While the provenance of the docArt of the month February was clear from the beginning, the origin of "rara-Box" no. 2 is not documented. However, it is possible to draw conclusions as to how it might have come to the documenta archiv. 

In the vast variety of rara holdings in our library, there are two unusual items that have now been restored to their former glory. They present themselves as docArts of the months February and March.

Today, the basalt stones are an integral part of Kassel's cityscape. But when Joseph Beuys (1921 - 1986) piled up 7000 of them in the middle of Friedrichsplatz for documenta 7 (1982), the enthusiasm of some citizens was limited.

The selected docArt of the month December 2020 is an exhibition view of documenta 9 (1992), photographed by Renée Pötzscher (born 1945).

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the same applies for art. Willi Bongard (1931-1985) presented a radically different view in his Informationsdienst art aktuell at documenta 5.

The copperplate print "The Murderer Returning to the Scene of Crime" (2013), digitally retouched by the anonymous film collective Abounaddara from Syria, depicts El-Halebi's side profile and shows the image of a young man whose fate, despite everything, longs for a dignified portrayal.

First point of contact with the Mondoshawans happens in 1914 at the antique town of Hegra in Saudi Arabia.

During documenta 5 (1972), the French artist Ben Vautier (born 1935) created a "thinking room" at the ground floor of the Fridericianum, where he exhibited not only his art works but also himself. His contribution dealt with the much-discussed question of what art is, amongst other things.

"Who wants to be part of a D-11 artwork?"

Nothing is mandatory anymore.

Three gentlemen in a relaxed pose, facing each other.

In the first room of the permanent exhibition "about: documenta" at the Neue Galerie in Kassel, which opened in November 2019, a film featuring footage from the 14 editions of the documenta exhibitions is shown.

When the 1st Hessentag was founded in 1961 by state premier Georg-August Zinn (1901 - 1976), it was not to be expected that almost 50 years later the state festival would continue to enjoy so much popularity and grow steadily over the years.

Pencils, key chains and stickers are classic promotional items.

While making their German-language comic debut in "Fix und Foxi Nr. 20" within the story "Prince Edelhart and the Smurfs", the Smurfs itself celebrated their debut in the world of high art during the ninth edition of the documenta in 1992.

Franz Erhard Walther (born 1939) participated in documenta four times in a row.

A seemingly unreal space, dirty-white walls that rise from the dark floor without an end in sight, neon tubes floating at half height in the hazy air.

In a letter from the Kleemann Galleries in New York, addressed to Arnold Bode, attention is drawn to the fact that an image of a painting by Hans Hartung has been printed upside down in the exhibition catalog of the first documenta.

External events and even protests have taken place during documenta exhibitions on multiple occasions.

"Acoustic art forms not as brainchilds but on and out breaking soul torment, rampant, willfully forced cacophony, a wildly wafting, slapping, screeching sequence of sounds and words, here and there combined with trivial themes of the hit song industry."