The artist Max Neuhaus coined the term “sound installation” around 1967. The two-day event initiated by the documenta forum looks at the history and present of this art form at documenta.

On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Hans Hillmann (1925–2014) on October 25, 2025, the documenta archive is honoring the internationally renowned graphic artist, illustrator, and university professor with a studio exhibition in the reading room.

Opening on November 18, 2025, at 11 a.m.

On 9 November 2025, writer and Kramer student Mona Yahia will read from her own works to open the accompanying program for the exhibition “In Motion: Harry Kramer, Kassel, and documenta.” The reading will be followed by a conversation with Karin Stengel.

As a celebration of the 100th birthday of the Kassel documenta artist Harry Kramer (1925-1997), the documenta archiv, together with the Museum für Sepulkralkultur and Hessen Kassel Heritage, is presenting kinetic sculptures, films, photographs and graphics from all phases of this universal artist's career. Neue Galerie, Kassel.

On Sunday, October 12, 2025, the Fridericianum hosts the final distribution of a limited number of palm tree pennant chains and, in cooperation with the documenta archiv, organizes a conversation with Ruth Noack —curator of documenta 12 (2007).

The Nuremberg painter and sculptor Werner Knaupp passed away on September 9, 2025, at the age of 89.

The US artist and two-time documenta participant Robert Grosvenor has died. Just recently, on August 30, his retrospective covering works from 1965 to the present opened at the Fridericianum.

This year, we are once again welcoming two Goethe Fellows to the documenta archive. Júlia Cavazzini and Dea Tcholokava will be joining the team for the coming months.