In February 2017, the documenta archiv received a particularly special gift: 38 posters by graphic artist and designer Karl Oskar Blase. They were donated to the archive by a long-time employee of Blase’s at the Kunsthochschule Kassel.
… needless to say, countless others could be added to this impressive list of meanwhile iconic filmmakers, whose works today are famous. Notably, interest in the work of such filmmakers was often sparked by posters, such as those commissioned by film distributors like „Neue Filmkunst Walter Kirchner".
Since the 1990s the documenta archiv owns an important collection of over 200 high-quality photographic artist portraits.
Since documenta 11 (2002) for which Mark Nash was a co-curator, much curatorial and critical discussion has focused on the relevance of a post-colonial problematic to contemporary art and curating today.