The documenta archiv launches a new series that takes place in the archive itself.

Four times a year small exhibitions will be held on various themes. Photographs, archival material and posters are used to tell different aspects of the history of the documenta exhibitions from 1955 to the present day.

Dates:

#1 Theatre of the spectacle. Photographs by Bernd Schlake (20.10. – 22.12.2017)

#2 Joseph Beuys And His Initiative For Direct Democracy (1.3. – 27.5.2018)

#3 Journey to the planet Ars - Artist Portraits of Heinz Günter Mebusch (7.6. – 3.8.2018)

#4 documenta 1968 - A hot summer (9.8. – 2.11.2018)

#5 “Please take off your shoes.” - Participatory Art at documenta 5 (8.11.2018 – 8.2.2019)

#6 Auseinandersetzungen – Students of the University of Paderborn doing research in the documenta archiv (31.10.2019 – 13.3.2020)