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Revisitations: (Re)encounters and new perspectives
Followed by: Panel discussion with Birgitta Coers and Moritz Wesseler
The performance collective Black Market International is back in Kassel as part of the Kassel Museum Night on September 7, 2025. In 1987, the artist group presented the 24-hour improvisation Das Brakteatenstück at documenta 8 in the provisionally converted parking deck of Kassel's Renthof.
The first documenta opened exactly 70 years ago: A glance at the final preparations and the first days of the exhibition
The Belgian conceptual artist Guillaume Bijl died on June 14, 2025 at the age of 79. Typical of the self-taught artist's work is his humorous play with everyday situations, kitsch and museum presentation forms.