Documenta 15 News Today

Two members of the Documenta 16 finding committee resigned this week as a battle over what is protected speech rages.

The 133-page report, which was commissioned by culture minister Claudia Roth, has wide-ranging implications for the future of the show.

Collectives showing up at the heart of the art world power structure as “trend” always meant the risk of going out of fashion would be high.

Plus, Russian police raid an artist's exhibition and Sarah Sze gives a sneak peak of her Guggenheim installation.

Plus, a major exhibition on Pussy Riot opens in Iceland and the city of Kassel purchases works from Documenta 15.

The toxic debate revolving accusations of “anti-Semitism” levelled at the Indonesian curatorial team Ruangrupa continues unabated.

The Indonesian ruangrupa curatorial collective came under fire through the antisemitism scandal at Germany's documenta art show. Two of its members are now visiting professors at a Hamburg university.

This year’s Documenta has become a political hot potato, being widely criticized as antisemitic. But the event, which is one of the world’s most prestigious art shows, has also been a success with a lot of younger visitors.

Documenta, Germany's world-renowned exhibition of contemporary art, has spent the past 100 days trying to defend itself against accusations of anti-Semitism and censorship. As this year's turbulent documenta fifteen draws to a close, it's time to take stock.

Ruangrupa reflected on the turbulent show as it comes to a close.