So far, documenta 13 has been defined by the personality of its artistic director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev. And that is a tragedy for the art and the artists, whose names were finally released yesterday. What has been described as one of the most exceptional exhibitions in the world – in a painstakingly careful and strikingly intelligent way by Christov-Bakargiev herself – has been overshadowed by antics.
So far, documenta 13 has been defined by the personality of its artistic director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev. And that is a tragedy for the art and the artists, whose names were finally released yesterday. What has been described as one of the most exceptional exhibitions in the world – in a painstakingly careful and strikingly intelligent way by Christov-Bakargiev herself – has been overshadowed by antics.
Welcome to the frieze d/e blog! We are happy to be up and running in time for our summer issue, which came out June 1 with lots of goodies: from Michael Riedel’s take on digital dandies to statements by documenta directors, from the past and the near future.
To mark the Gerhard Richter retrospective at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie, frieze d/e spoke with Hal Foster about the painter’s take on light, Pop and politics
