On the occasion of dOCUMENTA (13), editor Jennifer Allen surveys former artistic directors for their opinions, offering a comprehensive historical background for this year’s edition.
Raphael Gygax looks back at the career of Manon, one of the best-kept secrets of the Swiss arts scene, from the 1970s to the present.
Luca Cerizza tests the principles of appropriation and repetition in the works of Michael Riedel.
Also featured in issue 5: Christy Lange takes a closer look at the photographs of Alexandra Leykauf; Dominikus Müller sees a reawakening of Nature in contemporary art and music; whilst Pablo Larios considers what artists are doing with branded commodities in the age of social networks and Photoshop.