The artist sent out official-looking invitations to the show, branded with Documenta's marketing imagery.
An Israeli artist staged a temporary show in Kassel during Documenta 15 to protest the exclusion of Israeli voices from the exhibition, despite criticism of Israel in several artworks on view, some of which have been at the center of a series of antisemitism rows.
and each drawing includes a different Yiddish saying the artist picked up from his grandfather, a Holocaust survivor. . by German curator Rebekka Seubert, took advantage of the fact that Ruangrupa, the Indonesian art collective that organized Documenta 15, declined to create a full list of participants in the official exhibition.To complete the illusion, Kalter posted a faux social media ad using Documenta 15’s corporate design. He also sent a doctored invitation presenting his show as official to curators, journalists, and even Ruangrupa and Documenta.
As Documenta 15 enters the final four weeks of its 100-day run in Kassel, the scandal-plagued edition of the show shows no signs of calming critics.Last week, Documenta’s management distanced itself from artist Hamja Ahsan after he called German Kanzler Olaf Scholz a “neoliberal fascist pig” on social media.