth and Mela Dávila Freire uses these questions as a starting point to outline, through individual … Continued
From 1955 onwards, the makers of each documenta sought to offer insights into current trends in art and to document the spirit of their particular time. The exhibition and catalogue Documenta – Politics and Art (2021) set out to focus on the history of documenta in the context of the political, cultural and socio-historical development … Continued
«…Debido a su papel como directora del Archivo, de hecho, Ela Spornitz aparece mencionada en la web institucional, donde la lista de directores se acompaña de sus fotografías. Así pues, para ilustrar estas cartas en la conferencia que estaba preparando, solicité al Archivo su fotografía. El documento digital que recibí me brindó otra sugerente e inesperada sorpresa…»
In 2015, an agreement was reached so that the documenta Archive, which had been dependent on the Kassel City Council since its creation, would be transferred to the organization responsible for the documenta exhibitions. That same year I was commissioned to carry out a comprehensive study which would reflect the current status of the archive, … Continued