Politics and performance take centre stage at Documenta 14 in Athens

If you want to be surprised by art, go to Athens. Documenta 14, which opened to invited guests in the Greek capital today (6 April), puts lesser-known artists from far-flung countries at the forefront; big names are few and far between. The idea is to shake preconceptions amid the current sad and threatening state of official politics, the artistic director Adam Szymczyk said at todays press conference.
For the first time, the prestigious contemporary art exhibition opens in a city other than K