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10.5.2025
Koyo Kouoh (1967–2025)

It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Koyo Kouoh, who died unexpectedly on the night of May 9-10. Only last December, she had been appointed curator of the 61st Venice Art Biennale, which she would have been the first black woman to head next year.

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2.5.2025
Dara Birnbaum (1946–2025)

The US video and installation artist Dara Birnbaum (1946-2025) has died at the age of 78. With her media and socially critical work, the three-time documenta participant was one of the most important pioneers of video art from the mid-1970s onwards.

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25.3.2025
Karl Oskar Blase 100: Studio Exhibition

Karl Oskar Blase, the “face of documenta”, would have turned one hundred years old on March 24, 2025. The Kassel-based graphic designer and professor of art and visual communication had been working for documenta since 1964 and had a unique influence on its appearance. To celebrate his milestone birthday, the documenta archiv is dedicating a multimedia studio exhibition to him in its Reading Room.

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12.2.2025
Harry Kramer 100: Impressions from the evening
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