On this week's Art Angle podcast, we dive into how Documenta became the world’s most controversial art show:
Artists demonstrating in front of the Fridericanum at the 2007 documenta. Photo: Thomas Lohnes/DDP/AFP.
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Founded in 1955, the show was conceived as a way to regenerate Kassel, which was still in ruins after World War II. But it had broader political aims, too: to project West Germany’s alliance with liberal values and help spread those values to nearby East Germany during the Cold War. Since its inception, Documenta has melded art and politics more than almost any other exhibition in the world. So it’s not surprising that its history has been marked by controversy. From
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