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documenta is an exhibition 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 featured many artists who are generally considered to have had a significant influence on modern art (such as Picasso and Kandinsky). The more recent documentas feature art from all continents; nonetheless most of it is site-specific.

[edit] History

Title	Date	Director	Exhibitors	Exhibits	Visitors
01documenta	16 July - 18 September, 1955	BodeArnold Bode	148	670	130,000
02documenta II	11 July - 11 October, 1959	BodeArnold Bode, Werner Haftmann	338	1770	134,000
03documenta III	27 June - 5 October, 1964	BodeArnold Bode, Werner Haftmann	361	1450	200,000
04documenta IV	27 June - 6 October, 1968	documenta council24-strong documenta council	151	1000	220,000
05documenta V	30 June - October, 1972	SzeemannHarald Szeemann	218	820	228,621
06documenta VI	24 June - 2 October, 1977	SchneckenburgerManfred Schneckenburger	622	2700	343,410
07documenta VII	19 June - 28 September, 1982	FuchsRudi Fuchs	182	1000	378,691
08documenta VIII	12 June - 20 September, 1987	SchneckenburgerManfred Schneckenburger	150	600	474,417
09documenta IX	12 June - 20 September, 1987	HoetJan Hoet	189	1000	603,456
10documenta X	21 June - 28 September, 1997	DavidCatherine David	120	700	628,776
11documenta XI	8 June - 15 September, 2002	EnwezorOkwui Enwezor	118	450	650,924
12documenta XII	16 June - 23 September, 2007	BuergelRoger M. Buergel	114	500over 500	754,301
13documenta XIII	9 June - 16 September, 2012	Christov-BakargievCarolyn Christov-Bakargiev

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: 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
• Documenta 2007
• [2] archive of documenta artists
• Article of the Goethe-Institut on documenta 12
• Article of the Goethe-Institut on the history of the documenta