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The documenta diaries (part 6): Athens School of Fine Arts

Posted on April 27, 2017 by art scene athens • Leave a comment

AFTER confronting the pile of junk in the courtyard of documenta 14’s Athens Conservatoire venue (part of Daniel Knorr’s book-making process there), I found a whole lot more at documenta 14’s Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA) venue. But truth be told, there’s a lot of ‘junk’ in contemporary art in general. And I mean … Continue reading →

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Documenta comes to Athens

Posted on April 18, 2017 by art scene athens • 2 Comments

Originally posted on Letters from Athens:
In a surprising move, Adam Szymczyk, Documenta’s Artistic Director, transplanted half this year’s exhibition to Athens, where it is sprawled over 40 venues, showing 160-odd artists, with the working title ‘Learning from Athens’. Documenta is an exhibition of contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany.…

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The documenta diaries (part 5): EMST

Posted on April 18, 2017 by art scene athens • Leave a comment

WHERE TO START? I had to visit the National Museum of Contemporary Art (or EMST), twice in order peruse the works of around 80 artists that have taken over this museum – the main venue of documenta 14 in Athens. This is a show dense both in terms of the many meanings/philosophies and messages it … Continue reading →

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The documenta diaries (part 4): A horse’s tale

Posted on April 11, 2017 by art scene athens • Leave a comment

IT WAS RIGHT under the Acropolis, on the stone pathway of Dionisiou Aeropagitou, where a group of long riders set off on April 9, for their 100-day journey to Kassel on horseback. The event, part of an art project by Ross Birrell, realised for documenta 14, gathered tourists, journalists and the art crowd under the … Continue reading →

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The documenta diaries part 3: According to Minujin, ‘the debt is already paid’

Posted on April 10, 2017 by art scene athens • Leave a comment

“The whole world is indebted to Greece” stated the famed Argentinian artist Marta Minujin after her performance at the National Museum of Contemporary Art (or EMST), in Athens. Entitled ‘Payment of the Greek Debt to Germany with Olives and Art’, the performance took place at EMST on April 8, (the inauguration day of documenta 14), … Continue reading →

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The documenta diaries: part 2 (Athens Conservatoire)

Posted on April 7, 2017 by art scene athens • Leave a comment

THE FIRST STOP on my documenta 14 art adventure, was the Athens Conservatoire. Here are some of the highlights: The main action was taking place underground – in the basement. Turkish-born German artist Nevin Aladag’s ‘Music Room (Athens)’, created in 2017, predominated a section of the main hall there. The components of this installation (seemingly … Continue reading →

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The documenta diaries: part 1

Posted on April 7, 2017 by art scene athens • Leave a comment

MY OFFERING HERE, is a taste of the ‘documenta’ experience, starting from the press conference (April 6). Because one thing is for sure: we will be discussing ‘the documenta days’ in Athens for a long time. The programme is so packed with events, literature, theory, let alone art, that you definitely need your time to … Continue reading →

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The documenta diaries (part 6): Athens School of Fine Arts

Documenta comes to Athens

The documenta diaries (part 5): EMST

The documenta diaries (part 4): A horse’s tale

The documenta diaries part 3: According to Minujin, ‘the debt is already paid’

The documenta diaries: part 2 (Athens Conservatoire)

The documenta diaries: part 1