documenta (lower-case 'd'!) is an exhibition of modern and contemporary art which now takes place every 5 years in Kassel, Germany.

It was founded by Arnold Bode in 1955.

List of documenta exhibitions

  • documenta 1, 16 July - 18 September 1955
  • documenta 2, 1959
  • documenta 3, 1964
  • documenta 4, 27 June - 6 October 1968
  • documenta 5, 30 June - 8 October 1972, artistic director Harald Szeemann
  • documenta 6, 24 June - 2 October 1977, artistic director Manfred Schneckenburger
  • documenta 7, 19 June - 28 September 1982, artistic director Rudi Fuchs
  • documenta 8, 12 June - 20 September 1987, artistic director Manfred Schneckenburger
  • documenta IX, 13 June - 20 September 1992, artistic director Jan Hoet
  • documenta X, 21 June - 28 September 1997, artistic director Catherine David
  • documenta 11, 8 June - 15 September 2002, artistic director Okwui Enwezor
  • documenta 12, 16 June - 23 September 2007, artistic director Roger Buergel

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