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documenta is one of the world‘s most important exhibitions of modern and contemporary art which now takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. It was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau (Federal Horticultural Show) which took place in Kassel at that time. This first documenta was - in contrast to most expectations - a considerable success as it featured most of the artists which are generally considered to have had a significant influence on modern art, e.g. Picasso or Kandinsky. The more recent documentas feature art from all continents; nonetheless most of it is site-specific. Image File history File links File links The following pages link to this file: Documenta ... Image File history File links File links The following pages link to this file: Documenta ... Art exhibitions are traditionally the space in which art objects (in the most general sense) meet an audience, a temporary presentation of art. ... Modern art is a general term used for most of the artistic production from the late 19th century until approximately the 1970s. ... Contemporary art refers to recently produced visual art. ... Kassel (until 1926 officially Cassel) is a city situated along the Fulda River in northern Hessen, Germany, one of the two sources of the Weser river . ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bundesgartenschau (abbr. ... A young Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso, formally Pablo Ruiz Picasso, (October 25, 1881 - April 8, 1973) was one of the recognized masters of 20th century art. ... On White II (Kandinsky 1923) Wassily Kandinsky (Russian: Василий Кандинский, first name sometimes spelled as Vasily, Vassily or Vasilii) (December 16, 1866 - December 13, 1944) was a Russian-born painter and art theorist. ... Dymaxion map by Buckminster Fuller shows land mass with minimal distortion as only one continuous continent A continent (Latin continere, to hold together) is a large continuous mass of land on the planet Earth. ... Nef pour quatorze reines by Rose-Marie Goulet, a memorial to the École Polytechnique Massacre, featuring sculptural elements integrated into a specially landscaped site Site-specific art, also environmental art, is artwork created to exist in a certain place. ...

The documenta is perceived to be one of the world's most important art exhibitions.

List of documenta exhibitions

• documenta 1, 16 July - 18 September 1955
• documenta 2, 11 July - 11 October 1959
• documenta 3, 27 June - 5 October 1964
• documenta 4, 27 June - 6 October 1968
• documenta 5, 30 June - 8 October 1972, artistic director Harald Szeemann
• documenta 6, 24 June - 2 October 1977, artistic director Manfred Schneckenburger
• documenta 7, 19 June - 28 September 1982, artistic director Rudi Fuchs
• documenta 8, 12 June - 20 September 1987, artistic director Manfred Schneckenburger
• documenta IX, 13 June - 20 September 1992, artistic director Jan Hoet
• documenta X, 21 June - 28 September 1997, artistic director Catherine David
• documenta 11, 8 June - 15 September 2002, artistic director Okwui Enwezor, 650 924 visitors
• documenta 12, 16 June - 23 September 2007, artistic director Roger Buergel

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Documenta

• documenta 12 -- official web page of documenta 12 (2007)
• http://www.documenta.de -- official web page of the documenta
• documentaX -- official archive of the documenta X (1997), first to include the internet
• City Panorama Interactive Panorama at the Documenta Hall
• [1] archive of documenta X